Data Plane Emulators

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Locally ships with a number of Data Plane Emulators which allow you to work locally against different Azure services, using the same SDKs and tooling you'd use against Azure. They also bring some neat features along the way - like the Service Bus Emulator, which lets you watch a live timeline of message activity. End-to-end testing of your application - entirely on your machine.

App Configuration Emulator

Run an App Configuration data plane locally so key-values, feature flags and Key Vault references work end-to-end without Azure.

Application Insights Emulator

Run an Application Insights data plane locally so telemetry ingestion and queries work end-to-end without Azure.

Bastion Emulator

Run a Bastion data plane locally so connections to your virtual machines work end-to-end without Azure.

Container Instances Emulator

Run Azure Container Instances locally - Locally starts a real container in Docker or Podman for each container group, at a hostname on your machine.

Container Registry Emulator

Run a Container Registry locally - a real Docker Distribution v2 registry with ACR token auth, so docker and podman push and pull work without Azure.

Cosmos DB Emulator

Run a Cosmos DB data plane locally so databases, containers and queries work end-to-end without Azure.

Directory (Entra) Emulator

Run a directory (Entra) locally so users, groups, applications, service principals, devices, contacts and domains work end-to-end without Azure.

Event Grid Emulator

Run an Event Grid data plane locally so topics, subscriptions and event delivery work end-to-end without Azure.

Event Hubs Emulator

Run an Event Hubs data plane locally so event streaming, partitions and consumer groups work end-to-end without Azure.

Function App Emulator

Run a Function App locally so your Azure Functions work end-to-end without Azure.

IoT Hub Emulator

Run an IoT Hub data plane locally so device identities, telemetry, device twins and direct methods work end-to-end without Azure.

Key Vault Emulator

Run a Key Vault data plane locally so secrets, keys and certificates work end-to-end without Azure.

Log Analytics Emulator

Run a Log Analytics workspace locally so log ingestion and KQL queries work end-to-end without Azure.

Service Bus Emulator

Run a Service Bus data plane locally so AMQP messaging works end-to-end without Azure.

Storage Emulator

Run a Storage data plane locally so Blob, Queue and Table operations work end-to-end without Azure.

Virtual Machines Emulator

Run a Virtual Machines data plane locally so your VMs work end-to-end without Azure.

Web App Emulator

Run a Web App locally so your App Service web apps work end-to-end without Azure.

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