Azure Architecture Center
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Azure Application Architecture Guide
A guide to designing scalable, resilient, and highly available applications, based on proven practices that we have learned from customer engagements.
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Reference Architectures
A set of recommended architectures for Azure. Each architecture includes best practices, prescriptive steps, and a deployable solution.
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Cloud Design Patterns
Design patterns for developers and solution architects. Each pattern describes a problem, a pattern that addresses the problem, and an example based on Azure.
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Building Microservices on Azure
This multi-part series takes you through the process of designing and building a microservices architecture on Azure. A reference implementation is included.
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Azure Data Architecture Guide
A structured approach to designing data-centric solutions on Microsoft Azure.
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Best Practices for Cloud Applications
Best practices for cloud applications, covering aspects such as auto-scaling, caching, data partitioning, API design, and others.
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Designing for Resiliency
Learn how to design resilient applications for Azure.
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Azure Building Blocks
Simplify deployment of Azure resources. With a single settings file, deploy complex architectures in Azure.
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Design Review Checklists
Checklists to assist developers and solution architects during the design process.
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Azure Virtual Datacenter
When deploying enterprise workloads to the cloud, organizations must balance governance with developer agility. Azure Virtual Datacenter provides models to achieve this balance with an emphasis on governance.
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Azure for AWS Professionals
Leverage your AWS experiences in Microsoft Azure.
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Performance Antipatterns
How to detect and fix some common causes of performance and scalability problems in cloud applications.
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Run SharePoint Server 2016 on Azure
Deploy and run a high availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm on Azure.
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Run SAP HANA on Azure
Deploy and run SAP NetWeaver and SAP HANA in a high availability environment on Azure.
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Identity Management for Multitenant Applications
Understand the best practices for multitenancy, when using Azure AD for identity management.
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Azure Customer Advisory Team
The AzureCAT team's blog
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SQL Server Customer Advisory Team
The SQLCAT team's blog