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What are Microservices?

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Microservices is a software design approach that decomposes functionality into small, scalable, autonomous, loosely coupled services. Each microservice is a product that offers business functionality with a interface based on enduring business concepts.

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Microservices can be developed and operated by small cross-functional teams that can change everything from the UI to the data model. Changes don't involve much organizational complexity such as a project involving 5 or 6 teams.
Each microservice can be deployed and scaled independently. This potentially results in a highly resilient architecture.
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