Azure has Event Hubs that are very similar to Kinesis&#x2F;Kafka.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azure.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;services&#x2F;event-hubs&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azure.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;services&#x2F;event-hubs&#x2F;</a><p>They also have simpler Queues and Service Bus for RPC&#x2F;lightweight message handling.