Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Azure Service Bus
The Windows Azure Service Bus provides a hosted, secure, and widely available infra-
structure for widespread communication between different messaging endpoints to include
web services. The service bus communicates via three methods:
•
Queues
: You can perform one-to-one messaging through queues
•
Topics
: You can send one-to-many publish/subscribe messages from one publish
endpoint to many subscriber endpoints
•
Relays
: One-to-one requests-replies that will not be queuing passed between end-
points
Microsoft.ServiceBus.dll will be used to connect to the service bus, extend the service bus,
as well as work with the WCF and Windows workflow when interacting with the service
bus. The Azure Service Bus can be created in the Azure portal by first creating the service
bus namespace.
We can create the service bus queues, topics, and relays in the Azure portal, and we can
also manage the service bus through Visual Studio after it was initially created in the Azure
portal. The service bus will use a primary key and a connection string (which is not too dis-
similar from a connection string to a SQL database) to be accessed.
