Azure API Management stv1 migration to stv2 workspace compatibility

Question

Reading the official Microsoft documentation, we can read that the following limitations are present in the STV2 APIM tier:

The following API management capabilities are not currently available in the v2 tiers.

• Infrastructure and Networking
• Zone redundancy
• Multi-region deployment
• Multiple custom domain names
• Capacity metrics
• Automatic scaling
• Inbound connection via private endpoint
• Injection into a VNet in external or internal mode
• Upgrade to v2 tiers from v1 tiers
• Workspaces

Workspaces are not supported in stv2 apim instances. This is a critical issue for us as all our workloads use the workspace feature. We can read that they are supported in the stv1 platform, but only in the Premium tier. What should we do, given that the stv1 platform will reach end-of-life in August, and we need to move to the stv2 platform anyway? We have "test" migrated one of the stv1 instances and its tier is now shown as "stv2.1". Could you elaborate on whether workspaces will be supported in stv2.1?

Answer 1

@Michal Czaja Thanks for reaching out. The limitations mentioned in the Microsoft documentation are generally applicable to all instances of the V2 service tier (we introduced new sku's Basicv2 and standardv2) and not STV2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/v2-service-tiers-overview

Please refer: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/api-management/

Regarding the issue of workspaces, it was announced that workspaces will be deprecated in Azure API Management in June 2024. This feature was introduced in the Premium, Standard, and Developer tiers but after June 14th it will be only supported in Premium sku regardless of stv1/stv2 (versions of API Management's compute platform). please refer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/compute-infrastructure

If you're using workspaces in the Standard tier, upgrade to the Premium tier to continue using workspaces.

If you're using workspaces preview in the Developer tier, you can follow the steps mentioned in the document https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/breaking-changes/workspaces-breaking-changes-june-2024#developer-tier-customers

for any further information please refer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/breaking-changes/workspaces-breaking-changes-june-2024#developer-tier-customers

do let me know incase of further queries, I would be happy to assist you.