Azure Web PubSub is a classic publish-and-subscribe architecture, with the hubs treated as the publisher and clients as subscribers.

Microsoft is previewing a new Azure Web PubSub service used to create real-time applications based on WebSockets communication tech. Because WebSockets allows for full-duplex communication channels ...

Microsoft recently added support for Socket.IO on Azure in public preview, allowing developers to leverage a fully-managed cloud solution through Web PubSub for Socket.IO.

In related news, Microsoft said that the Azure Web PubSub service will reach general availability in December, leveraging the standardized WebSocket protocol to support real-time client/server ...