Developers can now spin up a hardened Azure API Management Standard v2 environment using a reference implementation that couples the service with a private virtual network for outbound traffic and a private endpoint for inbound calls. An Application Gateway sits in front, terminating TLS certificate stored in Azure Key Vault and forwarding requests over HTTPS to the gateway endpoint. A built‑in Azure WAF Policy applies OWASP and custom rules, shielding the service from common web attacks.

All resources—gateway, API Management subnet, DNS zone—are provisioned via Bicep modules run through Azure CLI, requiring only an Owner or Contributor role and a pre‑existing Key Vault with the TLS cert. After deployment, traffic flows from the client to the public IP of the Application Gateway, through the WAF, then privately to the API Management instance via its private endpoint, keeping data inside the virtual network. The guide notes that only the gateway endpoint supports Private Link; self‑hosted or workspace gateways are excluded.

Teams can tear down the setup by deleting the resource group.