Test Azure Service Bus locally without any subscription or login
Is there a way to play with and discover Azure Service Bus on the local emulator without registering to the real Azure Services?
I was following a tutorial on the use of the Azure Service Bus but at a certain point a Namespace and an Issuer Name and Key is required. I don't have that data since I'm not registered to Azure Services and I don't want to do it now (I will get my trial when I will feel ready to develop/test something real).
Answer
If you want to use the Brokered Messaging capabilities (Queues, Topics and Subscriptions) then you can install Service Bus for Windows Server, which will allow you to test locally.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj193022(v=azure.10).aspx
For relayed messaging you will have to use an Azure account. The costs of using the relay service for development and testing are minimal, so it may be worth creating a pay-as-you-go subscription for this.