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The Azure Architecture Center (AAC) helps you design, build, and operate solutions on Azure. Learn about the cloud architectural styles and design patterns. Use the technology choices and guides to decide the services that are right for your solution. The guidance is based on all aspects of building for the cloud, such as reliability, security, cost optimization, operations, and performance.
The following new and updated articles have recently been published in the Azure Architecture Center.
October 2025
New articles
- Build a CI/CD Pipeline for AKS Apps by Using Azure Pipelines
- Choose an Analytical Data Store in Microsoft Fabric
Updated articles
- Global routing redundancy for mission-critical web applications (#fd98c13018)
- Microsoft Entra security for AWS (#c2a02c20b5)
- SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines With Azure NetApp Files (#942ff4bcde)
- Generative AI Operations for Organizations with MLOps Investments (#461ec5c22c)
- Use Azure Databricks to Orchestrate MLOps (#95cd197bcc)
- Use a gateway in front of multiple Azure OpenAI deployments or instances (#7f72473005)
- Machine learning operations (#7f72473005)
- Databases architecture design (#8b27a99705)
- Replicate and Sync Mainframe Data to Azure (#958e7153c0)
- Greenfield lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric (#63425739e5)
- Azure App Configuration Considerations for Multitenancy (#9ecc68fc6f)
- Architecture Styles (#f32add9408)
- Azure Local Baseline Reference Architecture (#201780f215)
- Azure Local Storage Switchless Architecture (#201780f215)
- Advanced Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Microservices Architecture (#52ac857898)
- Run SAP BW/4HANA with Linux VMs (#dbddbf19f5)
- Stream Processing with Databricks (#c6f3237c8c)
- Extraneous Fetching antipattern (#085903fd32)
- Web API Implementation (#085903fd32)
- Caching guidance (#085903fd32)
- CDN guidance (#085903fd32)
- Pricing models for a multitenant solution (#085903fd32)
- Data considerations for microservices (#085903fd32)
- Interservice communication in microservices (#085903fd32)
- Bulkhead pattern (#085903fd32)
- Gateway Aggregation pattern (#085903fd32)
- Rate Limiting pattern (#085903fd32)
- Resilient design guidance for Event Hubs and Functions (#085903fd32)
- Multi-Region App Service App Approaches for Disaster Recovery (#085903fd32)
- Natural Language Processing Technology (#e85a727da0)
- Use AI Enrichment With Image and Text Processing (#50db6c881f)
- Build a Multiple-Agent Workflow Automation Solution with Microsoft Agent Framework (#2b218fd4f3)
- Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) (#78cf66ffc7)
- AI Agent Orchestration Patterns (#164a16ed9f)
- Use Azure Key Vault in a Multitenant Solution (#b48a068ca2)
September 2025
New articles
- Design a Microservices Architecture
- Understand Data Models
- Prepare to Choose a Data Store in Azure
- N-tier Architecture Style
- Azure Sandbox
- Big Compute Architecture Style
- Enterprise Deployment that uses App Service Environment
- Architectural Approaches for Cost Management and Allocation in a Multitenant Solution
Updated articles
- Use Azure Red Hat OpenShift in the Financial Services Industry (#ad25ed2773)
- WordPress on Azure Kubernetes Service (#44c8ebc26f)
- Application design considerations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Application platform considerations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Data platform for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Deployment and testing for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Health modeling for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Mission-critical architecture on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Networking and connectivity for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Operations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Security Considerations for Mission-Critical Workloads on Azure (#492e70d42d)
- Use Azure Synapse Analytics for Near Real-Time Lakehouse Data Processing (#6c01e8c317)
- Use AI to Forecast Customer Orders (#dbc13eeb47)
- Cache-Aside Pattern (#071c00e39a)
- Azure Virtual Desktop Landing Zone Design Guide (#c8d0141fd0)
- Azure landing zones - Bicep modules design considerations (#c8d0141fd0)
- Big Data Architectures (#1c134123f5)
