Confluent Cloud is now available on Azure Marketplace, offering developers a fully managed service for Apache Kafka that integrates seamlessly with their existing billing account, eliminating the need to manage multiple bills. This move makes it easier for developers to get started with Confluent Cloud, which provides a serverless experience with elastic scaling and pricing based on consumption units. With Confluent Cloud, developers can focus on building event streaming applications without worrying about operational complexities, and can take advantage of tools like Confluent Schema Registry, connectors, and ksqlDB to simplify development. The service is now accessible through Azure Marketplace, allowing users to easily spin up Confluent Cloud with their existing Azure credits, eliminating the need for a separate credit card payment.