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Harsh Chawla and Hemant KathuriaBuilding Microservices Applications on Microsoft Azurehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4828-7_8

8. Database Design for Microservices

Harsh Chawla1  and Hemant Kathuria2
(1)
Gurugram, India
(2)
New Delhi, India
 

In this chapter, we will discuss the various critical factors of designing a database for microservices applications. As per the narrative of the microservices architecture, each microservice should have its own databases. Segregation based on data access helps fit the best technology to handle respective business problems. This means that a single application can use different database technologies, which is a concept called polyglot persistence. Let’s look at important ...

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