What is the software architecture pattern used by Microsoft Teams?

Question

Hi, I'm doing a research on architecture patterns for my Masters and I have chosen MS Teams achitecture for my topic. As per my understanding, it uses a client-server architecture as well as few others. Can we justify if it indeed uses a client-server architecture? Would greatly appreciate answers. Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi @JollyGood97

Most definitely Microsoft Teams has a client-server architecture (as do all Microsoft cloud services). Furthermore, there are a wide range of cloud services (Azure AD, SharePoint, etc) and content delivery networks that act as backbone for providing you the full MS Teams experience. What I'm explaining is just the tip of the iceberg as you can find more information below to dive deeper.

Here is a good starter article on the front-end services of MS Teams:

http://communicationsknowledge.blogspot.com/2018/03/microsoft-teams-client-and-service.html

Microsoft Teams IT architecture and voice solutions posters

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-architecture-solutions-posters

Microsoft cloud for IT architects illustrations

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/cloud-architecture-models?view=o365-worldwide

Microsoft Teams Architecture Deep Dive Maarten Eekels (YouTube Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcpVbg1XIuE

TEAMS ARCHITECTURE FOR IT-PROS AND ARCHITECTS (Some good networking/app/foundational architecture)

https://melcher.dev/2017-12-05-O365Bootcamp/Teams%20Architecture%20for%20IT-Pros%20and%20Architects.pdf

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