Merge pull request #311778 from spelluru/freshness0212

Azure messaging - Freshness review

Author: denrea

articles/service-bus-messaging/includes/media/service-bus-create-topics-subscriptions-portal/add-subscription-button.png

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
  author: spelluru
  ms.service: azure-service-bus
  ms.topic: include
- ms.date: 06/18/2025
+ ms.date: 02/13/2026
  ms.author: spelluru
  ms.custom: include file
 ---
 
-## Create a topic using the Azure portal
+## Create a topic by using the Azure portal
 
 1. On the **Service Bus Namespace** page, expand **Entities** on the navigational menu to the left, and select **Topics**.
 1. Select **+ Topic**. 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 1. On the **Create subscription** page, follow these steps:
 
    1. Enter *S1* as the name of the subscription.
-   1. Then, select **Create** to create the subscription. 
+   1. Select **Create** to create the subscription. 
 
-      :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-create-topics-subscriptions-portal/create-subscription-page.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Create subscription page.":::
+      :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-create-topics-subscriptions-portal/create-subscription-page.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Create subscription page." lightbox="./media/service-bus-create-topics-subscriptions-portal/create-subscription-page.png":::
 
 1. Repeat the previous step twice to create subscriptions named *S2* and *S3*.

articles/service-bus-messaging/includes/media/service-bus-create-topics-subscriptions-portal/create-subscription-page.png

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ---
-title: Quickstart - Use Azure Service Bus queues from .NET app
+title: Azure Service Bus Queue Quickstart for .NET Apps
 description: This quickstart shows you how to send messages to and receive messages from Azure Service Bus queues using the .NET programming language.
+#customer intent: As a .NET developer, I want to learn how to send messages to an Azure Service Bus queue so that I can implement message-based communication in my application.
 ms.topic: quickstart
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: dotnet
-ms.date: 01/16/2025
+ms.date: 02/12/2026
 ms.devlang: csharp
 ms.custom: mode-api, passwordless-dotnet, devx-track-dotnet
 # Customer intent: I want to learn how to send messages to an Azure Service Bus queue and receive messages from it.
@@ -14,9 +15,9 @@ ms.custom: mode-api, passwordless-dotnet, devx-track-dotnet
 In this quickstart, you do the following steps:
 
 1. Create a Service Bus namespace, using the Azure portal.
-2. Create a Service Bus queue, using the Azure portal.
-3. Write a .NET console application to send a set of messages to the queue.
-4. Write a .NET console application to receive those messages from the queue.
+1. Create a Service Bus queue, using the Azure portal.
+1. Write a .NET console application to send a set of messages to the queue.
+1. Write a .NET console application to receive those messages from the queue.
 
     This quickstart provides step-by-step instructions to implement a simple scenario of sending a batch of messages to a Service Bus queue and then receiving them. For an overview of the .NET client library, see [Azure Service Bus client library for .NET](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/blob/main/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/README.md). For more samples, see [Service Bus .NET samples on GitHub](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/tree/master/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/samples).
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ In this quickstart, you do the following steps:
 If you're new to the service, see [Service Bus overview](service-bus-messaging-overview.md) before you do this quickstart.
 
 - **Azure subscription**. To use Azure services, including Azure Service Bus, you need a subscription. If you don't have an existing Azure account, you can sign up for a [free trial](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn).
-- **Visual Studio 2022**. The sample application makes use of new features that were introduced in C# 10. You can still use the Service Bus client library with previous C# language versions, but the syntax might vary. To use the latest syntax, we recommend that you install .NET 6.0, or higher and set the language version to `latest`. If you're using Visual Studio, versions before Visual Studio 2022 aren't compatible with the tools needed to build C# 10 projects.
+- **Visual Studio 2022** or later. The sample application makes use of new features that were introduced in C# 10. You can still use the Service Bus client library with previous C# language versions, but the syntax might vary. To use the latest syntax, we recommend that you install .NET 6.0, or higher and set the language version to `latest`. If you're using Visual Studio, versions before Visual Studio 2022 aren't compatible with the tools needed to build C# 10 projects.
 
 [!INCLUDE [service-bus-create-namespace-portal](./includes/service-bus-create-namespace-portal.md)]
 
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@ You can authorize access to the service bus namespace using the following steps:
 1. Launch Visual Studio. If you see the **Get started** window, select the **Continue without code** link in the right pane.
 1. Select the **Sign in** button in the top right of Visual Studio.
 
