Chapter 4
Azure Queue Storage
Overview
A distributed application should not rely on data transfer using direct communication between components at all times. Network outages between components, bandwidth limitations due to changing demands, and other infrastructure issues could cause one or more of the components to go temporarily offline. When this happens, your application could lose data or break down completely.
A far better approach is to set up the application so that its various components post and consume messages based on resource and system availability. Azure Queue Storage supports such an approach. Azure Queue Storage stores and consumes a large number of messages over HTTP or HTTPS in a secure and resilient manner.
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