Setting Up Windows Azure Service Bus

This document assumes you have already set up an Windows Azure Account.

The first thing you must do is locate and click on the Service Bus Icon

Once you do that, your existing namespaces will appear in the list. As you can see, one exists with the name of joetest1234

Click on the Create Button.

You will now see the Add New Namespace Dialog. This must be a unique name that is not used anywhere on Azure. It may take a few tries to find one.

You need to select the Region which is usually the same data center, and the Subscription if you have more than one.

Click on and you should see the Service Bus being created.

Once created, click on the Service Bus name on the left most column - Namspace Name.

It will tell you that no topics exist. Click on the Topics Link at the top of the screen.

Click on the Create Topic Link

You can use the final topic name that you will use in your code or just make up a name. What we are doing is creating a topic so we can grab the Access Key needed to configure our app and this is the quickest way to do it.

You can take the defaults. Do not change the Max Size unless you understand how you will be billed for it.

Now that a topic is created, click on the Access Key button.

You will be provided with the Name and Key that you will need to configure your application.