-    :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/azure-sign-button-visual-studio.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing a button to sign in to Azure using Visual Studio.":::
+    :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/azure-sign-button-visual-studio.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Sign in button in Visual Studio.":::
 
 1. Sign-in using the Microsoft Entra account you assigned a role to previously.
 
-    :::image type="content" source="..//storage/blobs/media/storage-quickstart-blobs-dotnet/sign-in-visual-studio-account-small.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the account selection.":::
+    :::image type="content" source="..//storage/blobs/media/storage-quickstart-blobs-dotnet/sign-in-visual-studio-account-small.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the account selection dialog.":::
 
 ### [Connection String](#tab/connection-string)
 Launch Visual Studio. If you see the **Get started** window, select the **Continue without code** link in the right pane.
@@ -72,10 +73,10 @@ This section shows you how to create a .NET console application to send messages
     1. Select **Console App** from the results list.
     1. Then, select **Next**.
 
-        :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/new-send-project.png" alt-text="Image showing the Create a new project dialog box with C# and Console selected":::
+        :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/new-send-project.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Create a new project dialog box with C# and Console selected.":::
 1. Enter **QueueSender** for the project name, **ServiceBusQueueQuickStart** for the solution name, and then select **Next**.
 
-    :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/project-solution-names.png" alt-text="Image showing the solution and project names in the Configure your new project dialog box ":::
+    :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/project-solution-names.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the solution and project names in the Configure your new project dialog box.":::
 1. On the **Additional information** page, select **Create** to create the solution and the project.
 
 ### Add the NuGet packages to the project
@@ -110,7 +111,6 @@ This section shows you how to create a .NET console application to send messages
 
 1. Replace the contents of `Program.cs` with the following code. The important steps are outlined in the following section, with additional information in the code comments.
 
-
     ### [Passwordless](#tab/passwordless)
 
     * Creates a [ServiceBusClient](/dotnet/api/azure.messaging.servicebus.servicebusclient) object using the `DefaultAzureCredential` object. `DefaultAzureCredential` automatically discovers and uses the credentials of your Visual Studio sign-in to authenticate to Azure Service Bus.
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ This section shows you how to create a .NET console application to send messages
     1. Navigate to your Service Bus namespace.
     1. On the **Overview** page, select the queue in the bottom-middle pane.
 
-        :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/select-queue.png" alt-text="Image showing the Service Bus Namespace page in the Azure portal with the queue selected." lightbox="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/select-queue.png":::
+        :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/select-queue.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Service Bus Namespace page in the Azure portal with the queue selected." lightbox="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/select-queue.png":::
 
     1. Notice the values in the **Settings** section.
 
-        :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/sent-messages-essentials.png" alt-text="Image showing the number of messages received and the size of the queue." lightbox="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/sent-messages-essentials.png":::
+        :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/sent-messages-essentials.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the number of messages received and the size of the queue." lightbox="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/sent-messages-essentials.png":::
 
     Notice the following values:
     - The **Active** message count value for the queue is now **3**. Each time you run this sender app without retrieving the messages, this value increases by 3.
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ In this section, you create a .NET console application that receives messages fr
 1. Select **Tools** > **NuGet Package Manager** > **Package Manager Console** from the menu.
 1. Select **QueueReceiver** for **Default project**. 
 
-    :::image type="content" source="media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/package-manager-console.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing QueueReceiver project selected in the Package Manager Console.":::
+    :::image type="content" source="media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/package-manager-console.png" alt-text="Screenshot of QueueReceiver project selected in the Package Manager Console.":::
 1. Run the following command to install the **Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus** NuGet package.
 
     ```powershell
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ In this section, you create a .NET console application that receives messages fr
     Install-Package Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus
     ```
 
-    :::image type="content" source="media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/package-manager-console.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing QueueReceiver project selected in the Package Manager Console.":::
+    :::image type="content" source="media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/package-manager-console.png" alt-text="Screenshot of QueueReceiver project selected in the Package Manager Console.":::
 
 
 ---
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ In this section, you add code to retrieve messages from the queue.
     - The **Active** message count and **Current size** values are now **0**.
     - In the **Messages** chart in the bottom **Metrics** section, you can see that there are three incoming messages and three outgoing messages for the queue.
 
-        :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/queue-messages-size-final.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing active messages and size after receive." lightbox="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/queue-messages-size-final.png":::
+        :::image type="content" source="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/queue-messages-size-final.png" alt-text="Screenshot of active messages and size after receive." lightbox="./media/service-bus-dotnet-get-started-with-queues/queue-messages-size-final.png":::
 
 ## Additional information