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# Eventhub Source

The EventHub Source Connector integrates with Azure Event Hubs, a highly scalable, real-time data streaming and event ingestion Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offered by Microsoft Azure. It provides a distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly available messaging service that can handle millions of events per second, making it suitable for big data, analytics, and real-time processing scenarios.

## Compatible versions

|                      |                                                        |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Azure Event Hubs** | Standard, Premium, and Dedicated tiers                 |
| **Protocol**         | Kafka wire protocol endpoint (port `9093`, `SASL_SSL`) |
| **Authentication**   | SAS connection string or Microsoft Entra ID            |

<Note>The Basic tier does not expose the Kafka endpoint and cannot be used.</Note>