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What's new in Azure Architecture Center
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.
February 2026
New articles
Updated articles
- Design a Secure Multitenant RAG Inferencing Solution (#5a2098fe65)
- Choose an Azure Service for Vector Search (#5a2098fe65)
- Use AI to Forecast Customer Orders (#f365d63572)
- Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) (#60721ace7f)
- Caching guidance (#1133f877df)
- Multitenancy and Azure OpenAI (#10b2e229d0)
- Baseline Architecture for an AKS Cluster (#25e94b78b3)
- Use a gateway in front of multiple Azure OpenAI deployments or instances (#08556e5f37)
- Generative AI Operations for Organizations with MLOps Investments (#08556e5f37)
- Develop a RAG Solution—Information-Retrieval Phase (#08556e5f37)
- SDWAN integration with Azure hub-and-spoke network topologies (#08556e5f37)
January 2026
New articles
- Use Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in a Multitenant Solution
- Microsoft Security Solutions for AWS
- Subscription Vending Implementation Guidance
- Use Azure Kubernetes Service to Host GPU-Based Workloads
Updated articles
- Measure Azure App Sustainability by Using the SCI Score (#ca03ab196f)
- Microsoft Entra security for AWS (#742545cb7f)
- Baseline Architecture for an AKS Cluster (#193a089673)
- Deploy Azure Landing Zones (#cf63de10f0)
- Stream Processing with Databricks (#30efdf0892)
- Web-Queue-Worker Architecture Style (#f9d88134ad)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - Planning (#efcd894450)
- Azure Application Architecture Fundamentals (#b5c0f7b628)
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture (#5ebd0d860f)
- Mission-Critical Global Content Delivery (#58972970f9)
- Mission-Critical Global HTTP Ingress (#58972970f9)
- Considerations for Using Azure Container Apps in a Multitenant Solution (#fc0c872e88)
- Guidance for Using Azure Database for PostgreSQL in a Multitenant Solution (#36889f673c)
- Micro Focus Enterprise Server on Azure VMs (#af1669497e)
- Mission-Critical Baseline with App Service (#716fa977a5)
- AI Architecture Design (#5a16064af7)
- Baseline Highly Available Zone-Redundant App Services Web Application (#2b8460a1f5)
- Modern Data Warehouses for Small or Medium-Sized Businesses (#69a9025819)
- Global Routing Redundancy for Mission-Critical Web Applications (#56b194ee8c)
- Architectural Approaches for Messaging in Multitenant Solutions (#147d0594c0)
December 2025
Updated articles
- Automate Document Classification in Azure (#d587a699fc)
- Build and Deploy Custom Document Processing Models on Azure (#d587a699fc)
- Overview of Microsoft Machine Learning Products and Technologies (#d587a699fc)
- Extract and Map Information from Unstructured Content (#d587a699fc)
- Build a Multiple-Agent Workflow Automation Solution by using Microsoft Agent Framework (#d587a699fc)
- AI Architecture Design (#d587a699fc)
- Deploy Microservices to Azure Container Apps (#7521d30186)
- Choose an Azure Service for Vector Search (#7521d30186)
- Build a Conversation Knowledge Mining Solution by using Azure AI Services (#9f370bb224)
- Generate Documents from Your Data (#fec7972bc2)
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture in an Azure Landing Zone (#dbb5fdf008)
- Design and Develop a RAG Solution (#4c4cbcb7bb)
- Analytics End-to-End with Microsoft Fabric (#7b43e950cc)
- Understand Data Models (#53d151d98c)
- SaaS and Multitenant Solution Architecture (#bff3bb16ce)
- Guidance for using Azure Private Link service in a multitenant solution (#0e60ff395d)
- Architectural Considerations for Identity in a Multitenant Solution (#00ee9cf7d3)
- Reliable Web App Pattern for .NET (#0fea2e5039)
