Organizations
often need to expose APIs, developer portals, and management endpoints under
different branded or organizational domain names- — for example,
api.contoso.com for external partners, apis.hrportal.contoso.com for an
internal HR platform, and dev.europe.contoso.com for a regional
developer portal. Until now, achieving this level of
separation frequently required additional API Management
instances, increasing operational complexity and cost.
With
this update, Azure API Management Premium v2 enables multiple custom domains
within a single instance across gateway, developer portal, and management
endpoints. This allows organizations to:
- Configure distinct hostnames for
different endpoints and audiences
- Align API experiences with
business units, products, or regional brands
- Simplify domain-scoped networking
and security policies
- Reduce the need for separate APIM
instances solely for domain separation
For
enterprises managing large and distributed API estates, this provides greater
flexibility in how APIs and developer experiences are exposed
while improving operational efficiency
and maintaining centralized governance.
Learn
more.