Azure Event Hubs

AzureIntegration

Big data streaming platform and event ingestion service capable of millions of events per second with Kafka compatibility, Capture to Blob or Data Lake, and partition-based scaling

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USRedmond, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther74 regions across 7 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 13 sovereign-flagged regions available

Attributes

SLA Uptime
99.99%
Throughput
millions of events/second
Kafka Support
Yes

Sub-services (3)

Standard Tier

Up to 20 consumer groups and 1000 connections

Dedicated Tier

Single-tenant cluster for high throughput

Kafka Endpoint

Kafka protocol-compatible event streaming

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

74 regions
36 countries
13sovereign
Sovereign regions (13)
  • Australia Central · CanberraAzure Australia Government
  • Australia Central 2 · CanberraAzure Australia Government
  • US Gov Virginia · VirginiaAzure Government (US)
  • US Gov Arizona · ArizonaAzure Government (US)
  • US Gov Texas · TexasAzure Government (US)
  • US DoD East · VirginiaAzure Government (US DoD regions)
  • US DoD Central · IowaAzure Government (US DoD regions)
  • China North (Beijing) · BeijingMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East (Shanghai) · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China North 2 · BeijingMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East 2 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China North 3 · HebeiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East 3 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
Commercial regions (61)

Europe (21)

  • Austria East
  • Belgium Central
  • Denmark East
  • Finland Central
  • France South
  • France Central
  • Germany North
  • Germany West Central
  • Greece Central
  • North Europe
  • Italy North
  • West Europe
  • Norway East
  • Norway West
  • Poland Central
  • Spain Central
  • Sweden Central
  • Switzerland West
  • Switzerland North
  • UK West
  • UK South

North America (13)

  • Canada East
  • Canada Central
  • Mexico Central
  • West US
  • East US 3
  • North Central US
  • Central US
  • West US 3
  • South Central US
  • East US
  • East US 2
  • West US 2
  • West Central US

South America (3)

  • Brazil Southeast
  • Brazil South
  • Chile Central

Asia (14)

  • East Asia
  • South India
  • India South Central
  • Jio India West
  • West India
  • Jio India Central
  • Central India
  • Indonesia Central
  • Japan West
  • Japan East
  • Malaysia West
  • Southeast Asia
  • Korea South
  • Korea Central

Oceania (3)

  • Australia East
  • Australia Southeast
  • New Zealand North

Middle East (5)

  • Israel Central
  • Qatar Central
  • Saudi Arabia Central
  • UAE Central
  • UAE North

Africa (2)

  • South Africa West
  • South Africa North

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Pricing

Pricing model:tiered