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title Quickstart - Create Your Azure API Center - Portal
description Learn how to use the Azure portal to set up an API center for API discovery, reuse, and governance.
ms.service azure-api-center
ms.topic quickstart
ms.date 10/13/2025

Quickstart: Create your API center - Azure portal

[!INCLUDE quickstart-intro]

[!INCLUDE quickstart-prerequisites]

Register the Microsoft.ApiCenter provider

If you haven't already, you need to register the Microsoft.ApiCenter resource provider in your subscription. You only need to register the resource provider once.

To register the resource provider using the portal:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. In the search bar, enter and select Subscriptions.

  3. Select the subscription where you want to create the API center.

  4. In the sidebar menu, under Settings, select Resource providers.

  5. Search for Microsoft.ApiCenter in the list of resource providers. If it isn't registered, select Register.

Create an API center

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. In the search bar, enter and select API Centers.

  3. Select + Create.

  4. On the Basics tab, select or enter the following settings:

    1. Select your Azure subscription.

    2. Select an existing resource group, or select Create new to create a new one.

    3. Enter a Name for your API center. It must be unique in the region where you're creating your API center.

    4. In Region, select one of the available regions for Azure API Center, for example, West Europe.

    5. In Pricing plan, select the pricing plan that meets your needs.

  5. Optionally, on the Tags tab, add one or more name/value pairs to help you categorize your Azure resources.

  6. Select Review + create.

  7. After validation completes, select Create.

After deployment, your API center is ready to use!

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