Azure API Management is an Azure service that allows you to implement a consistent and secure access layer to your APIs. Thanks to API Management, you can easily add authentication, throttling, and caching features without changing the API code.

Furthermore, API Management allows you to make protocol changes to your APIs. You can easily publish a SOAP API with a REST protocol without modifying the code.

API Management is the ideal service if your business makes provision for the sale of online services through an API because it allows you to keep track of the uses that customers make of your APIs and thereby enable you to carry out precise billing.

Azure API Management comprises three components:

• API Gateway: This is the endpoint to which you expose your APIs. It accepts external calls from your customers and routes them to the actual API in...