User Dropdown information

[andrcami]

I would like to see more information on the user dropdown, what is its purpose? will selecting this user from the dropdown limit the access to only a combination of User selected and API key?

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• Content: Create subscriptions in Azure API Management
• Content Source: articles/api-management/api-management-howto-create-subscriptions.md
• Service: api-management
• GitHub Login: @dlepow
• Microsoft Alias: danlep

[Naveenommi-MSFT]

@andrcami Thanks for your feedback! We will investigate and update as appropriate.

[mumurug-MSFT]

@andrcami The user in the dropdown is actually owner of the subscription and it refers ownerId in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/apimanagement/subscription/get?view=rest-apimanagement-2022-08-01&tabs=HTTP#subscriptioncontract.

The user/owner can login to the developer portal and navigate to Profile -> Subscriptions and can manage the subscription like get the key, regenerate key, cancel subscription etc.

No, the subscription is not restricted to the user/owner. The developers (or teams) can make the call with subscription key like standalone subscription https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/api-management/api-management-subscriptions#standalone-subscriptions.

I hope this helps and let me know if any questions.