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# Azure Queue

How to connect using the Azure Queue system integration

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## Overview

Azure Queue Storage provides message queues for communication between applications and services. With Couchdrop, you can publish data to an Azure Queue from file actions and Automations, allowing file-based workflows to feed event-driven systems without requiring separate integration middleware.

Couchdrop can receive files or payloads from sources such as cloud storage, SFTP/FTP, APIs, and inbound webhooks, then use an Automation to publish that data as a message to an Azure Queue.

## How to connect Azure Queue

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#### Before you start

To connect Azure Queue to Couchdrop, you will need:

* An Azure account
* An Azure Queue created within an Azure Storage account
* The **queue name**
* The **storage account name**
* An **access key** for the storage account
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### Create a new system integration

Log in to Couchdrop and add a new **System Integration**.
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### Select Azure Queue

Select **Azure Queue** from the list of available integrations.
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### Configure the Azure Queue connection

Provide the Azure Queue configuration details listed above, including the queue name, storage account name, and storage account access key.
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### Save the integration

Click **Add System Integration** to create the Azure Queue connection.

Once configured, the connection can be selected from supported file actions inside Couchdrop Automations.
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## Using Azure Queues in Couchdrop

Azure Queue is configured in Couchdrop as a **platform integration**. Unlike a storage connection, it does not appear as a virtual folder.

Instead, the Azure Queue connection becomes available for use in a file action inside an Automation. This allows a workflow to receive or process data in Couchdrop and publish it to the configured Azure Queue.