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November (3)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure API Management adds support for A2A Agent APIs

Azure Updates

2025-11-19

Azure API Management now publicly previews support for A2A (agent) APIs. This enables organizations to manage and govern agent APIs alongside AI model APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, and traditional APIs.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Govern Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoints using Azure API Management

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure API Management (APIM) now generally supports governance for Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoints. The GA release brings APIM's governance, security, and observability capabilities to AI-driven workloads, enabling enterprises to manage and monitor MCP endpoints through existing APIM controls.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Bring Your Own AI Gateway to Foundry Agent Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced a public preview for a Bring Your Own (BYO) AI Model Gateway feature that lets enterprises connect Foundry-hosted models to the Foundry Agent Service through third-party API gateway solutions. The Agent Service will honor pre- and post-LLM hooks and apply policy-based model controls when routing calls through gateways such as Azure API Management, Mulesoft, and Kong.

September (2)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Workspaces and workspace gateways in the Premium v2 tier of Azure API Management

Azure Updates

2025-09-03

Azure announced general availability of workspaces and workspace gateways for the Premium v2 tier of Azure API Management, while the Premium v2 tier itself remains in preview. Workspaces enable organizations to manage and govern APIs.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Expanded support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Azure API Management

Azure Updates

2025-09-03

Azure API Management is in public preview with expanded support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), adding MCP support in v2 SKUs and the ability to expose existing MCP-compliant servers to simplify connecting APIs and AI agents.