Testing the Queue trigger using the Azure Management portal

Perform the following steps:

1. Create a new Azure Storage Queue trigger named QueueTriggerTestusingPortal, as shown in the following screenshot. Take note of the Queue name, myqueue-items, as we need to create a Queue service with the same name later using the Azure Management portal:

2. Navigate to the storage account's Overview blade and click on Queues, as shown in the following screenshot:

3. In the Queue service blade, click on Queue to add a new Queue:

4. Provide myqueue-items as the Queue name in the Add queue popup, as shown in the following screenshot. This was the same name we used while creating the Queue trigger. Click on OK to create the Queue service:

5. Now we need to create a Queue message. In the Azure Management portal, click on the myqueue-items Queue service to navigate to the Messages blade. Click on the Add message button, as shown in the following screenshot, and then provide a Queue message text. Lastly, click on OK to create the Queue message:

6. Immediately navigate to the QueueTriggerTestusingPortal Queue trigger, and view the Logs blade. Here, you can find out how the Queue function was triggered, as shown in the following screenshot: