Q22 Service Bus Domain 3 · 20–25% of exam

What happens to a message when a consumer calls Abandon() on a Service Bus message?

  1. A The message is deleted
  2. B The message is moved to DLQ
  3. C The message lock is released and the delivery count increments; the message becomes available again (correct answer)
  4. D The message is deferred

Shortcut: Abandon releases the lock and increments DeliveryCount. The message returns to the active queue, available for another consumer. After MaxDeliveryCount is exceeded, it goes to DLQ.