APIs seem to be everywhere these days. Every popular online service has one. APIs allow developers to interact with online services without actually having to point and click their way through a UI.

Also, AWS just yesterday published more guidance, titled " Creating a PowerShell REST API." "With the recent AWS Lambda support for PowerShell, it's now easy to make web APIs with Amazon API Gateway ...

The “ Simple HTTP api for executing PowerShell scripts ” is itself just a PowerShell script. So changing functionality just requires modifying a single file, no compilation needed.

Microsoft will mandate Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Azure CLI, PowerShell, and APIs starting Oct 1, 2025, to enhance security for developers.

Starting in October, Microsoft will enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Azure resource management actions to protect Azure clients from unauthorized access attempts.