- Replicate Mainframe and Midrange Data to Azure by Using Qlik (#76023e2c9b)
- Choose a batch processing technology (#3830ea07c7)
- Integrate IBM mainframe and midrange message queues with Azure (#3830ea07c7)
- DevSecOps for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (#7177c55f3a)
- Design to Support Foundation Model Life Cycles (#f351100aa7)
- Use Azure Firewall to help protect an AKS cluster (#f351100aa7)
- AKS baseline for multiregion clusters (#f351100aa7)
- Multiregion BCDR for Azure Virtual Desktop (#9c9f9b9b79)
- Azure Local Baseline Reference Architecture (#9c9f9b9b79)
- Compare Java application hosting options on Azure (#c8b5795c3f)
- Prevent IPv4 Exhaustion in Azure (#c8b5795c3f)
- Monitoring and diagnostics guidance (#9c5f9272f6)
- Google Cloud to Azure services comparison (#9c5f9272f6)
- Caching guidance (#3b90d9d820)
- Baseline Architecture for an AKS Cluster (#daf47085b8)
- Enterprise Deployment that uses App Service Environment (#5ba01ed0ea)
- Migrate Cloud Workloads Across Security Tenants (#c87b907cf0)
November 2025
New articles
- Web-Queue-Worker Architecture Style
- Data Considerations for Microservices
- API Design
- MLOps Maturity Model
- Reliable Web App Pattern for Java
- Deploy MongoDB Atlas in Azure
- Choose the Right AI Model for Your Workload
Updated articles
- Deploy Microservices to Azure Container Apps (#b64113461e)
- Automate Video Analysis by Using Azure Machine Learning and Azure AI Vision (#fbe994e490)
- Build Real-Time Monitoring and Observable Systems for Media (#9523c80384)
- Azure Icons (#e780b39549)
- Load Balancing Options (#39668ec73c)
- Architectural Approaches for Messaging in Multitenant Solutions (#7959885e24)
- Mission-Critical Global Content Delivery (#0f46d38455)
- Mission-Critical Global HTTP Ingress (#0f46d38455)
- Global Routing Redundancy for Mission-Critical Web Applications (#0f46d38455)
- Choose a Data Transfer Technology (#fd12403a4a)
- Automate Document Classification in Azure (#01d81fef19)
- Choose an Azure AI Technology (#be37dd953f)
- Replicate Mainframe Data by Using Precisely Connect (#3f0cd53f92)
- Develop a RAG Solution - Chunking Phase (#c558440e24)
- Develop a RAG Solution - Chunk Enrichment Phase (#c558440e24)
- Develop a RAG Solution - Generate Embeddings Phase (#c558440e24)
- Develop a RAG Solution - Large Language Model End-to-End Evaluation Phase (#c558440e24)
- Develop a RAG Solution - Preparation Phase (#c558440e24)
- Advanced Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Microservices Architecture (#713baaa0d6)
- Microservices Architecture on Azure Kubernetes Service (#713baaa0d6)
- AI Architecture Design (#be8a0ab42a)
- Modernize Mainframe Workloads by Using BMC AMI Cloud (#fa01dc308a)
- Choose a Stream Processing Technology (#1d28bc6ad8)
- Use Azure Databricks to Orchestrate MLOps (#8bac038701)
- High Availability Enterprise Deployment That Uses App Service Environment (#15cff51ed4)
- Choose a Data Pipeline Orchestration Technology (#d5bb3ca2d3)
- Design a Secure Research Environment for Regulated Data (#42e20acc18)
- Resilient design guidance for Event Hubs and Functions (#06fd492d4b)
- Background jobs guidance (#27371ebc0f)
- Caching guidance (#27371ebc0f)
- CDN guidance (#27371ebc0f)
- Data partitioning guidance (#27371ebc0f)
- Data partitioning strategies (#27371ebc0f)
- Monitoring and diagnostics guidance (#27371ebc0f)
- Transient fault handling (#27371ebc0f)
- Transactional Outbox pattern with Azure Cosmos DB (#27371ebc0f)
- Migrate a web app by using Azure API Management (#27371ebc0f)
- Analytics End-to-End with Microsoft Fabric (#27371ebc0f)
Azure updates
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