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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 operations, security, reliability, performance, and cost optimization.
The following new and updated articles have recently been published in the Azure Architecture Center.
October 2024
New articles
- Modern Web App pattern for .NET
- Enterprise Web App Patterns
- Reliable Web App pattern for .NET
- Reliable Web App pattern for Java
- Greenfield lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric
- ValOps for Autonomous Vehicle Operations
- Automotive messaging, data, and analytics
Updated articles
- Measure Azure App Sustainability by Using the SCI Score (#9e0c672bca)
- Harms modeling (#6892594536)
- Azure Load Testing with custom plugins to simulate device behaviors (#c4838a7343)
- Modernize mainframe and midrange data (#00013d46aa)
- Replicate and sync mainframe data to Azure (#274b161917)
- Data analytics for automotive test fleets (#53f32c7bb7)
- Azure Cosmos DB considerations for multitenancy (#85cb4928e6)
- Automate PDF forms processing (#a7e1be4c2d)
- Baseline OpenAI end-to-end chat reference architecture (#332a0da85a)
- Basic OpenAI end-to-end chat reference architecture (#332a0da85a)
- DataOps for autonomous vehicle operations (#42f5581a6f)
- Azure Virtual Desktop for the enterprise (#42f5581a6f)
- Multiregion BCDR for Azure Virtual Desktop (#42f5581a6f)
- Multiple forests with AD DS and Microsoft Entra ID (#42f5581a6f)
- Banking system cloud transformation on Azure (#42f5581a6f)
- SAP deployment in Azure using an Oracle database (#c5b743dfeb)
- Scalable cloud applications and SRE (#c5b743dfeb)
- Refactor mainframe computer systems that run Adabas & Natural (#1b4c51b94b)
- Microsoft Security for AWS (#df83a8c1a1)
- Improved-security access to App Service web apps from an on-premises network (#0b2d8b6dd7)
- Deploy AKS and API Management with mTLS (#bb8af9929f)
- Choose an Azure AI targeted language processing technology (#a2f08f4a31)
- Publish internal APIs to external users (#1d1befb451)
- Secure research environment for regulated data (#fe7bc7c87f)
- Generative AI ops for organizations with existing MLOps investments (#fe7bc7c87f)
- Machine learning operations v2 (#cd4fb57978)
- Line-of-business application using Azure App Service Environment v3 (#cd4fb57978)
- Azure API Management landing zone accelerator (#cd4fb57978)
- Azure Governance Visualizer deployment guidance (#cd4fb57978)
- Azure Spring Apps integrated with landing zones (#cd4fb57978)
- Choose an Azure storage service (#0e89e62eca)
- Make all things redundant (#84dd4575cf)
- Multitenancy and Azure OpenAI (#ef15ea8c94)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Architecture (#3e64aa921a)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Deploy this scenario (#3e64aa921a)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Overview (#3e64aa921a)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Recommendations (#3e64aa921a)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Scenario details (#3e64aa921a)
- Event-driven architecture style (#a47e4ec507)
- Use an Identity as a Service platform (#577bf04f6f)
- Choose a data storage technology (#88b7a2019f)
- Deploy IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) on Azure (#eaafacfc9f)
- SAS on Azure Architecture (#eaafacfc9f)
- Deploy IBM Sterling Order Management Software (OMS) on Azure (#eaafacfc9f)
- Storage architecture (#296b7ef5e9)
- Use Azure Firewall to help protect an AKS cluster (#e7ca4c3b32)
- Multilayered protection for Azure virtual machines (#8fb0bd00f6)
- Azure hybrid options (#7f1657ba58)
- Choose an Azure service for vector search (#064e56920e)
September 2024
New articles
- Choose Azure AI image and video processing technology
- Choose an Azure AI speech recognition and generation technology
- Choose an Azure AI targeted language processing technology
- Choose an Azure AI services technology
- Generative AI ops for organizations with existing MLOps investments
