Q29 Event Hubs Domain 3 · 20–25% of exam

An Azure Stream Analytics job reads from Event Hubs. How should the consumer authentication be configured?

  1. A Shared Access Signature (SAS) policy
  2. B Managed identity with Azure Event Hubs Data Receiver role (correct answer)
  3. C Username and password
  4. D Event Hubs API key

Shortcut: Stream Analytics supports managed identity authentication to Event Hubs, eliminating stored SAS connection strings. Grant the Stream Analytics identity the Event Hubs Data Receiver role.