May 2026 monthly summary for Azure/azure-rest-api-specs: Implemented Unified Catalog API throttling and rate limits, introduced TooManyRequestsResponse with Retry-After, and updated policy documentation. No critical bugs reported this month. This work enhances API stability, predictability, and developer experience, and demonstrates strong cross-team collaboration and API design skills.

April 2026: Delivered major Purview REST API enhancements in mikeharder/azure-rest-api-specs. Key features include new Purview Unified Catalog APIs for DataAssets and DataColumns with governance routes, extended duplicate-detection capabilities, and enhanced query ergonomics. Introduced new internal models (DuplicateQueryRequest, DuplicateOkrQueryRequest, EntityCount) and endpoints to count duplicates across critical data elements, data products, OKRs, and terms. Refactored API surface to enforce required parameters, streamlined DataAsset/DataColumn queries, and added includingOrphans. Implemented API modernization: pagination parameter renamed to $skipToken to align with specs and migration notes to TypeSpec. Updated documentation and examples; co-authored changes with Anil Kumar Polepalli. Commit highlights include 4f2ec8af79abcf691c518547115729b1635ec6e2 and c8e4b6891a6b26fd8fab971a2a788d3f8569f6f8.

February 2026: Delivered Purview Unified Catalog Hierarchy in Azure/azure-rest-api-specs to enable hierarchical organization and faster retrieval of data assets and domains. This structural enhancement improves data governance, searchability, and scalability of the Purview catalog. No major bugs were recorded this month. Demonstrated proficiency in catalog design, API specification maintenance, and version-controlled delivery.

January 2026 monthly summary focusing on key business value and technical achievements across repository Azure/azure-rest-api-specs. Key highlights: - Feature delivered: Azure Purview API Parameter Cleanup and Performance Improvement (duplicatecheck parameter removal from Query APIs) to streamline API calls and reduce complexity. - Major bugs fixed: No explicit bug fixes reported for this period in the provided data. - Overall impact: Simplified API surface, reduced call complexity, potential performance improvements, and improved usability for developers integrating Purview specifications. - Technologies/skills demonstrated: API design cleanups, parameter governance, performance-oriented refactoring, and cross-repo collaboration. Details: - Month: 2026-01 - Repository: Azure/azure-rest-api-specs - Commit: f52764d11d53276b79bbbba37f977ef0b03bbd2c (#39790)

October 2025: Delivered the Azure Purview Unified Catalog API surface and developer onboarding in the azure-rest-api-specs repo. The release includes comprehensive API definitions (models, routes, and client configurations) for managing data assets, business domains, glossary terms, data products, and OKRs, along with hero scenarios and quick-start guides to accelerate onboarding and MS Learn integration. No major bugs fixed this month. Business value delivered includes faster time-to-value for Purview catalog integrations, stronger governance tooling, and an enhanced developer experience. Technologies demonstrated include OpenAPI/Swagger, REST API design, API specifications tooling, and MS Learn alignment.