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+title: Differences between management APIs and service APIs - Azure Batch | Microsoft Docs
+description: APIs work on the different layers of the Azure Batch service.
+services: batch
+author: LauraBrenner
+manager: evansma
+
+ms.service: batch
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.date: 02/26/2020 
+ms.author: labrenne
+ms.custom: seodec18
+---
+
+# Service level and management level APIs
+
+Azure Batch has two sets of APIs, one for the service level and one for the management level. The naming is often similar but they return different results. If you want activity logs then you need to use the management APIs. Service level APIs bypass the Azure Resource Management layer and are not logged.
+
+
+Batch management and Batch service both have APIs for Pool, for example. 
+- This API to delete pool https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/pool/delete is targeted directly on the batch account.
+
+- This API to delete pool https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/pool/delete is targeted at the management.azure.com layer.
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