Postman Announces Partnership with Microsoft—Delivering Expanded AI Model Choice, Accelerated Developer Workflows, and Integrated API Governance
Postman partnered with Microsoft to expand AI model choices in Agent Mode and integrate API context directly into GitHub Copilot and VS Code via MCP servers.
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San Francisco -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Postman, the API platform provider, today announced a partnership with Microsoft. This partnership expands the choice of AI models available in Agent Mode and further integrates with Microsoft's developer ecosystem through Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Concurrently, the general availability of API catalog integration with Azure API Management has also begun. This will provide enterprise development teams with a unified, AI-driven workflow that seamlessly supports everything from API discovery to production deployment.
Agent Mode: An AI-native assistant supporting the entire API lifecycle
Agent Mode is an AI assistant built directly into Postman that leverages information about collections, tests, mocks, and specifications. This allows teams to streamline the entire API development process. In addition to advanced reasoning capabilities from leading AI model providers, it features security, compliance, and governance controls to meet enterprise requirements. All of this is available on the existing Postman platform.
Through this partnership, Agent Mode now supports OpenAI models on Microsoft Foundry. This gives teams the flexibility to choose the best model for their workflows, security requirements, and organizational policies. By leveraging Foundry, teams can expand their choices without having to switch platforms.
Abhinav Asthana, Co-founder and CEO of Postman, said: "Agent Mode is more than just a tool for working with APIs more efficiently; it redefines what AI-native software development looks like. As enterprises transition from AI experimentation to production, the critical factor is not whether they can adopt AI agents, but whether the supporting APIs are in place. By expanding model choices with Microsoft Foundry and OpenAI, platform engineering teams can apply the right AI to the right workflow while maintaining API context, test coverage, and governance. This is exactly the value of a platform that integrates AI and APIs."
Yina Arenas, CVP of Microsoft Foundry at Microsoft, added: "Great software teams succeed by having practical, deep context about their APIs and production systems. By integrating Postman with Microsoft Foundry and Azure API Management, developers can balance AI-driven workflows with enterprise-grade governance while managing API design through production on a single control plane. This enables faster development, reduced uncertainty, and the building of highly reliable software."
Postman MCP Server: Bringing API context to the Microsoft ecosystem
With MCP servers, developers can directly leverage Postman's API context in agent-based coding workflows within the Microsoft ecosystem. Developers can use Postman's capabilities from their everyday development environments without switching tools.
From VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft Foundry, developers can:
- Quickly search across Postman workspaces to identify APIs, collections, and environments.
- Generate client code suitable for each language based on Postman definition information.
- Run API tests to detect issues before they impact the production environment.
- Create mock servers and audit API security within the development flow.
- Synchronize codebases with Postman collections to keep documentation and tests always up to date.
The Postman MCP server is currently available for Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot. It is supported through the GitHub MCP Registry and Microsoft Foundry Tools. Furthermore, support for Microsoft Copilot Studio is planned in the near future, expanding its utility to no-code developers and enterprise automation teams.
Agent Mode: An AI-native assistant supporting the entire API lifecycle
Agent Mode is an AI assistant built directly into Postman that leverages information about collections, tests, mocks, and specifications. This allows teams to streamline the entire API development process. In addition to advanced reasoning capabilities from leading AI model providers, it features security, compliance, and governance controls to meet enterprise requirements. All of this is available on the existing Postman platform.
Through this partnership, Agent Mode now supports OpenAI models on Microsoft Foundry. This gives teams the flexibility to choose the best model for their workflows, security requirements, and organizational policies. By leveraging Foundry, teams can expand their choices without having to switch platforms.
Abhinav Asthana, Co-founder and CEO of Postman, said: "Agent Mode is more than just a tool for working with APIs more efficiently; it redefines what AI-native software development looks like. As enterprises transition from AI experimentation to production, the critical factor is not whether they can adopt AI agents, but whether the supporting APIs are in place. By expanding model choices with Microsoft Foundry and OpenAI, platform engineering teams can apply the right AI to the right workflow while maintaining API context, test coverage, and governance. This is exactly the value of a platform that integrates AI and APIs."
Yina Arenas, CVP of Microsoft Foundry at Microsoft, added: "Great software teams succeed by having practical, deep context about their APIs and production systems. By integrating Postman with Microsoft Foundry and Azure API Management, developers can balance AI-driven workflows with enterprise-grade governance while managing API design through production on a single control plane. This enables faster development, reduced uncertainty, and the building of highly reliable software."
Postman MCP Server: Bringing API context to the Microsoft ecosystem
With MCP servers, developers can directly leverage Postman's API context in agent-based coding workflows within the Microsoft ecosystem. Developers can use Postman's capabilities from their everyday development environments without switching tools.
From VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft Foundry, developers can:
- Quickly search across Postman workspaces to identify APIs, collections, and environments.
- Generate client code suitable for each language based on Postman definition information.
- Run API tests to detect issues before they impact the production environment.
- Create mock servers and audit API security within the development flow.
- Synchronize codebases with Postman collections to keep documentation and tests always up to date.
The Postman MCP server is currently available for Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot. It is supported through the GitHub MCP Registry and Microsoft Foundry Tools. Furthermore, support for Microsoft Copilot Studio is planned in the near future, expanding its utility to no-code developers and enterprise automation teams.