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Azure Service Bus

Azure Service Bus is a fully managed enterprise message broker with message queues and publish-subscribe topics. It enables decoupling applications and services with reliable asynchronous messaging, supporting sessions, dead-lettering, scheduled delivery, duplicate detection, and transactions.

Azure Service Bus publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Messages API. Tagged areas include Enterprise Messaging, Message Broker, Messaging, Publish Subscribe, and Queues.

Azure Service Bus’ developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

48.5/100 developing ▼ -5.5 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
Enterprise MessagingMessage BrokerMessagingPublish SubscribeQueuesTopics

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 48.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Azure Service Bus Management REST API

The management REST API enables namespace, queue, topic, and subscription configuration through Azure Resource Manager, including SKU, network rules, authorization rules, and di...

Azure Service Bus Messages API

The Messages API from Azure Service Bus — 3 operation(s) for messages.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Microsoft Azure Service Bus Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Service Bus Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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Microsoft Azure Service Bus Agentic Access

5 operations · 5 acting

5 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: microsoft-azure-service-bus
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-service-bus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Azure Service Bus
description: Azure Service Bus is a fully managed enterprise message broker with message queues and publish-subscribe topics.
  It enables decoupling applications and services with reliable asynchronous messaging, supporting sessions, dead-lettering,
  scheduled delivery, duplicate detection, and transactions.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-service-bus.png
tags:
- Enterprise Messaging
- Message Broker
- Messaging
- Publish Subscribe
- Queues
- Topics
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-service-bus:management-api
  name: Azure Service Bus Management REST API
  description: The management REST API enables namespace, queue, topic, and subscription configuration through Azure Resource
    Manager, including SKU, network rules, authorization rules, and disaster recovery configuration.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/servicebus/controlplane-stable/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Management
  - Namespaces
  - Provisioning
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/servicebus/controlplane-stable/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/authentication-flows-app-scenarios
- aid: microsoft-azure-service-bus:microsoft-azure-service-bus-messages-api
  name: Azure Service Bus Messages API
  description: The Messages API from Azure Service Bus — 3 operation(s) for messages.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/servicebus/
  baseURL: https://{namespace}.servicebus.windows.net/
  tags:
  - Messages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-service-bus-messages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/servicebus/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/eventhub/authenticate-shared-access-signature
  - type: Reference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/servicebus/resourceprovider
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-service-bus-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-service-bus-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-service-bus-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/service-bus/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-bus-messaging/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-quickstart-portal
- type: SDKs
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/product/service-bus/
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azureservicebus
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com