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MC Fer
MC Fer

Reputation: 313

Azure service bus or just Azure web app when using SignalR

I never used the Azure. Now, i with a problem. I am going to do a Chat on Xamarin Forms using SignalR. So, the chat will have a 1:1 and a group 1:all . Its for a small group of 700 to 1.000 persons. Looking at the internet, i didnt understand if i have to pay for Azure App Service (standard) + Azure Bus Service, or just Azure Bus Service, or just Azure App Service.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 611

Answers (2)

Rob Reagan
Rob Reagan

Reputation: 7686

Short answer: you only need to pay for Azure App Service to create a single Web App if you want to use SignalR.

The only reason you'll need Service Bus is if you decide to scale your Web App to multiple instances. To synchronize across multiple web apps, SignalR requires a messaging backplane. That's what Service Bus would be used for. Your other options for a SignalR messaging backplane are Redis (very fast), or Azure SQL (slower). I personally use Service Bus for my SignalR messaging backplane. But again, you do NOT need Service Bus if you're only using one instance for your web app.

Upvotes: 4

Leslie Baker
Leslie Baker

Reputation: 150

If you have an MSDN account you get a certain amount of free credits to put towards it, but each type of Azure Service generally has a charge. Check out the pricing pages on azure and you'll be able to gauge which is your best option, alternatively if you aren't ties to Microsoft, then you can look at the RabbitMQ offerings of Amazon.

If you're unsure on the pricing, speak to a Microsoft Sales person, they've helped me out in the past and are quite good.

Upvotes: 1

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