https://www.infoq.com InfoQ API Gateway feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/azure-apim-ai-gateway-tier/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=API+Gateway <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/08/azure-apim-ai-gateway-tier/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1785739180016.jpg"/><p>Microsoft released a dedicated AI Gateway tier of Azure API Management in public preview, with a control plane built around models, MCP servers and tools rather than APIs. It fronts Foundry, Bedrock, Vertex AI and OpenAI behind one endpoint, with policy cards instead of XML. Architects welcomed the consolidation while questioning where the governance boundary sits.</p> <i>By Steef-Jan Wiggers</i> Generative AI Azure API Gateway Cloud Model Context Protocol (MCP) Microsoft Azure Development AI, ML & Data Engineering Architecture & Design DevOps news Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:35:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/azure-apim-ai-gateway-tier/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=API+Gateway Steef-Jan Wiggers 2026-08-07T06:35:00Z /news/2026/08/azure-apim-ai-gateway-tier/en