# Using Microsoft Azure Event Hubs as a target

This section describes how to set up and use Microsoft Azure Event Hubs as a target endpoint in a replication task. In a task with a Microsoft Azure Event Hubs target endpoint, each source record is transformed into a message which is then written (with an optional message key) to a partition in the specified hub.

In this section:

* [Prerequisites](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Replicate/Main/Azure%20Event%20Hubs/azure_prereq.htm)
* [Transaction processing by the consumer](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Replicate/Main/Azure%20Event%20Hubs/Overview_azure.htm)
* [Limitations](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Replicate/Main/Azure%20Event%20Hubs/limitations_azure.htm)
* [Supported target data types](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Replicate/Main/Azure%20Event%20Hubs/azure_data_types.htm)
* [Setting general connection properties](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Replicate/Main/Azure%20Event%20Hubs/azure_setting_general_properties.htm)
* [Setting advanced connection properties](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Replicate/Main/Azure%20Event%20Hubs/advanced_properties_azure.htm)
* [The Replicate envelope](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Replicate/Main/Azure%20Event%20Hubs/attunity_envelope_azure.htm)
* [Metadata and data messages](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/replicate/November2024/Content/Replicate/Main/Azure%20Event%20Hubs/Data%20and%20Metadata%20Messages_azure.htm)