Comparison with Azure Service Bus Portal

What does QueueExplorer offer that is not available from Azure portal?

Explorer-like operations

• Preview of all queue messages - see all messages from a queue or subscription.
• Delete, Move or Copy messages between queues or topics using drag&drop or clipboard operations.
• Save/load - one or several messages can be selected at once and saved to a file. Messages can be loaded later to the same or another queue, on the same or different computer. This is great for backup purposes or for saving messages for later testing.
• Access to deadletter queues - check and fully manage deadletter queues.
• Scheduled/deferred messages - inspect and manage all scheduled or deferred messages in a queue.
• Sessions - access to all sessions in a queue, with messages inside them.
• Subscription rules/filters - inspect and adjust subscription rules and filters.
• Sort messages by any available field.
• Filtering messages by any field.
• Connect to multiple namespaces (PRO)
• Group namespaces (PRO)
• Tabbed interface (PRO)

Message related features

• Edit messages - body and most important fields are editable.
• Save/load of message bodies
• Create test messages - easy creation of messages for testing purposes. Body can be loaded from file or entered in text field.
• Additional message properties - custom properties