- Basic OpenAI end-to-end chat reference architecture
Updated articles
- Secure research environment for regulated data (#6b45c309ce)
- Provide custom authentication to Azure OpenAI Service through a gateway (#ba18376e10)
- Modern data warehouses for small and medium-sized businesses (#dca68ab84a)
- Implement logging and monitoring for Azure OpenAI language models (#699ed20b14)
- Baseline OpenAI end-to-end chat reference architecture (#45b60c7737)
- Developing a RAG solution - Chunking phase (#6f02c9d429)
- Developing a RAG solution - LLM end to end evaluation phase (#6f02c9d429)
- Developing a RAG solution - Preparation phase (#6f02c9d429)
- Video ingestion and object detection on the edge and in the cloud (#b7daa6c24f)
- Application platform considerations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#1d351f3ef2)
- Use Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC) with a multitenant Azure Kubernetes Service (#a6149d7e3e)
- Enterprise business intelligence (#a6149d7e3e)
- Optimize inventory and forecast demand with Power Platform and Azure (#60193ea1ce)
- Deploy IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) on Azure (#60193ea1ce)
- Securely managed web applications (#60193ea1ce)
- Line-of-business application using Azure App Service Environment v3 (#60193ea1ce)
- Build the second layer of defense with Microsoft Defender XDR Solutions (#289c90dbe9)
- Microsoft Sentinel automated responses (#52c2b51cb9)
- Integrate Azure and Microsoft Defender XDR security services (#e95d6c7cb4)
- Use Microsoft Sentinel to integrate with Microsoft XDR security components (#ca6770ed3f)
- Map threats to your IT environment (#13ad98822e)
- Azure Files accessed from on-premises and secured by AD DS in a private network (#dcf697b0f4)
- AKS (Kubernetes) day-2 operations guide (#9d8625304f)
- Stream processing with Databricks (#4531b20f65)
- Manage Microsoft 365 tenant configuration with Azure DevOps (#596d0cc6c4)
- Azure service retry guidance (#976f6d5a85)
- Gridwich operations for Azure Storage (#976f6d5a85)
- Azure App Configuration considerations for multitenancy (#70b49bcb27)
- Azure Key Vault considerations for multitenancy (#70b49bcb27)
- BCDR for Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics pipelines (#5003ac7034)
- Secure a data lakehouse on Synapse (#5003ac7034)
- Enable real-time sync of MongoDB Atlas data changes to Azure Synapse Analytics (#5003ac7034)
- Build CNCF projects by using Azure Kubernetes Service (#5003ac7034)
- AKS baseline for multiregion clusters (#4b01645043)
- Real-time anomaly detection for conveyor belts (#e2248966dd)
- Risk prediction models for surgeries (#e2248966dd)
- Scale AI and machine learning initiatives in regulated industries (#e2248966dd)
- Use Azure Front Door to secure AKS workloads (#e2248966dd)
- Extract text from objects using Power Automate and AI Builder (#4316bc199a)
- News feeds with near real-time analytics (#4316bc199a)
- Web API implementation (#860a3bc681)
- Choose a stream processing technology (#5892dd5857)
- Architectural approaches for AI and ML in multitenant solutions (#fbed477b76)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Data protection (#419972a758)
- AKS baseline cluster for a PCI-DSS 3.2.1 workload - Access controls (#419972a758)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Vulnerability management (#419972a758)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Monitoring operations (#419972a758)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Network segmentation (#419972a758)
- Architecture of an AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 (#419972a758)
- AKS regulated cluster for PCI-DSS 3.2.1 - Summary (#419972a758)
- Azure Data Factory mission-critical architecture (#7cebe56052)
- Azure Data Factory on Azure landing zones baseline architecture (#7cebe56052)
- Design a medallion lakehouse with Azure Data Factory (#7cebe56052)
- Citizen AI with Power Platform (#7cebe56052)
