Chapter 11. Connecting to Event Hubs and an Introduction to IoT Hubs

This chapter provides a brief review of Azure Event Hubs and provides an introduction to IoT Hubs. It will teach you how to connect to Event Hubs and consume data using partitions and how to connect devices to the IoT Hub. It will discuss the various security and connectivity options available today when connecting devices to the Internet.

In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:

  • What are Event Hubs and IoT Hubs
  • When to use either Event Hubs or IoT Hubs
  • How to send and consume messages
  • How to enable bidirectional communication with IoT Hubs
  • Using an Azure IoT Hub in a simulated real-world example

An introduction to Event Hubs

Event Hubs are primarily designed to ingest large ...

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