In this blog, we’re exploring the Queue-Based Load Leveling pattern—a powerful method for smoothing out workload spikes Why Choose Queue-Based Load Leveling? In today's fast-paced software environment, dynamic workloads are common. The Queue-Based Load Leveling pattern decouples the production and consumption of tasks by introducing a queue b...

DeepSeek-R1 has been announced on GitHub Models as well as on Azure AI Foundry, and the goal of this blog post is to demonstrate how to use it with LangChain4j and Java. We concentrate here on GitHub Models as they are easier to use (you just need a GitHub token, no Azure subscription required), then Azure AI Foundry uses the same model and infr...

Author’s Note: After announcing the Modern Web App (MWA) pattern (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/introducing-the-modern-web-app-mwa-pattern-for-java), we now focus on one of its many pattens - the Strangler Fig pattern. This pattern incrementally modernizes a legacy Java application by “strangling” targeted areas and replacing them with new ...

We are thrilled to announce the Modern Web App (MWA) pattern for Java, a comprehensive guide to modernizing Java applications with independently scalable, cloud-native architecture on Azure. Designed with the Spring Framework and Azure in mind, MWA can also be adapted to other frameworks and cloud providers, providing Java developers with flexible ...

As applications migrate to the cloud, they must be designed to handle inevitable failures gracefully. Network issues, service outages, and other transient faults are common in distributed systems. Without proper handling mechanisms, these failures can lead to system instability and poor user experiences. This is why Retry and Circuit Breaker ...

To help you understand and use the RWA pattern, we’ve created a comprehensive collection of materials that describe it in full. You can review the documentation and access the production-quality, ready-to-deploy web application - Reference Implementation. The latest update to The Reliable Web App Pattern for Java builds on its initial promise to...

To help you understand and use the RWA pattern, we’ve created a comprehensive collection of materials that describe it in full. You can review the documentation and access the production-quality and ready-to-deploy web application - Reference Implementation. The Reliable Web App Pattern We’re excited to announce the release of a new video series ...