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Getting Started with OAuth for Confluent Cloud Using Azure AD DS

Released in December 2022, OAuth support on Confluent Cloud allows Confluent Cloud users to integrate their own third-party identity provider (IdP) with Confluent Cloud, centralizing account management across all of their cloud services. This article explains how to configure Azure Active Directory DS (Azure AD DS) and Confluent Cloud so that the Azure Directory can be used to authenticate and authorize applications to use Confluent Cloud clusters.

#4 Kafka Live Stream | Creating Dead Letter Queues in Kafka with SQL Stream Processing

Getting value out of data means transformation in real-time, and coding your #Kafka Streams app is just the first step in a long journey. Then you need to package that app, deploy it, manage that connection to #apachekafka, set it up with monitoring and alerting, govern it and troubleshoot it if issues pop up. In this Kafka Live Stream, we show you a way to significantly simplify this route by demonstrating why and how you can create Dead Letter Queues in Kafka with Lenses Streaming SQL for stream processing.

Simplify and Accelerate Your Data Streaming Workloads With an Intuitive User Experience

Happy holidays from Confluent! It’s that time in the quarter again, when we get to share our latest and greatest features on Confluent Cloud. To start, we’re thrilled to share that Confluent ranked as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2023, and The Forrester Wave(™): Cloud Data Pipelines, Q4 2023! Forrester strongly endorsed Confluent’s vision to transform data streaming platforms from a “nice-to-have” to a must-have.

Commands, Queries, and Events | Microservices 101

Messages between microservices come in three different flavors: Commands, Queries, and Events. Commands change the state, queries request the state, and events share the state. When designing microservice communication patterns, it is important to understand the role of these messages. Following a clear set of rules can help ensure consistency and clarity within your system of microservices.