{"id":3730,"date":"2017-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:21:03","slug":"design-patterns-for-microservices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/","title":{"rendered":"Design patterns for microservices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AzureCAT patterns &amp; practices team has published nine new design patterns on the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/architecture\">Azure Architecture Center<\/a>. These nine patterns are particularly useful when designing and implementing microservices. The increased interest in microservices within the industry was the motivation for documenting these patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following diagram illustrates how these patterns could be used in a microservices architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp\" alt=\"MSA patterns\" title=\"MSA patterns\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each pattern, we describe the problem, the solution, when to use the pattern, and implementation considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the new patterns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/ambassador\">Ambassador<\/a><\/strong> can be used to offload common client connectivity tasks such as monitoring, logging, routing, and security (such as TLS) in a language agnostic way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/anti-corruption-layer\">Anti-corruption layer<\/a><\/strong> implements a fa\u00e7ade between new and legacy applications, to ensure that the design of a new application is not limited by dependencies on legacy systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/backends-for-frontends\">Backends for Frontends<\/a><\/strong> creates separate backend services for different types of clients, such as desktop and mobile. That way, a single backend service doesn\u2019t need to handle the conflicting requirements of various client types. This pattern can help keep each microservice simple, by separating client-specific concerns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/bulkhead\">Bulkhead<\/a><\/strong> isolates critical resources, such as connection pool, memory, and CPU, for each workload or service. By using bulkheads, a single workload (or service) can\u2019t consume all of the resources, starving others. This pattern increases the resiliency of the system by preventing cascading failures caused by one service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/gateway-aggregation\">Gateway Aggregation<\/a><\/strong> aggregates requests to multiple individual microservices into a single request, reducing chattiness between consumers and services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/gateway-offloading\">Gateway Offloading<\/a><\/strong> enables each microservice to offload shared service functionality, such as the use of SSL certificates, to an API gateway.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/gateway-routing\">Gateway Routing<\/a><\/strong> routes requests to multiple microservices using a single endpoint, so that consumers don&#8217;t need to manage many separate endpoints.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/sidecar\">Sidecar<\/a><\/strong> deploys helper components of an application as a separate container or process to provide isolation and encapsulation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/architecture\/patterns\/strangler\">Strangler<\/a><\/strong> supports incremental migration by gradually replacing specific pieces of functionality with new services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal of microservices is to increase the velocity of application releases, by decomposing the application into small autonomous services that can be deployed independently. A microservices architecture also brings some challenges, and these patterns can help mitigate these challenges. We hope you will find them useful in your own projects. As always, we greatly appreciate your feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AzureCAT patterns &amp; practices team has published nine new design patterns on the Azure Architecture Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ms_queue_id":[],"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","_alt_title":"","footnotes":"","msx_community_cta_settings":[]},"categories":[1462],"tags":[],"audience":[3055,3056],"content-type":[],"product":[],"tech-community":[],"topic":[],"coauthors":[97],"class_list":["post-3730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-serverless","audience-developers","audience-it-implementors","review-flag-1680286581-56","review-flag-alway-1680286580-106","review-flag-new-1680286579-546"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Design patterns for microservices | Microsoft Azure Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The AzureCAT patterns &amp; practices team has published nine new design patterns on the Azure Architecture Center. These nine patterns are particularly useful when designing and implementing\u2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Design patterns for microservices | Microsoft Azure Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The AzureCAT patterns &amp; practices team has published nine new design patterns on the Azure Architecture Center. These nine patterns are particularly useful when designing and implementing\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft Azure Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftazure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-05T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-20T14:21:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Microsoft Azure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@azure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@azure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Microsoft Azure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/microsoft-azure\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@name\":\"Microsoft Azure\"}],\"headline\":\"Design patterns for microservices\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-05T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-20T14:21:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/\"},\"wordCount\":383,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Serverless\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/\",\"name\":\"Design patterns for microservices | Microsoft Azure Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-05T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-20T14:21:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"The AzureCAT patterns &amp; practices team has published nine new design patterns on the Azure Architecture Center. These nine patterns are particularly useful when designing and implementing\u2026\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Serverless\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/category\/serverless\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Design patterns for microservices\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Azure Blog\",\"description\":\"Get the latest Azure news, updates, and announcements from the Azure blog. From product updates to hot topics, hear from the Azure experts.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Azure Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/microsoft_logo.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/microsoft_logo.webp\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Microsoft Azure Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftazure\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/azure\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/microsoftdeveloper\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/16188386\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/windowsazure\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c702e5edd662b328b49b7e1180cab117\",\"name\":\"shakir\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g7664e653ea371ce16eaf75e9fa8952c4\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"shakir\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/shakir\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Design patterns for microservices | Microsoft Azure Blog","description":"The AzureCAT patterns &amp; practices team has published nine new design patterns on the Azure Architecture Center. These nine patterns are particularly useful when designing and implementing\u2026","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Design patterns for microservices | Microsoft Azure Blog","og_description":"The AzureCAT patterns &amp; practices team has published nine new design patterns on the Azure Architecture Center. These nine patterns are particularly useful when designing and implementing\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft Azure Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftazure","article_published_time":"2017-07-05T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-20T14:21:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Microsoft Azure","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@azure","twitter_site":"@azure","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Microsoft Azure","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/microsoft-azure\/","@type":"Person","@name":"Microsoft Azure"}],"headline":"Design patterns for microservices","datePublished":"2017-07-05T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-20T14:21:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/"},"wordCount":383,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp","articleSection":["Serverless"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/","name":"Design patterns for microservices | Microsoft Azure Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp","datePublished":"2017-07-05T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-20T14:21:03+00:00","description":"The AzureCAT patterns &amp; practices team has published nine new design patterns on the Azure Architecture Center. These nine patterns are particularly useful when designing and implementing\u2026","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bf41dea6-76a3-46b9-9c3b-43869f3496f5.webp"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/design-patterns-for-microservices\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog home","item":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Serverless","item":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/category\/serverless\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Design patterns for microservices"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft Azure Blog","description":"Get the latest Azure news, updates, and announcements from the Azure blog. From product updates to hot topics, hear from the Azure experts.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#organization","name":"Microsoft Azure Blog","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/microsoft_logo.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/microsoft_logo.webp","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Microsoft Azure Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftazure","https:\/\/x.com\/azure","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/microsoftdeveloper\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/16188386","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/windowsazure"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c702e5edd662b328b49b7e1180cab117","name":"shakir","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g7664e653ea371ce16eaf75e9fa8952c4","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9342c7c05bb16548741bc5cd3a3e3b7ee0c8e746844ad2cc582db5beb5514c6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"shakir"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com"],"url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/shakir\/"}]}},"msxcm_display_generated_audio":false,"msxcm_animated_featured_image":null,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Microsoft Azure Blog","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42690,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions\/42690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"tech-community","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tech-community?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}