--- title: "Microsoft named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment" source_name: "Microsoft Azure Blog" original_url: "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-api-management-2026-vendor-assessment/" canonical_url: "https://www.traeai.com/articles/63cff8ae-9578-4b5c-8bb2-976ed86a102e" content_type: "article" language: "英文" score: 5 tags: ["API管理","微软"] published_at: "2026-04-28T16:00:00+00:00" created_at: "2026-04-29T09:23:36.872147+00:00" --- # Microsoft named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment Canonical URL: https://www.traeai.com/articles/63cff8ae-9578-4b5c-8bb2-976ed86a102e Original source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-api-management-2026-vendor-assessment/ ## Summary 微软在IDC MarketScape的2026年全球API管理供应商评估中被评为领导者。 ## Key Takeaways - 微软被评为2026年全球API管理供应商领导者 - 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In this article 1. [Built on a proven foundation extending into AI](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-api-management-2026-vendor-assessment/#built-on-a-proven-foundation-extending-into-ai) 2. [One platform to scale APIs and AI](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-api-management-2026-vendor-assessment/#one-platform-to-scale-apis-and-ai) 3. [Governance by design for AI at scale](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-api-management-2026-vendor-assessment/#governance-by-design-for-ai-at-scale) 4. [Turning AI innovation into business impact](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-api-management-2026-vendor-assessment/#turning-ai-innovation-into-business-impact) 5. [Expanding the platform for what’s next](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-api-management-2026-vendor-assessment/#expanding-the-platform-for-what-s-next) As AI moves into production, how systems interact is fundamentally changing. Organizations must now manage not just APIs, but how AI systems operate across the enterprise. We’re proud to share that Microsoft has been named **Leader**in the **IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment**_(#US52034025, March 2026)._ We believe this recognition reflects our focus on helping organizations securely scale APIs and AI together with the control, visibility, and reliability required for production. [Read why Microsoft was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment](https://idcdocserv.com/US52034025e_Microsoft) ![Image 4: IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment (#US52034025, March 2026).](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/US52034025tabfig_1-1024x1024.webp) ## Built on a proven foundation extending into AI For more than a decade, **[Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management)** has served as a trusted control plane for API governance, security, and observability at a global scale, supporting over **38,000 customers**, nearly **3 million APIs**, and **more than 3 trillion API requests each month**. That foundation is now extending to a new class of workloads. As organizations bring AI into production, they must govern a growing mix of API traffic and AI-driven interactions, each with new governance needs, cost dynamics, and reliability requirements. What was once about connecting systems and exposing APIs is now an operational challenge at scale. Organizations must continuously manage how models, tools, and agents behave in production controlling cost, enforcing policies, and ensuring reliability across multi-provider AI traffic. AI gateway capabilities in [API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management) build on this foundation, extending API Management’s proven API governance to AI workloads. Today, more than 2,000 enterprise customers are already using these capabilities to safely operationalize AI. ## One platform to scale APIs and AI To meet this shift, organizations need a simpler model, one platform that brings consistency across both APIs and AI. [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management) provides a single, Azure-native platform to govern everything from traditional APIs to AI models, tools, and agents, built on a foundation proven at enterprise scale. This allows organizations to move faster with AI without losing control, visibility, or consistency as they scale. By standardizing how systems connect and interact, teams can reduce fragmentation, simplify operations, and create a trusted foundation for innovation across the business. [Learn more about Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/products/api-management) This approach is already delivering results on a global scale. [**Heineken**](https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/26354-heineken-azure-api-management) uses [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management) as the backbone of its global API platform, enabling teams to build and scale digital experiences faster while maintaining a consistent, centrally governed foundation. In just five months, Heineken built and deployed a worldwide API platform now handling **50 million API calls per month**, achieving **100% uptime since go-live**, and **reducing cost per API call by up to 75%**through standardized governance and security at scale. ## Governance by design for AI at scale As AI adoption grows, the challenge shifts from building models to operating them reliably in production. Organizations need a consistent way to control how AI systems operate in production. [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management) provides that governance layer, allowing organizations to define how AI systems access models, tools, and agents, while enforcing security policies, monitoring usage, and maintaining control over cost and behavior across environments. This ensures every interaction is secure, observable, and aligned with business and compliance requirements. This approach is already proving essential in real-world deployments. [**Banco Bradesco**](https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/25660-banco-bradesco-sa-azure-ai-foundry#exec-summary-section) uses [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management) to securely manage AI services and APIs across channels, applying centralized governance and end-to-end visibility. By standardizing how APIs and AI services are exposed and consumed, the bank ensures consistent security policies, improves monitoring across interactions, and supports high-scale digital banking experiences with strong data protection. > With Microsoft Azure API Management, we securely manage AI services and APIs across all channels. It’s the backbone of our architecture scaling with demand while maintaining strict governance and data protection. > > —Phelipi Dal’Olio, Bridge Manager, Banco Bradesco ## Turning AI innovation into business impact With governance in place, organizations can move beyond experimentation and focus on delivering real business value with AI. [Telefónica Brasil](https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/23109-telefonica-brasil-azure-open-ai-service) is using Azure OpenAI to enhance customer interactions across digital channels. This improves service experiences, accelerates response times, and enables more personalized engagement at scale. At the same time, [Access Group](https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/25685-access-group-azure-api-management) embedded AI directly into its product portfolio. Using [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management) as the foundation of its AI gateway, Access launched over 50 AI-powered products in a single year and scaled to 2.2 million users. The company also achieved ISO 42001 certification for responsible AI, demonstrating how governance can accelerate innovation. [**Air India**](https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/19768-air-india-azure-open-ai-service) deployed a generative AI assistant at scale. It now handles up to 40,000 customer queries per day, has resolved over 13 million conversations, and operates with a 97% success rate. This allows the airline to scale customer support without increasing agent volume while saving millions annually. [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management) supports this shift by providing a consistent way to expose, secure, and manage the APIs that power these AI-driven experiences, helping organizations move from isolated innovation to production-ready, enterprise-scale impact. ## Expanding the platform for what’s next As organizations adopt new interaction patterns across APIs and AI systems, the platform continues to evolve. [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/api-management) is expanding to support emerging scenarios, including governed agent interactions, exposing APIs as reusable tools for AI systems, and enabling centralized discovery and policy enforcement across environments. This ensures organizations can adopt new capabilities without introducing fragmentation or losing control. As organizations continue to invest in AI, the ability to govern how systems and AI interact at scale will become a defining capability. 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