Front and Back Channels

***Please note that this course has been replaced with a new one which can be found here.

This course deals with how to deploy, configure, and manage some keys aspects of Azure API management (APIM). In particular, we focus on the authentication mechanism and go into depth about how to set up OAuth 2.0, including creating the Azure AD required application registrations. To help with understanding and troubleshooting the OAuth flow, we utilize Postman to check and validate our configuration.

Next, we take a look at how we can alter API requests at various scopes using API policies. Finally, we look at how to view effective API policies that span multiple scopes and also how to trace API policies during runtime.

Learning Objectives

• Deploy Azure API Management and import an existing API
• Gain an understanding of how the configure authentication against APIM using OAuth 2.0
• Implement API policies against the imported API to alter the API request
• Use Postman to make API requests against APIM and request and use OAuth authorization tokens
• Secure the imported API by requiring a valid Azure AD token

Intended Audience

• People who want to become Azure developers and who design and build cloud solutions
• People preparing for Microsoft’s AZ-203 exam

Prerequisites

• General knowledge of Azure