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Fast broadcast to millions of devices. Azure Notification Hubs is a massively scalable mobile push notification engine for quickly sending millions of notifications to iOS, Android, Windows, or Kindle devices, working with APNs (Apple Push Notification service), GCM (Google Cloud Messaging), WNS (Windows Push Notification Service), and more.
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- Monitoring and troubleshooting
What is the resource structure of Notification Hubs?
Azure Notification Hubs has two resource levels: hubs and namespaces. A hub is a single push resource that can hold the cross-platform push information of one app. A namespace is a collection of hubs in one region. Recommended mapping matches one namespace with one app. Within a namespace, you can have a production hub that works with your production app, a testing hub that works with your testing app, and so on.
What is the price model for Notification Hubs?
The latest pricing details can be found on the
page. Notification Hubs is billed at the namespace level. (For the definition of a namespace, see "What is the resource structure of Notification Hubs?") Notification Hubs offers three tiers:
This tier is a good starting point for exploring push capabilities. It's not recommended for production apps. You get 500 devices and 1 million pushes included per subscription per month, with no service level agreement (SLA) guarantee.
Which server-side platforms do you support?
Server SDKs are available for .NET, Java, Node.js, PHP, and Python. Notification Hubs APIs are based on REST interfaces, so you can work directly with REST APIs if you're using different platforms or do not want extra dependency. For more information, go to the
Which client platforms do you support?
Push notifications are supported for
For more information, see the
Notification Hubs Getting Started tutorials
What support is provided for disaster recovery?
High availability for Azure Notification Hubs
Is all of my data stored in encrypted form?
Azure Notification Hubs encrypts all customer data at rest with the exception of registration tags. For this reason, you should not store personal or confidential data using tags.
Is there audit log capability?
Yes. All Notification Hubs management operations update the Azure Activity Log to which is exposed in the
What troubleshooting capabilities are available?
Azure Notification Hubs provides several features for troubleshooting, particularly for the most common scenario of dropped notifications. For details, see the
What telemetry features are available?
Azure Notification Hubs enables viewing telemetry data in the
Details of the metrics are available on the
You can also programmatically access metrics. For more information, see the following articles:
Aug 14, 2023 · Next steps. Azure Notification Hubs provide an easy-to-use and scaled-out push engine that enables you to send notifications to any platform (iOS, Android, Windows, etc.) from any back-end (cloud or on-premises). Notification Hubs works great for both enterprise and consumer scenarios. Here are a few example scenarios:
Feb 8, 2024 · Type Notification Hubs in the Filter services text box. Select the star icon next to the service name to add the service to the FAVORITES section on the left menu. Select Notification Hubs. On the Notification Hubs page, select Create on the toolbar. In the Basics tab on the Notification Hub page, do the following steps:
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Nov 24, 2020 · Push notifications is a form of app-to-user communication where app users are notified of certain information. You see these, typically, as pop-ups or dialogue boxes. On receipt of the notification, you can choose to view or dismiss the message. When you choose to view the notification on a mobile device, it opens up the app communicating the ...
Sep 16, 2013 · Bing News: Using Windows Azure Notification Hubs to deliver breaking news to millions of devices. One of the apps that started to use Windows Azure Notification Hubs since the Public Preview launched last January is the Bing News app included on all Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 devices. The Bing News app needs the ability to notify their users ...
Sep 21, 2023 · Azure Notification Hubs are one option, a service agnostic way of delivering messages to any platform without tying you to one application platform. That ensures code portability, so your ...
