Merge pull request #76813 from mikebudzynski/apim-external-cache

APIM: external cache in all tiers

Author: GitHubber17

articles/api-management/api-management-features.md

@@ -30,15 +30,14 @@ Each API Management [pricing tier](https://aka.ms/apimpricing) offers a distinct
 | Built-in cache                                                                               | No                            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
 | Built-in analytics                                                                           | No                            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
 | [SSL settings](api-management-howto-manage-protocols-ciphers.md)                             | No                            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
-| [External cache](https://aka.ms/apimbyoc)                                                    | Yes                           | No<sup>3</sup> | No<sup>3</sup> | No<sup>3</sup> | No<sup>3</sup> |
-| [Client certificate authentication](api-management-howto-mutual-certificates-for-clients.md) | No<sup>4</sup>                | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
+| [External cache](https://aka.ms/apimbyoc)                                                    | Yes                           | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
+| [Client certificate authentication](api-management-howto-mutual-certificates-for-clients.md) | No<sup>3</sup>                | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
 | [Backup and restore](api-management-howto-disaster-recovery-backup-restore.md)               | No                            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
 | [Management over Git](api-management-configuration-repository-git.md)                        | No                            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
 | Direct management API                                                                        | No                            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
-| Azure Monitor logs and metrics                                                               | No<sup>5</sup>                | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
+| Azure Monitor logs and metrics                                                               | No<sup>4</sup>                | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            | Yes            |
 
-<sup>1</sup> Enables the use of Azure AD (and Azure AD B2C) as an identity provider for user signin on the developer portal.<br/>
+<sup>1</sup> Enables the use of Azure AD (and Azure AD B2C) as an identity provider for user sign in on the developer portal.<br/>
 <sup>2</sup> Including related functionality e.g. users, groups, issues, applications and email templates and notifications.<br/>
-<sup>3</sup> External cache support for this tier is coming soon.<br/>
-<sup>4</sup> Client certificate authentication will be added to the Consumption tier prior to its General Availability.<br/>
-<sup>5</sup> Full Azure Monitor support will be added to the Consumption tier.
+<sup>3</sup> Client certificate authentication will be added to the Consumption tier prior to its General Availability.<br/>
+<sup>4</sup> Full Azure Monitor support will be added to the Consumption tier.

articles/api-management/api-management-howto-cache-external.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ms.workload: mobile
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
 ms.devlang: na
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 11/27/2018
+ms.date: 05/15/2019
 ms.author: apimpm
 
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@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ What you'll learn:
 > [!div class="checklist"]
 > * Add an external cache in API Management
 
-## Availability
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> This feature is currently available only in the **Consumption** tier of Azure API Management.
-
 ## Prerequisites
 
 To complete this tutorial, you need to:
@@ -91,6 +86,7 @@ Follow the steps below to add an external Azure Cache for Redis in Azure API Man
 Once the external cache is configured in Azure API Management, it can be used through caching policies. See [Add caching to improve performance in Azure API Management](api-management-howto-cache.md) for detailed steps.
 
 ## <a name="next-steps"> </a>Next steps
+
 * For more information about caching policies, see [Caching policies][Caching policies] in the [API Management policy reference][API Management policy reference].
 * For information on caching items by key using policy expressions, see [Custom caching in Azure API Management](api-management-sample-cache-by-key.md).