MSA is being viewed as the next-generation application architecture style and pattern. There are several proven techniques for faster software development through a host of agile programming methodologies, such as pair and extreme programming, Scrum, and so on. However, there is a lacuna on accelerated design of enterprise-class applications. MSA is being presented as the new agile application design method. Furthermore, developing applications is also sped up through the careful partitioning of legacy as well as modern applications into a number of easily implementable and manageable application components and services. That is, every software application gets segmented into a set of interactive microservices. Building microservices can be independently accomplished. Applications can be quickly formed out of distributed microservices through composition (orchestration and choreography) platforms. In other words, the era of software development from the ground up is gone forever. Instead, sophisticated applications are being made out of microservices through configuration, customization, and composition techniques.

Thus, application design and development gets accelerated through the smart leverage of the MSA concepts, tools, frameworks, design and integration patterns, and best practices. Now, with the DevOps movement gaining a strong foothold across the IT industry, the goal of swift deployment of developed and tested application components is being fulfilled. With microservices being positioned as the most optimal unit of software design, development, and deployment, we will see microservices-centric applications ruling the business and IT services.