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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 reliability, security, cost optimization, operations, and performance.
The following new and updated articles have recently been published in the Azure Architecture Center.
August 2026
New articles
Updated articles
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry chat reference architecture (#8a5089799a)
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry chat reference architecture in an Azure landing zone (#8a5089799a)
- Build a CI/CD pipeline for microservices on Kubernetes by using Azure DevOps and Helm (#f69851e7c8)
- Kubernetes cluster governance (#334a7eaa53)
- Manage Microsoft 365 tenant configuration by using Microsoft365DSC and Azure DevOps (#2b3c89f714)
- Baseline architecture for an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster (#0127319561)
- High availability enterprise deployment that uses App Service Environment (#814696e1be)
- Build and deploy custom document processing models on Azure (#a63a83cbe8)
July 2026
New articles
- Agentic AI for the reference solution
- Connect Azure Data Explorer to the reference solution
- Connect Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service to the reference solution
- Connect Azure Managed Grafana to the reference solution
- Connect Power BI to the reference solution
- Import OPC UA Information Models from the UA Cloud Library
- Scalable Windows Virtual Machine Patch Management
- Design a Ransomware-Resilient Backup Architecture by Using Azure Backup
Updated articles
- Connect Azure Databricks to the reference solution (#2b8d7058e9)
- Connect Microsoft Fabric to the reference solution (#2b8d7058e9)
- Siemens Teamcenter Baseline Architecture on Azure (#dc89526a03)
- Choreography Pattern (#ec74a8d712)
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture (#667e8fe868)
- DevSecOps for infrastructure as code (IaC) (#3f78e1fdc7)
- SAP deployment on Azure by using an Oracle database (#8c020be27f)
- Choose an Analytical Data Store in Microsoft Fabric (#ae8b8ce412)
- AKS Triage—Node and Pod Health (#52bd2b3bd4)
- Implement a Zero Trust Network for Web Applications by Using Azure Firewall and Azure Application Gateway (#5ab4e55062)
- Baseline Highly Available Zone-Redundant App Services Web Application (#44f1a85aab)
- Refactor mainframe computer systems that run Adabas & Natural (#64d0300a7d)
- Baseline Architecture for an AKS Cluster (#1eeebb67af)
- Generate Documents from Your Data (#b09bbee823)
- Enhance Network Access Security to Kubernetes (#755315aaeb)
- Multiple-region Architectures for Azure App Service Disaster Recovery (#0ab9711527)
- Health modeling for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#6fc1dc435f)
- Networking and connectivity for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#cb614df1c0)
- Deployment and testing for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#9d133a383a)
- Operations for mission-critical workloads on Azure (#a60a5d5a25)
- Use Azure Kubernetes Service to Host GPU-Based Workloads (#a4102f390a)
- Secure Azure Functions with Event Hubs (#454f94aa8f)
- Performance and Scale Guidance for Event Hubs with Azure Functions (#ad7919e079)
- Image Classification on Azure (#58306041b8)
- Resilient Design Guidance for Event Hubs and Functions (#ad613d7e5b)
- Use a Message Broker and Events to Integrate Enterprise Systems (#d598d341fe)
- Build the Second Layer of Defense by Using Microsoft Defender XDR (#1ecd89d0e5)
- Multitenancy and Azure Event Hubs (#21ad4a1cbc)
- Multitenancy and Azure Storage (#c819e80719)
- Guidance for Using Azure Database for PostgreSQL in a Multitenant Solution (#bdf00d4fc9)
- Implement a secure hybrid network (#3ce9fb5abe)
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry chat reference architecture (#435ceb39f7)
- Enhance network access security to Kubernetes (#2e5c6766fe)
- Baseline architecture for an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster (#8b1720ce2e)
June 2026
New articles
- Rate Limiting Pattern
- High Availability for Multitier AKS Applications
- SD-WAN Integration with Azure Hub-and-Spoke Network Topologies
- Queue-Based Load Leveling Pattern
- Caching Guidance
- Best Practices for Monitoring and Diagnostics
- Gatekeeper Pattern
- Gateway Aggregation Pattern
- Connect Azure Databricks to the Reference Solution
- Connect Microsoft Fabric to the Reference Solution
- Connect an on-premises SAP system to Azure
- Enable an industrial dataspace on Azure
- Azure industrial IoT reference solution architecture
- Polyglot Persistence with Azure Cosmos DB and Azure SQL Database
Updated articles
- Strangler Fig Pattern (#6fd2605be2)
- Choose a Kubernetes at the Edge Compute Option (#6cd9eba355)
- Run SAP BW/4HANA with Linux Virtual Machines (#b81ddf5293)
- Compare AWS and Azure Accounts (#e4a169bfd3)
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture (#cbcc1b425d)
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture in an Azure Landing Zone (#cbcc1b425d)
- Design a Secure Research Environment for Regulated Data (#48eb8e66ed)
- Develop a RAG Solution - Chunking Phase (#f75c247947)
