Migrate to Azure Resource Manager control plane API version 2021-11-01 by 30 September 2026
Older control plane APIs in Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Relay will be retired.
Some Azure Service Bus SDK libraries will be retired on 30 September 2026—migrate to the latest SDKs
Azure Service Bus SDK libraries that don't conform to Azure SDK guidelines will be retired and support will end.
Public preview: Performance improving features for Azure Service Bus premium
Scale your Azure Service Bus premium namespaces far beyond the current limitations with two new features.
Generally available: Service Bus Explorer for the Azure portal
Manage and work with your messages directly in the portal integrated version of Service Bus Explorer.
Generally available: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus
Configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimal version of transport layer security (TLS).
Public preview: Service Bus Explorer capabilities in the Azure Portal
Send, receive, and peek messages on queues, topics, and subscriptions.
Public preview: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus
To enforce stricter security measures, you can now configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimum version of TLS.
Azure Service Bus large message support reaches general availability
This new capability removes need for workarounds and enables migration of legacy payloads to Azure
Public preview: Azure Service Bus support for large messages
You can now send and receive message payloads of up to 100MB in Azure Service Bus premium tier namespaces.
General availability support for Java Message Service (JMS) 2.0 API on Azure Service Bus Premium
Use existing applications that leverage JMS 2.0 API to talk to Service Bus without any code changes. Only configuration changes are required.
Simplify and Modernize your Java and Spring workloads with Azure Service Bus
In order to provide Azure Service Bus to more customers irrespective of their application stack and application ecosystem, and in keeping with that vision, we’re announcing feature parity with Java…
Service Bus Explorer on the Azure portal is now available in preview
Send, receive, and peek from queues, topics, and subscriptions, now from the Azure portal (in preview).
Service Bus Standard Base Unit name change
On June 1, 2019, the unit of measure for the Service Bus Standard Base Unit Germany resource GUID will change.
Upgrade your existing Service Bus standard namespaces to premium in-place
Upgrade existing multi-tenant Service Bus standard namespaces to dedicated premium namespaces by using our new migration tool.
Public preview: Azure Service Bus for Node.js
A new AMQP-based package for Azure Service Bus for Node.js is now available.
Service Bus unit of measure change
Effective March 1, 2019, the names for Service Bus Standard Base Unit will change.
Public preview: Azure Service Bus for Go
Send messages asynchronously between your Go services by using the new preview package for Azure Service Bus.
Public preview: Azure Service Bus for Python
A package for using Azure Service Bus from Python over AMQP is now available in preview.
Service Bus name changes
Effective January 1, 2019, the names for Azure Service Bus Messaging will change.
GUID migration: Azure Service Bus, US Government regions
Starting on May 1, 2018, you’ll be billed at an hourly rate for Service Bus standard base units and Service Bus premium messaging units.
GUID migration: Azure Service Bus
On May 1, 2018, Azure Service Bus Standard Base Unit and Service Bus Premium Messaging Units will start being billed at an hourly rate from the current daily rate.
General availability: Azure Relay Hybrid Connections
Azure Relay Hybrid Connections is generally available.
Service Bus messaging in the Azure portal
You can now use the new Azure portal to create and manage Service Bus messaging resources (namespaces, queues, and topics).
General availability: Service Bus Premium Messaging released to general availability
To better support a broader array of mission-critical cloud apps, Azure Service Bus Premium messaging is now generally available.
Public preview: Azure Service Bus Premium messaging
To better support a broader array of mission-critical cloud apps, we’ve introduced Azure Service Bus Premium messaging.
Learning path for Azure Service Bus
A new learning path for Azure Service Bus has been published.
Updates to Service Bus pricing
In July 2014, we announced changes to Service Bus Queues and Topics, with messaging now offered in Basic and Standard tiers. These new tiers provide price flexibility that better accommodate…
Pricing changes for Service Bus Queues and Topics
Service Bus Basic and Standard tiers provide price flexibility that better accommodate different use cases.