- Build and Deploy Custom Document Processing Models on Azure (#2acffc8aba)
- Design Principles for Azure Applications (#400d41d666)
- Use Delphix for Data Masking in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics (#ef9e5faee4)
- Scramble SAP Data by using Delphix and Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Analytics (#ef9e5faee4)
- Extract text from objects using Power Automate and AI Builder (#572d764469)
- IBM z/OS mainframe migration with Avanade AMT (#90e1321f71)
- Refactor mainframe architecture by using CloudFrame Renovate (#90e1321f71)
- Extend mainframe applications to Azure by using Verastream Host Integrator (#90e1321f71)
- Mainframe file and tape backup to Azure using Luminex (#90e1321f71)
- Migrate mainframe data tier to Azure with mLogica LIBER*IRIS (#90e1321f71)
- Migrate Mainframe Data to Azure (#90e1321f71)
- Modernize Mainframe Workloads by using BMC AMI Cloud (#90e1321f71)
- Replicate Mainframe Data by using Precisely Connect (#90e1321f71)
- Micro Focus Enterprise Server on Azure VMs (#90e1321f71)
- Migrate AIX workloads to Azure with Skytap (#90e1321f71)
- Migrate IBM i series to Azure with Skytap (#90e1321f71)
- Modernize Mainframe and Midrange Data (#90e1321f71)
- Move archive data from mainframe systems to Azure (#90e1321f71)
- High-volume batch transaction processing (#90e1321f71)
- Re-engineer IBM z/OS batch applications on Azure (#90e1321f71)
- Refactor IBM z/TPF mainframe systems to Azure (#90e1321f71)
- Refactor mainframe applications with Advanced (#90e1321f71)
- Refactor mainframe applications with Astadia (#90e1321f71)
- Rehost IMS DC and IMS DB on Azure by Using Raincode IMSql (#90e1321f71)
- Rehost mainframe applications by using NTT DATA UniKix (#90e1321f71)
- Replatform AIX workloads on Azure (#90e1321f71)
- Use Azure Key Vault in a Multitenant Solution (#e29a661cae)
- Build real-time monitoring and observable systems for media (#4462678826)
- Deploy microservices with Azure Container Apps (#4462678826)
- AIX UNIX on-premises to Azure Linux migration (#4462678826)
- Design great API developer experiences using API Management and GitHub (#4462678826)
- Use Azure Firewall to help protect an AKS cluster (#4462678826)
- Blue-green deployment of AKS clusters (#4462678826)
- Mission-Critical Baseline with App Service (#4462678826)
- Multi-region load balancing (#4462678826)
- Virtual network peering and VPN gateways (#51ff38ab37)
- What is a data lake? (#8fd4591d55)
- Azure Virtual Machines baseline architecture (#0774285af4)
- Azure Virtual Machines baseline architecture in an Azure landing zone (#0774285af4)
- Baseline highly available zone-redundant app services web application (#0774285af4)
- Improved-security access to App Service web apps from an on-premises network (#0774285af4)
- Busy Front End antipattern (#08e36c8174)
- Failure mode analysis (#08e36c8174)
- Extract, transform, load (ETL) (#227c825f73)
- Use AI Enrichment With Image and Text Processing (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Building the First Layer of Defense with Azure Security Services (#2caa8b8e6b)
- DevSecOps for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Highly available SharePoint farm (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Build ETL pipelines with Azure Databricks and Delta Lake (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Mainframe File Replication and Sync on Azure (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Map threats to your IT environment (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Build the second layer of defense with Microsoft Defender XDR Solutions (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Integrate Azure and Microsoft Defender XDR security services (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Migrate Cloud Workloads Across Security Tenants (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Migrate IBM mainframe apps to Azure with TmaxSoft OpenFrame (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Multilayered protection for Azure virtual machines (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Project 15 Open Platform IoT Sustainability (#2caa8b8e6b)
- SAP S/4 HANA for Large Instances (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Modern Data Platform Architecture for SMBs (#2caa8b8e6b)
- Baseline Azure AI Foundry Chat Reference Architecture (#d1f717a65e)
- Architectural Approaches for Compute in Multitenant Solutions (#c93fc4d86e)
