AZ562240 - Generally Available: Azure Event Grid releases for April 2026

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Published

May 20, 2026

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • April 2026
    Preview
  • April 2026
    General Availability

Product

Event Grid

Tag

Features

Category

Integration
Internet of Things

Description

Azure Event Grid namespaces are expanding MQTT capabilities to help organizations build more connected, scalable, and MQTT V5 standards-based real-time solutions. These updates make it easier to deliver responsive device experiences, simplify backend integration, and accelerate modern IoT application development. 
  • MQTT Retain support: Deliver a better subscriber experience by ensuring new subscribers can immediately receive the latest known state for a topic, without waiting for the next message. 
  • Shared Subscriptions: Scale message processing more efficiently by distributing traffic across multiple consumers in the same subscription group, helping support higher throughput and more resilient architectures. 
  • HTTP Publish of MQTT messages: Bring HTTP-based applications into MQTT workflows with a simple publishing path that helps connect backend services, business applications, and device ecosystems more seamlessly.