- Data store classification for Azure workloads (#3f00c22db6)
- Azure Data Factory enterprise hardened architecture (#3f00c22db6)
August 2024
New articles
- Use Azure Kubernetes Service to host GPU-based workloads
- Azure Data Factory enterprise hardened architecture
- Azure Data Factory mission-critical architecture
- Azure Data Factory on Azure landing zones baseline architecture
- Design a medallion lakehouse with Azure Data Factory
- Data store classification for Azure workloads
- Industrial Edge with Azure AI on Azure
Updated articles
- Automate document classification in Azure (#c74d654229)
- AWS to Azure services comparison (#5eeb594831)
- Google Cloud to Azure services comparison (#5eeb594831)
- Event-driven architecture style (#c04e8ef095)
- Security considerations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#7b81801821)
- Microsoft SaaS stories (#678c9541b5)
- Choose a data storage technology (#098948d4be)
- Resiliency checklist for services (#ac288a264e)
- Baseline architecture for an AKS cluster (#9fee7d4947)
- Minimize coordination (#f5798d3145)
- Dashboards to visualize Azure Databricks metrics (#dbc049e7b8)
- Observability patterns and metrics (#dbc049e7b8)
- Microsoft Entra IDaaS in security operations (#5ff80ddd61)
- Solutions for the automotive, mobility, and transportation industries (#1f6b02c2e0)
- Use Azure Front Door in a multitenant solution (#89fc4f1a30)
- Architecture for startups (#2800748ec3)
- Intelligent apps using Azure Database for MySQL (#96e5acf54a)
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL intelligent apps (#96e5acf54a)
- Oracle Database migration to Azure (#96e5acf54a)
- Azure VMware Solution capacity planning (#df27cc8f56)
- Core startup stack architecture (#f1791cb942)
- Migrate your e-commerce solution to Azure (#20635de1aa)
- What is a data lake? (#623e62824f)
- Building the first layer of defense with Azure security services (#ff50fd224f)
- Retry pattern (#ea612ee4ab)
- Run Apache Cassandra on Azure VMs (#8459cd1652)
- Data obfuscation using Delphix in Azure Data Factory and Synapse Analytics (#8459cd1652)
- Integrate Teradata VantageCloud Enterprise with Azure Data Factory (#8459cd1652)
- Individual contributor tasks in the Team Data Science Process (#292f76bcf6)
- Project lead tasks in the Team Data Science Process (#292f76bcf6)
- Team lead tasks in the Team Data Science Process (#292f76bcf6)
- DataOps for the modern data warehouse (#292f76bcf6)
- N-tier application with Apache Cassandra (#292f76bcf6)
- Data scrambling for SAP applications using Delphix and Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Analytics (#7317a1b530)
- Choose a batch processing technology (#3865a10040)
- Modeling stage of the Team Data Science Process lifecycle (#3865a10040)
- AKS baseline for multiregion clusters (#7a47bacb93)
July 2024
New articles
- Azure Stack HCI baseline reference architecture
- Azure Stack HCI three-node storage switchless architecture
- Image classification on Azure
- Use Azure API Management in a multitenant solution
Updated articles
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - planning (#71cb524347)
- Protect APIs with Azure Application Gateway and Azure API Management (#71cb524347)
- What is the Team Data Science Process? (#cb10eaee05)
- Team Data Science Process for data scientists (#cb10eaee05)
- Azure IoT reference architecture (#9984ed44c0)
- Create smart places by using Azure Digital Twins (#da340d5676)
- Oracle Database with Azure NetApp Files (#9187e38cb6)
- Baseline highly available zone-redundant app services web application (#2e88dba4ed)
- Basic web application (#2e88dba4ed)
- Priority Queue pattern (#d480fd13ca)
- Machine learning operations v2 (#dba2fe1062)
- Azure resource organization in multitenant solutions (#aeb4906fe3)
- Choose a batch processing technology (#c4a5c1824a)
- Refactor an IBM z/OS coupling facility (#134d0d3225)
- Make all things redundant (#525db19638)
- Design for self healing (#525db19638)
