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Bensidney Ndungu
Bensidney Ndungu

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Understanding Microservices Architecture on Azure as a Node.js Developer

As a developer working with Node.js and Express, I’ve been diving into cloud-native architectures to build scalable and resilient systems. One concept that stood out is microservices.

Microservices allow you to break your application into independent services that can be:

  • Deployed individually
  • Scaled independently
  • Managed with better fault isolation
  • Updated without affecting the whole system

While building my projects, I realized how much easier Azure makes this. Microsoft provides a clear guide to designing microservices on Azure, which explains patterns like API Gateway, service discovery, and container orchestration.

Check it out here:
👉 Microsoft Azure Microservices Guide

Key takeaways for developers:

  1. Start small — build one service, then scale
  2. Use Azure container services for orchestration
  3. Implement monitoring early to catch failures
  4. Automate deployments for faster iteration

I’d love to hear from other developers: how are you structuring your apps? Are you using microservices, monoliths, or something in between? Let’s discuss in the comments!

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