Merge pull request #249769 from kevinguo-ed/socketio-overview

Updated Socket.IO overview

Author: v-ccolin

articles/azure-web-pubsub/socketio-overview.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-title: Overview of Web PubSub for Socket.IO
-description: Get an overview of Azure Web PubSub support for the open-source Socket.IO library.
+title: Overview Socket.IO on Azure
+description: Get an overview of Azure's support for the open-source Socket.IO library.
 keywords: Socket.IO, Socket.IO on Azure, multi-node Socket.IO, scaling Socket.IO
 author: kevinguo-ed
 ms.author: kevinguo
@@ -9,27 +9,25 @@ ms.service: azure-web-pubsub
 ms.topic: how-to
 ---
 
-# Overview of Web PubSub for Socket.IO
+# Overview Socket.IO on Azure
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> Web PubSub for Socket.IO feature is in public preview. We welcome any feedback and suggestions. Please reach out to the service team at [email protected].
+> The support of Socket.IO on Azure is in public preview. We welcome any feedback and suggestions. Please reach out to the service team at [email protected].
 
-Web PubSub for Socket.IO is a fully managed cloud offering for [Socket.IO](https://socket.io/). Socket.IO is a widely popular open-source library for real-time messaging between clients and a server. Web PubSub for Socket.IO is a feature of the Azure Web PubSub service.
+Socket.IO is a widely popular open-source library for real-time messaging between clients and a server. Managing stateful and persistent connections between clients and a server is often a source of frustration for Socket.IO users. The problem is more acute when multiple Socket.IO instances are spread across servers. 
 
-Managing stateful and persistent connections between clients and a server is often a source of frustration for Socket.IO users. The problem is more acute when multiple Socket.IO instances are spread across servers.
-
-Web PubSub for Socket.IO removes the burden of deploying, hosting, and coordinating Socket.IO instances for developers. Development teams can then focus on building real-time experiences by using familiar APIs from the Socket.IO library.
+Azure provides a fully managed cloud solution for [Socket.IO](https://socket.io/). This support removes the burden of deploying, hosting, and coordinating Socket.IO instances for developers. Development teams can then focus on building real-time experiences by using familiar APIs from the Socket.IO library.
 
 ## Simplified architecture
-Web PubSub for Socket.IO removes the need for an "adapter" server component when scaling out a Socket.IO app, allowing the development team to reap the benefits for a simplified architecture.
+This feature removes the need for an "adapter" server component when scaling out a Socket.IO app, allowing the development team to reap the benefits of a simplified architecture.
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/socketio-service-internal/typical-architecture-managed-socketio.jpg" alt-text="Screenshot of a typical architecture of a fully managed Socket.IO app.":::
 
 ## Benefits over hosting a Socket.IO app yourself
 
-The following table shows the benefits of using the fully managed Azure service.
+The following table shows the benefits of using the fully managed solution from Azure.
 
-| Item | Hosting a Socket.IO app yourself | Using Web PubSub for Socket.IO|
+| Item | Hosting a Socket.IO app yourself | Using Socket.IO on Azure|
 |------------|------------|------------|
 | Deployment | Customer managed | Azure managed |
 | Hosting | Customer needs to provision enough server resources to serve and maintain persistent connections | Azure managed |
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ A common approach to meeting the concurrency and latency challenge is to [scale
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/socketio-overview/typical-architecture-self-hosted-socketio-app.jpg" alt-text="Diagram of a typical architecture of a self-hosted Socket.IO app.":::
 
-With Web PubSub for Socket.IO, you're freed from handling scaling issues and implementing code logic related to using an adapter.
+With Socket.IO on Azure, you're freed from handling scaling issues and implementing code logic related to using an adapter.
 
 ## Same programming model