- Migrate a simple app from Service Fabric to AKS (#810d06f775)
- Run a Linux VM on Azure (#233dc039e0)
- Cloud design patterns (#790ad01066)
- Choose a data storage technology (#8572512d54)
- Natural language processing technology (#8572512d54)
- Group manager tasks in the Team Data Science Process (#3cf6a613d3)
- Business understanding stage of the Team Data Science Process lifecycle (#3cf6a613d3)
- Baseline architecture for an AKS cluster (#90a20ac702)
- Architectural approaches for storage and data in multitenant solutions (#9080f70ced)
- Run a Windows VM on Azure (#dc428f7b59)
- Microsoft partner and third-party scenarios on Azure (#5c0d9b3b86)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Architecture (#07890bef5b)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Deploy this scenario (#07890bef5b)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Overview (#07890bef5b)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Recommendations (#07890bef5b)
- DR for Azure Data Platform - Scenario details (#07890bef5b)
- Architectural approaches for AI and ML in multitenant solutions (#4e6e8652cb)
- Architectural approaches for governance and compliance in multitenant solutions (#4e6e8652cb)
- Architectural approaches for identity in multitenant solutions (#4e6e8652cb)
- Architectural approaches for tenant integration and data access (#4e6e8652cb)
- Architectural considerations for identity in a multitenant solution (#4e6e8652cb)
- Tenant lifecycle considerations in a multitenant solution (#4e6e8652cb)
- Considerations for updating a multitenant solution (#4e6e8652cb)
- Multitenancy and Application Insights (#4e6e8652cb)
- Use Azure Front Door in a multitenant solution (#4e6e8652cb)
- Deploy SAS Grid 9.4 on Azure NetApp Files (#a9e1aa18b6)
- Application design considerations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#4044caa69b)
- Application platform considerations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#4044caa69b)
- Security considerations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#4044caa69b)
- Google Cloud to Azure services comparison (#a3bf6fecb0)
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL considerations for multitenancy (#01c5ce83cb)
- Considerations when using domain names in a multitenant solution (#fab01daa64)
- Architectural considerations for a multitenant solution (#fab01daa64)
- Build and deploy custom document processing models on Azure (#feb90625fa)
- Index file content and metadata by using Azure AI Search (#7767b45a83)
- Resiliency checklist for services (#d622b44e5e)
- CDN guidance (#d29f5f7d24)
- Data partitioning strategies (#d29f5f7d24)
- Host name preservation (#d29f5f7d24)
- Monitoring and diagnostics guidance (#d29f5f7d24)
- Azure service retry guidance (#d29f5f7d24)
- Architectural approaches for control planes in multitenant solutions (#6de5e6f5d8)
- Considerations for multitenant control planes (#6de5e6f5d8)
- Data analytics for automotive test fleets (#5d0aa22e87)
- Architectural approaches for compute in multitenant solutions (#2a9102b977)
- Azure Private Link service considerations for multitenancy (#1aedb5d6ae)
- Architectural approaches for a multitenant solution (#217fa95e83)
- Noisy Neighbor antipattern (#0c1bc4ec53)
- Related resources for multitenancy (#5b31def6dc)
- Azure Cache for Redis considerations for multitenancy (#85599ed745)
- Azure Sandbox (#24b1156b1c)
- Cost management for Kubernetes (#0296b7c2d5)
- Storage options for a Kubernetes cluster (#add9c4d6dc)
- Multiregion BCDR for Azure Virtual Desktop (#e7375957b9)
- Performance and scale guidance for Event Hubs with Azure Functions (#6113dcf9a0)
- Resilient design guidance for Event Hubs and Functions (#6113dcf9a0)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) baseline architecture for AKS on Azure Stack HCI (#269a89f7a8)
- Multiparty computing architecture design (#35d48de602)
- Analyze observational patient data by using OHDSI with the OMOP CDM (#a22c7975e2)