Configure processing units for a premium tier Azure Event Hubs namespace

This article provides instructions for configuring processing units (PUs) for a premium tier Azure Event Hubs namespace. To learn more about the premium tier, see Event Hubs Premium.

Configure processing units when creating a namespace

You can configure the number of processing units (PUs) for your namespace (1, 2, 4, 8, or 16), which you can update after creating the namespace.

Screenshot of enabling when creating a premium namespace

Configure processing units for an existing namespace

To update the number of PUs for an existing premium namespace, follow these steps:

  1. On the Event Hubs Namespace page for your namespace, select Scale under Settings on the left menu.

  2. Update the value for processing units, and select Save.

    Screenshot of enabling auto-inflate for an existing premium namespace

Next steps

To learn more about processing units and Event Hubs premium tier, see the following articles.