- Develop a RAG Solution - Chunk Enrichment Phase (#f75c247947)
- Develop a RAG Solution - Generate Embeddings Phase (#f75c247947)
- Choose an Analytical Data Store in Azure (#5fa1b41c5d)
- Deploy AD DS in an Azure Virtual Network (#317c21f64e)
- Build a Conversation Knowledge Mining Solution by using Foundry Tools (#c1105ae071)
- Build a Multiple-Agent Workflow Automation Solution by using Microsoft Agent Framework (#ade5a76e3a)
- Use Azure Databricks to Orchestrate MLOps (#b7835a08b3)
- Esri ArcGIS Platform on Azure Virtual Desktop (#1d8c19835e)
- Real-Time Analytics with Azure Service Bus and Microsoft Fabric (#ef3dc0b74b)
- Use AI to Forecast Customer Orders (#30ddca63ba)
- Build ETL pipelines with Azure Databricks and Delta Lake (#2777e2bfb6)
- Use Teamcenter PLM with Azure NetApp Files (#65dbdaf97b)
- Create a Modern Analytics Architecture by Using Azure Databricks (#60013f9801)
- Modern Data Platform Architecture for SMBs (#bedf3e9ad9)
- Extract text from objects using Power Automate and AI Builder (#887cd29b18)
- Computer Forensics Chain of Custody in Azure (#4bac2701f8)
- AKS baseline for multiregion clusters (#53679d5487)
- Windows 365 Azure Network Connection (#ceebb78086)
- Analytics End-to-End with Microsoft Fabric (#56b84bb409)
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - Planning (#f04240ffb7)
- Storage Options for a Kubernetes Cluster (#088b1799b8)
- Automate Document Classification in Azure (#7adb42c9de)
- Deploy IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) on Azure (#d374799158)
- Use Azure Firewall to help protect an AKS cluster (#d374799158)
- Cloud Design Patterns (#3ade5bb0a0)
- Migrate IBM z/OS OLTP Workloads to Azure (#a1aef96b01)
- Integrate IBM mainframe and midrange message queues with Azure (#a1aef96b01)
- Replicate and Sync Mainframe Data to Azure (#a1aef96b01)
- Mainframe File Replication and Sync on Azure (#a1aef96b01)
- Multitenancy and Azure SQL Database (#52f2e73506)
- Basic Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture (#64a88f9f3d)
- Compare AWS and Azure Compute Services (#f594a524f4)
- Baseline Architecture for an AKS Cluster (#bf819d2f6d)
May 2026
New articles
- Anti-Corruption Layer Pattern
- Build the Second Layer of Defense by Using Microsoft Defender XDR
- Throttling Pattern
- SAP Landscape Architecture
- CI/CD for Microservices
- Azure Governance Visualizer Deployment Guidance
- Inbound and Outbound Internet Connections for SAP on Azure
- Use a Gateway in Front of Multiple Azure OpenAI Deployments or Instances
- Use Deployment Scripts to Check Resource Properties
- Dynamic AI Agents at Scale Pattern
Updated articles
- Automate API Deployments by Using APIOps (#c8d1cd8d64)
- Build the First Layer of Defense by Using Azure Security Services (#9f3f5d2dd6)
- IoT Analytics with Azure Data Explorer and Azure IoT Hub (#6ba29f7bd1)
- WordPress on App Service (#c5a7b6905b)
- WordPress on Azure Kubernetes Service (#c5a7b6905b)
- Azure for AWS Professionals (#c867c93c6d)
- Data partitioning strategies (#de1ba551f6)
- Azure Files Accessed from On-Premises and Secured by AD DS in a Private Network (#ef26677439)
- Implement a secure hybrid network (#23b121030f)
- Minimal Storage – Change Feed to Replicate Data (#3483887eba)
- Best Practices in Cloud Applications (#4e8ecae147)
- SAP deployment in Azure using an Oracle database (#53392222cb)
- SAP HANA for Linux VMs in Scale-up Systems (#53392222cb)
- Get Started with Analytics Architecture Design (#c1d9a38be0)
- Connect an On-Premises Network to Azure by Using ExpressRoute with VPN Failover (#26d509a3cc)
- Architectural Approaches for Identity in Multitenant Solutions (#4adfeda2a5)
- AKS for Amazon EKS Professionals (#d20643d84b)
- Hub-Spoke Network Topology That Uses Azure Virtual WAN (#cb3d58ce6f)
- Hub-Spoke Network Topology in Azure (#8ff78a0efe)
- Baseline Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture (#e2fcc980fa)
- Modern Data Platform Architecture for SMBs (#2a0c9b8a98)
- Basic Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture (#2aa38c4289)
- Architectural Approaches for AI and Machine Learning in Multitenant Solutions (#29cc7616c2)
- SAP S/4HANA in Linux on Azure (#1c8b911f97)
- Compare AWS and Azure Networking Options (#bebb9751a0)
- AI Agent Orchestration Patterns (#4ff97f00f4)
- Use Azure IoT Hub to Privately Upload Files to an Azure Storage Account (#5068d179ba)
- Deploy IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) on Azure (#10c6cabdd2)
- Scalable Cloud Applications and SRE (#10c6cabdd2)
- Quantum computing integration with classical apps (#cda8b43806)
- Guide to Private Link and DNS in Azure Virtual WAN (#5f20c55643)
- Single region scenario - Private Link and DNS in Azure Virtual WAN (#5f20c55643)
- Migrate IBM z/OS OLTP Workloads to Azure (#c63b4c52fc)
- Design a Hybrid Domain Name System (DNS) Solution by Using Azure (#36454644f4)
- Guidance for Using Azure Database for PostgreSQL in a Multitenant Solution (#db7d7eea74)
- Choose an Azure Service for Vector Search (#db7d7eea74)
- Deploy IBM Sterling Order Management Software (OMS) on Azure (#db7d7eea74)
- Azure Data Factory enterprise hardened architecture (#d3087681b9)
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