Azure
API Center

A centralized home for discovering, governing, and managing APIs across the enterprise.

My role

Sr. UX Designer

Company

Microsoft

Duration

1 Month

Project Context

Led UX design for Azure API Center at Microsoft, focusing on intuitive workflows and seamless integration for developers. Collaborated closely with engineering and stakeholders to drive usability improvements and visually clear features like automatic builds and deployments. Used user research and testing to inform design decisions, delivering an efficient interface that empowers users to focus on coding. (Details available upon request; features not yet publicly released.)

Overview

Challenges

In the process of developing the Static Web App service, we encountered a significant issue: many users were not taking advantage of related Azure services after completing the initial setup. Instead, they opted for third-party solutions.

Business Goals

  1. How can we encourage more users to opt for related Azure services?

  2. How can we enhance customer acquisition specifically for Static Web Apps?

Design Goals

  1. How can we enhance the Static Web App creation experience while effectively informing users about our available services?

  2. How can we streamline the creation and onboarding process to improve efficiency for our users?

Note: Some of these features are not public yet so this description is very minimal

Process

Kickoff

In this phase, I started by getting a clear understanding of the current business initiatives, which were to increase paid features/services usage through Static Web Apps. We had a kickoff meeting to discuss business goals, current user data, and brainstorm high-level solutions.

Hypothesis

"Introducing paid services early in the Static Web App service creation process and offering a streamlined method for users to incorporate these services will increase the likelihood of users opting for paid services."

Pending Results

These features have not yet been released in private preview or public preview.