Connecting services through Azure Event Grid

Now that you have learned something about what Azure Event Grid is and how it works, we will try to test your knowledge and create a working solution. We will start by creating an instance in the Azure Portal and configuring it to accept and route events. Additionally, you will learn what the schema of an event is and how to leverage it so that you can send custom events that will be handled by Event Grid.

Creating Azure Event Grid in the Azure Portal

To get started with Azure Event Grid, do the following in the Azure Portal:

1. Click on + Create a resource and search for Event Grid. From the list, select Event Grid Topic and click on Create.
2. You will see a simple form, where you must enter the name of the instance of a service. For now, we will skip the rest of the settings:

Figure 11.6 – Creating a topic in the Azure Portal

3. When you click on Review...