[Api Management] az apim: Add backend services for API Management.

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Related command

az apim backend create
az apim backend update
az apim backend show
az apim backend list
az apim backend delete

Description

Added a new subcommand for API Management. The new subcommand is az apim backend and it´s able to create, list, show, update and delete a Backend service.

Testing Guide

az apim backend create
az apim backend update
az apim backend show
az apim backend list
az apim backend delete

History Notes

[Component Name 1] BREAKING CHANGE: az command a: Make some customer-facing breaking change
[Component Name 2] az command b: Add some customer-facing feature

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Pull request overview

This PR adds backend management capabilities to the Azure API Management CLI. It introduces a new az apim backend command group with full CRUD operations for managing backend services in API Management instances.

Changes:

• Added five new commands for backend management: create, update, show, list, and delete
• Updated test URLs to use the current GitHub repository structure (main branch instead of master)
• Added comprehensive test coverage for all backend operations
• Minor cleanup in test structure (removed duplicate variable assignment, updated decorator prefix)

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File	Description
src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/apim/custom.py	Implements CRUD functions for backend operations
src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/apim/commands.py	Registers backend command group and operations
src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/apim/_params.py	Defines CLI parameters and arguments for backend commands
src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/apim/_help.py	Adds help documentation and examples for backend commands
src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/apim/_client_factory.py	Adds backend client factory
src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/apim/tests/latest/test_apim_scenario.py	Adds comprehensive backend operation tests and updates test URLs
.gitignore	Adds .venv/ directory to gitignore

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