Public Preview: Azure API Center May Updates

We are excited to announce our May updates for Azure API Center. This public preview release includes several exciting new features designed to enhance user experience and streamline API management: * Users can now configure and granularly assign access to APIs and their specific versions, providing more control and flexibility in managing API permissions. This new capability ensures that users can manage their API permissions with greater precision, enhancing security and operational efficiency. * Additionally, we are now offering integration with Copilot Studio. This integration aims to provide low-code developers with access to organizational APIs by creating a custom connector in Copilot Studio from Azure API Center, thereby simplifying the development process and expanding the usability of APIs. * Furthermore, the updates bring MCP server support, allowing users to register remote MCP servers into API Center. This means that API Center can now serve as a private remote MCP registry, providing a centralized and secure repository for MCP services. * Lastly, we are introducing semantic search capabilities, making it easier to find and discover APIs within the API Center portal or through data plane API. This feature uses advanced search algorithms to quickly find relevant APIs. **Learn more:** * [MCP server](https://aka.ms/apicenter/docs/mcp) * [Export connector](https://aka.ms/apicenter/docs/connector) * [Getting access](https://aka.ms/apicenter/docs/access) * [Semantic search](https://aka.ms/apicenter/docs/search)