- Considerations for Using Azure Container Apps in a Multitenant Solution (#c93fc4d86e)
- Azure Service Bus Considerations for Multitenancy (#c93fc4d86e)
- Choose an Analytical Data Store in Azure (#fef9cd5e8e)
- Administer SQL Server with Azure Arc (#6580fb4573)
- Azure file shares in a hybrid environment (#6580fb4573)
- Azure enterprise cloud file share (#6580fb4573)
- Data analytics for automotive test fleets (#6580fb4573)
- Massive-scale VWAN architecture design (#6580fb4573)
- Implement TIC 3.0 compliance (#6580fb4573)
- Cross-tenant secure access to apps with private endpoints (#6580fb4573)
- IPv6 hub-spoke network topology (#6580fb4573)
- Network secure ingress pattern implementation with Azure Front Door Premium tier (#6580fb4573)
- Video Analysis by Using Azure Machine Learning (#1505abca1c)
- Baseline Azure AI Foundry Chat Reference Architecture in an Azure Landing Zone (#1505abca1c)
- Design a Secure Research Environment for Regulated Data (#1505abca1c)
- Machine learning operations (#1505abca1c)
- Image classification on Azure (#1505abca1c)
- Use Azure Databricks to Orchestrate MLOps (#1505abca1c)
- Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) (#1d5651f807)
- Multi-tier web application built for HA/DR (#efb8f963bb)
- WordPress on App Service (#efb8f963bb)
- Certificate Lifecycle Management on Azure (#79c8abff75)
- Data warehousing and analytics (#79c8abff75)
- Esri ArcGIS Platform on Azure Virtual Desktop (#79c8abff75)
- Greenfield lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric (#79c8abff75)
- Analytics end-to-end with Azure Synapse (#79c8abff75)
- Computer Forensics Chain of Custody in Azure (#79c8abff75)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Baseline Architecture for AKS on Azure Local (#79c8abff75)
- Azure Files Accessed from On-Premises and Secured by AD DS in a Private Network (#79c8abff75)
- Overview of Microsoft Machine Learning Products and Technologies (#8049336364)
- Analyze operational data on MongoDB Atlas using Azure Synapse Analytics (#af9ee1ce14)
- DataOps for the modern data warehouse (#af9ee1ce14)
- Migrate IBM z/OS OLTP Workloads to Azure (#af9ee1ce14)
- Replicate Mainframe and Midrange Data to Azure by Using Qlik (#af9ee1ce14)
- Monitor hybrid availability, performance (#af9ee1ce14)
- Advanced Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Microservices Architecture (#af9ee1ce14)
- SAP HANA for Linux VMs in Scale-up Systems (#af9ee1ce14)
- Data streaming with AKS (#af9ee1ce14)
- IoT analytics with Azure Data Explorer and Azure IoT Hub (#af9ee1ce14)
August 2025
New articles
- High Availability Enterprise Deployment that uses App Service Environment
- Choose an Azure Compute Service
- Azure App Service and Azure Functions Considerations for Multitenancy
- Architectural Approaches for AI and Machine Learning in Multitenant Solutions
- Event-Driven Architecture Style
- Architectural Approaches for the Deployment and Configuration of Multitenant Solutions
- Architectural Approaches for Storage and Data in Multitenant Solutions
- Big Data Architecture Style
- Build a Conversation Knowledge Mining Solution by using Azure AI Services
Updated articles
- Use Azure Synapse Analytics to Design an Enterprise BI Solution (#6b6e662d06)
- Use Azure API Management in a Multitenant Solution (#89f51781c9)
- Securely Managed Web Applications (#3c46023f4e)
- Azure API Management Landing Zone Architecture (#c8f307de2a)
- Protect APIs by using Azure Application Gateway and Azure API Management (#dd7b7cdd27)
- What is a data lake? (#4c78cd751b)
- Minimal storage – change feed to replicate data (#a892eca707)
- Multitenancy and Application Insights (#a04fb8377e)
- Compare AWS and Azure database technology (#1777f1607c)
- Guidance for Using Azure Database for PostgreSQL in a Multitenant Solution (#f11cac6fb0)
- Design for Self-Healing (#823d678ff1)
- Build real-time monitoring and observable systems for media (#5497afd77a)
- Replicate and Sync Mainframe Data to Azure (#5497afd77a)
- Enable real-time sync of MongoDB Atlas data changes to Azure Synapse Analytics (#f5745bd0b6)
- Measure Azure App Sustainability by Using the SCI Score (#f5745bd0b6)
- Greenfield lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric (#f5745bd0b6)
- Modern data warehouses for small and midsize-sized businesses (#f5745bd0b6)
- Oracle Database with Azure NetApp Files (#f5745bd0b6)
- SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines With Azure NetApp Files (#f5745bd0b6)
- Use Teamcenter PLM with Azure NetApp Files (#f5745bd0b6)
- Google Cloud to Azure services comparison (#f5745bd0b6)
- Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Local (#f5745bd0b6)
- Rehost mainframe applications to Azure with Raincode compilers (#f5745bd0b6)
- Microsoft Entra security for AWS (#f5745bd0b6)
- Build a Multiple-Agent Workflow Automation Solution with Microsoft Agent Framework (#974aefb04b)
- Azure Local Baseline Reference Architecture (#c502b23f75)
- Azure Local Storage Switchless Architecture (#c502b23f75)
- Architectural Approaches for Networking in Multitenant Solutions (#4eacd2c846)
- Retry Storm Antipattern (#06241900a7)
- Plan deployment for updating Windows VMs in Azure (#debeaca649)
- Advanced Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Microservices Architecture (#39a0028b22)
- Multi-region load balancing (#7715f6b1b2)
July 2025
New articles
- Load Balancing Options
- Azure Private Link in a Hub-and-Spoke Network
- Use API Management to Protect Access Tokens in Single-Page Applications
- Organize Azure Resources in Multitenant Solutions
- Implement a Zero Trust Network for Web Applications by Using Azure Firewall and Azure Application Gateway
- Microservices Architecture Style
- Domain Name Considerations in Multitenant Solutions
- Tenant Life Cycle Considerations in Multitenant Solutions
- Build a Document Generation System by Using AI
- AI Agent Orchestration Patterns
Updated articles
- Compare AWS and Azure compute services (#a14775daf1)
- Compare AWS and Azure database technology (#a14775daf1)
- Comparing AWS and Azure messaging services (#a14775daf1)
- Compare AWS and Azure Networking Options (#a14775daf1)
- Compare Storage Services on Azure and AWS (#a14775daf1)
- BCDR for Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics Pipelines (#b3ba9f5c58)
- Create an Active Directory Domain Service Resource Forest in Azure (#4ec63f9846)
- Extend On-Premises Active Directory Federation Services to Azure (#4ec63f9846)
- Integrate On-Premises Active Directory Domains With Microsoft Entra ID (#4ec63f9846)
- Architecture Styles (#1867dca0bd)
- Compare Java application hosting options on Azure (#1867dca0bd)
- Domain analysis for microservices (#1867dca0bd)
- Identify microservice boundaries (#1867dca0bd)
- Using tactical DDD to design microservices (#1867dca0bd)
- Advanced Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Microservices Architecture (#95a051bfff)
- Deploy AD DS in an Azure Virtual Network (#417cdcd602)
- Extract, transform, load (ETL) (#98fabfcaf2)
- Scale Out an Azure IoT Hub-based Solution to Support Millions of Devices (#a1277eba93)
- Baseline Azure AI Foundry Chat Reference Architecture (#04ff7691f5)
- Cloud Design Patterns (#04ff7691f5)
- Use Azure Firewall to help protect an AKS cluster (#258ce07bbf)
- SAP landscape architecture (#ee8c5f9f5a)
- Microservices Assessment and Readiness (#1f3f4a3c49)
- Design for Self-Healing (#3e62723717)
- Microservices Architecture on Azure Kubernetes Service (#910a86755b)
- Choose a Kubernetes at the Edge Compute Option (#723bb4b356)
- Protect APIs by using Azure Application Gateway and Azure API Management (#09b01c5b46)
- Multitenancy and Azure Event Hubs (#7cca2c974e)
- Use an Identity as a Service platform (#b96cc0b45f)
- IoT Hub-based Multitenant Solution Architectural Approaches (#b96cc0b45f)
- Considerations for Multitenant Control Planes (#b96cc0b45f)
- Multitenancy and Application Insights (#b96cc0b45f)
- Architectural Approaches for Governance and Compliance in Multitenant Solutions (#22c44510c0)
- Architectural Approaches for Networking in Multitenant Solutions (#e54cbf0a57)
- Retry Storm Antipattern (#7bdeda6e95)
- Deploy Azure Landing Zones (#101c275703)
- Architectural Approaches for Tenant Integration and Data Access (#2d3e279874)
- Azure Cache for Redis Considerations for Multitenancy (#74b0437dc4)
- Multitenancy and Azure Storage (#c89a4b5fc6)
- DataOps for the modern data warehouse (#3311f07b38)
- Considerations for Updating a Multitenant Solution (#9decc8bdf3)
- Guidance for Using Azure Database for PostgreSQL in a Multitenant Solution (#d07ac6f724)
- How to Use Azure NAT Gateway in a Multitenant Solution (#9b2f30972c)
- Architectural Considerations for Identity in a Multitenant Solution (#53d19ea22c)
- Noisy Neighbor Antipattern (#ce68a59508)