# Microsoft REST API Guidelines
## Microsoft REST API Guidelines Working Group
Name | Name | Name |
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Dave Campbell (CTO C+E) | Rick Rashid (CTO ASG) | John Shewchuk (Technical Fellow, TED HQ)
Mark Russinovich (CTO Azure) | Steve Lucco (Technical Fellow, DevDiv) | Murali Krishnaprasad (Azure App Plat)
Rob Howard (ASG) | Peter Torr (OSG) | Chris Mullins (ASG)
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Document editors: John Gossman (C+E), Chris Mullins (ASG), Gareth Jones (ASG), Rob Dolin (C+E), Mark Stafford (C+E)<br/>
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# Microsoft REST API Guidelines
## 1 Abstract
The Microsoft REST API Guidelines, as a design principle, encourages application developers to have resources accessible to them via a RESTful HTTP interface.
To provide the smoothest possible experience for developers on platforms following the Microsoft REST API Guidelines, REST APIs SHOULD follow consistent design guidelines to make using them easy and intuitive.
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