As part of our commitment to continuously improve our security methods and practices, we are excited to introduce changes to the Publish API for Edge extensions developers. These changes are part of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative and are designed to enhance the security of your extensions and streamline the extension publishing process.
In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the key security capabilities introduced with the new Publish API, how it differs from the current API, and how extension developers can easily opt-in to and use the new experience.
Key security enhancements
The new Publish API delivers the following key enhancements:
- Enhanced API key generation
Secrets are now API keys. With the new Publish API, the API key is generated automatically by our backend services. This means that the ClientId and API Keys are regenerated for every developer, therefore enhancing security by reducing dependency on static credentials.
- API key management
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