Send emails using Azure Communication Services in .NET
Azure is offering a dedicated communication service to send emails on a large scale. This tutorial will walk you through sending thousands of emails using Azure Communication Services with .NET 6.
Send emails using Azure Communication Services in .NET
Azure is offering a dedicated communication service to send emails on a large scale. This tutorial will walk you through sending thousands of emails using Azure Communication Services with .NET.
In one of my earlier .NET tutorials, I showed you how to send emails using Microsoft Graph in .NET. You can read the article/tutorial at the link below. It will show you a way to send emails using the Microsoft Graph API as an alternative to the deprecatedSmtpClient by Microsoft.
Microsoft Graph is working perfectly and it's free at the same time for all organizations using Office 365. The only problem you could encounter is the sending limit. Microsoft Graph only allows for sending 10.000 emails a day. This could be a problem for many organizations that would like to send newsletters, notifications, etc... To solve this problem Azure made a solution, it's named Azure Communication Services.
GDPR - The email service at Azure Communication Services is currently only available in preview (as of writing 05/01-23). If you plan on sending out emails to customers in Europe, please be aware that the only available data location is within the United States.
If you are ready, then let's configure a new service in Azure to send emails on a large scale using Azure Communication Services with .NET.
Step #1 - Azure
Configuration of Azure Email Communication Services
The first thing, we have to do is create a new Email Communication Service through the Azure Portal. You can do this by opening up your Azure Marketplace and searching for "Email Communication Services". Click on "Create Email Communication Service".
Create Email Communication Service
Fill out the required details for your resource, as I have done below, just with your own details:
Create a new Azure Resource
It will only take a few minutes for Azure to deploy your service. When it's ready to use, click it and configure a sender domain for the service. This is done under Provision domains -> Add domain -> Custom domain, as shown below:
My name is Christian. I am a 29-year-old Solution Architect & Software Engineer with a passion for .NET, Cloud, and Containers. I love to share my knowledge and teach other like-minded about tech.
Send emails using Azure Communication Services in .NET
Azure is offering a dedicated communication service to send emails on a large scale. This tutorial will walk you through sending thousands of emails using Azure Communication Services with .NET 6.
— Christian Schou Køster
Send emails using Azure Communication Services in .NET
Azure is offering a dedicated communication service to send emails on a large scale. This tutorial will walk you through sending thousands of emails using Azure Communication Services with .NET.
In one of my earlier .NET tutorials, I showed you how to send emails using Microsoft Graph in .NET. You can read the article/tutorial at the link below. It will show you a way to send emails using the Microsoft Graph API as an alternative to the deprecated
SmtpClientby Microsoft.Microsoft Graph is working perfectly and it's free at the same time for all organizations using Office 365. The only problem you could encounter is the sending limit. Microsoft Graph only allows for sending 10.000 emails a day. This could be a problem for many organizations that would like to send newsletters, notifications, etc... To solve this problem Azure made a solution, it's named Azure Communication Services.
If you are ready, then let's configure a new service in Azure to send emails on a large scale using Azure Communication Services with .NET.
Step #1 - Azure
Configuration of Azure Email Communication Services
Login to Azure PortalConfigure Azure
The first thing, we have to do is create a new Email Communication Service through the Azure Portal. You can do this by opening up your Azure Marketplace and searching for "Email Communication Services". Click on "Create Email Communication Service".
Fill out the required details for your resource, as I have done below, just with your own details:
It will only take a few minutes for Azure to deploy your service. When it's ready to use, click it and configure a sender domain for the service. This is done under Provision domains -> Add domain -> Custom domain, as shown below:
My name is Christian. I am a 29-year-old Solution Architect & Software Engineer with a passion for .NET, Cloud, and Containers. I love to share my knowledge and teach other like-minded about tech.