{"id":4276,"date":"2016-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/kafka-connect-for-azure-iot-hub"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:05:35","slug":"kafka-connect-for-azure-iot-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/kafka-connect-for-azure-iot-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Kafka Connect for Azure IoT Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Azure IoT, we believe in empowering developers to build IoT solutions with the technologies of their choice. Today I\u2019m excited to announce the release of Kafka Connect for Azure IoT Hub. 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