Event Grid
Azure Event Grid is a fully managed event routing service for building event-based architectures. · Azure · Messaging
Overview
Azure Event Grid offers scalable, serverless event routing for integrating cloud services and building event-driven applications with minimal management overhead.
Good fit
Use Event Grid to connect services with event-driven workflows or to decouple components using publish/subscribe patterns.
- event-driven architectures
- cloud automation
- serverless integration
Not a fit
Avoid if you need high-throughput streaming, strict ordering, or on-premises event routing; consider Azure Service Bus or Event Hubs instead.
- require high-throughput streaming
- need strict message ordering
- on-premises only deployments
Quickstart · 5 steps
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- Create an Event Grid Topic or Domain.
- Register an event publisher or connect an Azure resource.
- Add one or more event subscribers (e.g., Azure Functions, Webhooks).
- Publish test events and verify delivery.
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