View content of an Azure Service Bus queue

Question

I would like to see the messages (and their content) that are currently sitting in a queue waiting to be delivered. Does such a tool exist? Or should I write my own solution for this?

Does the Service Bus Explorer (code.msdn.microsoft.com/Service-Bus-Explorer-f2abca5a) allow you to view Service Bus queue messages? If not, the source code might provide a good base for adding queue message viewing. — Jonathan McIntire
Currently the Service Bus Queue only displays the count of the messages present and the total Size of the Queue. You cannot view the content of the message (browse the queue) since the only way to do that is to dequeue the message. One approach could be to peeklock a message, see its content and then Abandon the message (or let the lock expire) but during the locked period other readers cannot see that message. — Abhishek Lal
@jmac the Service Bus Explorer doesn't seem to be able to have a look at the messages, but the source code might indeed be a good starting place for something custom — svb

Rob Rob · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-26T00:53:51

The new version of Service Bus Explorer supports browsing messages in a Queue without dequeueing them.

It makes use of the new Peek feature in Service Bus SDK 2.0

QueueClient queueClient = QueueClient.Create("myQ");
BrokeredMessage message = queueClient.Peek();

View content of an Azure Service Bus queue

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