{"id":12409,"date":"2022-12-02T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/?p=12409"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:29:25","slug":"principles-for-monetizing-selected-microsoft-365-apis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/principles-for-monetizing-selected-microsoft-365-apis\/","title":{"rendered":"Principles for monetizing selected Microsoft 365 APIs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft offers access to Microsoft 365 API endpoints, including Microsoft Graph and its precursor APIs, through a licensing entitlement included with the purchase of certain products. As a result, developers have historically used these APIs at no additional cost.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are excited that the scope and usage of our APIs has grown dramatically over the past years. <\/span>All along, we\u2019ve aspired to ensure fair access to all customers. To make that possible, we have always had throttling limits to protect the reliability of the system. <\/span>Today, API usage has grown to the point that apps, including some considered business-critical, frequently exceed our services\u2019 throttling limits. Customers and developers are asking us for increased bandwidth and enriched functionality, purpose-built for specific scenarios.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To power the next generation of these business-critical applications, we are exploring new advanced capabilities that empower developers with enriched functionality and data access at scale.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, over the last year, Microsoft introduced Azure-metered access to some new Microsoft 365 APIs and services. We started with <\/span>Microsoft Graph Data Connect<\/span><\/a>, and recently started metering a select set of Teams API endpoints on Microsoft Graph APIs. With this new approach, it\u2019s important to clarify that <\/span>we are not changing how we license or charge for existing, generally available, Microsoft Graph APIs<\/span><\/b>. We are adding new value and making it available on a pay-as-you-go model. In this blog, we share<\/span> some of the thoughts and principles behind how we are approaching these new metered services.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Principles<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Here are the working principles that guide our approach to Microsoft 365 API endpoints.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n