Get Azure Blob Storage events into Real-Time hub (preview)

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09/24/2024

This article describes how to get Azure Blob Storage events into Fabric Real-Time hub.

Note

Real-Time hub is currently in preview.

An event is the smallest amount of information that fully describes that something happened in a system. Azure Blob Storage events are triggered when a client creates, replaces, deletes a blob, etc. By using the Real-Time hub, you can convert these events into continuous data streams and transform them before routing them to various destinations in Fabric.

The following Blob Storage event types are supported:

Event name	Description
Microsoft.Storage.BlobCreated	Triggered when a blob is created or replaced.
Microsoft.Storage.BlobDeleted	Triggered when a blob is deleted.
Microsoft.Storage.BlobRenamed	Triggered when a blob is renamed.
Microsoft.Storage.BlobTierChanged	Triggered when the blob access tier is changed.
Microsoft.Storage.DirectoryCreated	Triggered when a directory is created.
Microsoft.Storage.DirectoryRenamed	Triggered when a directory is renamed.
Microsoft.Storage.AsyncOperationInitiated	Triggered when an operation involving moving or copying data from the archive to hot or cool tiers is initiated.
Microsoft.Storage.DirectoryDeleted	Triggered when a directory is deleted.
Microsoft.Storage.BlobInventoryPolicyCompleted	Triggered when the inventory run completes for a rule that defines an inventory policy.
Microsoft.Storage.LifecyclePolicyCompleted	Triggered when the actions defined by a lifecycle management policy are done.

For more information about available event types, see Azure Blob Storage as Event Grid source.

Note

Consuming Fabric events via eventstream or Data Activator is not supported if the capacity region of the eventstream or Data Activator is in the following regions: Germany West Central, South-Central US, West US2, West US3, West India.

Prerequisites

Get access to the Fabric premium workspace with Contributor or above permissions.
An Azure Blob Storage account of kind StorageV2 (general purpose v2), Block Blob Storage, or Blob Storage. General purpose v1 storage accounts aren't supported.

Create streams for Azure Blob Storage events

You can create streams for Azure Blob Storage events in Real-Time hub using one of the ways:

Using the Add source experience
Using the Fabric events page

Launch Add source experience

Sign in to Microsoft Fabric.
Select Real-Time hub on the left navigation bar.
On the Real-Time hub page, select + Add source in the top-right corner of the page.

Now, use instructions from the Configure and create an eventstream section.

Fabric events page

In Real-Time hub, select Fabric events.
Move the mouse over Azure Blob Storage, and select the Create Eventstream link or select ... (ellipsis) and then select Create Eventstream.

Now, use instructions from the Configure and create an eventstream section, but skip the first step of using the Add source page.

Configure and create an eventstream

On the Add source page, select Azure Blob Storage events.
On the Connect page, select the Azure subscription that has the storage account.
Select the Azure Blob Storage account that you want to receive events for.
In the Stream details section, enter a name for the eventstream that the Wizard is going to create, and select the workspace where you want to save the eventstream.
Then, select Next at the bottom of the page.
On the Review and create page, review settings, and select Create source.
When the wizard succeeds in creating a stream, you see a link to open the eventstream and close the wizard.