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Cloud Computing · Intermediate

Azure Event Hubs

Azure big data streaming platform and event ingestion service capable of receiving millions of events per second.

Definition

Event Hubs ingests telemetry and log streams into partitions with consumer groups, retention and capture to Blob Storage or Data Lake. It offers an Apache Kafka-compatible endpoint, so Kafka clients can use it without code changes.

Example

IoT devices stream sensor readings to Event Hubs, and Stream Analytics processes them in real time.

Exam tip

High-throughput streaming and Kafka compatibility point to Event Hubs.

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