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Windows Azure Storage Part II – Queues
The Windows Azure Queue service is an Internet-scale message queuing system for cross-service communications. Even though the service is called a queue, the messages aren't guaranteed to follow the First In First Out (FIFO) pattern. The design focus of the Queue service is on providing a highly scalable and available asynchronous message communication system that's accessible anywhere, anytime. The Queue service is not a replacement for your on-premises Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), because it lacks some of the features like transactional messaging, distributed transactions, and integration with domain security. But, most of the applications that do not use these MSMQ features should ...
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