If you’re building highly distributed systems on the cloud, then you’re probably aware of the challenges of keeping your data consistent and your services resilient and scalable. Connecting different parts of your systems via messages & events, is a common pattern. But selecting the correct architecture with the right tech stack, can be tricky. Understanding the difference between Azure Queues, Service Bus, Event Grid or other open-source offerings, can be helpful in implementing the correct solution to your specific problems.