Announcing the open Public Preview of the Premium v2 tier of Azure API Management
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of Azure API Management Premium v2 tier. Superior capacity, highest entity limits, unlimited included calls, and the most comprehensive set of features set the Premium apart from other API Management tiers. Customers rely on the Premium tier for running enterprise-wide API programs at scale, with high availability, and performance. The Premium v2 tier has a new architecture that eliminates management traffic from the customer VNet, making private networking much more secure and easier to setup. During the creation of a Premium v2 instance, you can choose between VNet injection or VNet integration (introduced in the Standard v2 tier) options. New and improved VNet injection Using VNet injection in Premium v2 no longer requires any network security groups rules, route tables, or service endpoints. Customers can secure their API workloads without impacting API Management dependencies, while Microsoft can secure the infrastructure without interfering with customer API workloads. In short, the new VNet injection implementation enables both parties to manage network security and configuration setting independently and without affecting each other. You can now configure your APIs with complete networking flexibility: force tunnel all outbound traffic on-premises, send all outbound traffic through an NVA, or add a WAF device to monitor all inbound traffic to your API Management Premium v2—all without constraints. Region availability The public preview of the Premium v2 tier is available only in 6 public regions (Australia East, East US2, Germany West Central, Korea Central, Norway East and UK South) and requires creating a new service instance. For pricing information and regional availability, please visit the API Management pricing page. Learn more API Management v2 tiers documentation API Management v2 tiers FAQ API Management overview documentationGA: Inbound private endpoint for Standard v2 tier of Azure API Management
Standard v2 was announced in general availability on April 1st, 2024. Customers can now configure an inbound private endpoint for their API Management Standard v2 instance to allow clients in your private network to securely access the API Management gateway over Azure Private Link. The private endpoint uses an IP address from an Azure virtual network in which it's hosted. Network traffic between a client on your private network and API Management traverses over the virtual network and a Private Link on the Microsoft backbone network, eliminating exposure from the public internet. Further, you can configure custom DNS settings or an Azure DNS private zone to map the API Management hostname to the endpoint's private IP address. Inbound private endpoint With a private endpoint and Private Link, you can: Create multiple Private Link connections to an API Management instance. Use the private endpoint to send inbound traffic on a secure connection. Use policy to distinguish traffic that comes from the private endpoint. Limit incoming traffic only to private endpoints, preventing data exfiltration. Combine with outbound virtual network integration to provide end-to-end network isolation of your API Management clients and backend services. Today, only the API Management instance’s Gateway endpoint supports inbound private link connections. In addition, each API management instance can support at most 100 private link connections. Typical scenarios You can use an inbound private endpoint to enable private-only access directly to the API Management gateway to limit exposure of sensitive data or backends. Some of the common supported scenarios include: Pass client requests through a firewall and configure rules to route requests privately to the API Management gateway. Configure Azure Front Door (or Azure Front Door with Azure Application Gateway) to receive external traffic and then route traffic privately to the API Management gateway. For example, see Connect Azure Front Door Premium to an Azure API Management with Private Link. Learn more API Management v2 tiers FAQ API Management v2 tiers documentation API Management overview documentationWe want to hear from you: A short survey to learn from your CICS and IMS integration needs
We are looking to learn about your scenarios on using Logic Apps to integrate with CICS and IMS systems on IBM Mainframes to better define how Microsoft can address these requirements within the Azure Integration Services platform.
