You’ll want to get familiar with how different Azure services work together to handle events and messages in real time.
Start with the Event Hub. This is your go-to for big data pipelines. It’s designed for streaming large volumes of telemetry data and distributed data like logs.
Then we have our Event Grid, which is all about retroactive — or I should say — reactive programming. It’s used to trigger actions based on discrete events, like when a file is uploaded or a resource changes states.
You’ll want to know about Azure Functions. These are used for processing events as they come in, making your architecture truly serverless.
And then we have things like storage and SQL data warehousing. You’ll need to understand how they fit into the overall flow.
So for your exam, make sure you can explain the differences between event grids, event hub, and your service bus, and when to use each. And if you walk through a scenario-based question, you’ll need to understand how to map the right services to each scenario. So keep that in mind.