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Performance efficiency quick links

Apply performance efficiency guidance to your architecture to efficiently meet workload demands.

Learn key points

Quickstart

  • Design principles
  • Checklist
  • Tradeoffs
  • Performance efficiency patterns
  • Azure Well-Architected Review assessment

Training

  • Performance efficiency

video

  • Performance efficiency: Fast & furious

Design principles

Concept

  • Negotiate realistic performance targets
  • Design to meet capacity requirements
  • Achieve and sustain performance
  • Improve efficiency through optimization

Achieve performance targets

How-To Guide

  • Set performance targets
  • Select the right services
  • Conduct capacity planning
  • Collect performance data

Improve efficiency

How-To Guide

  • Scaling and partitioning
  • Code and infrastructure
  • Data
  • Critical flows
  • Operational tasks
  • Continuous optimization

Implement testing and incident response

How-To Guide

  • Run performance testing
  • Address performance incidents

Explore related resources

Reference

  • Azure Advisor: Performance recommendations
  • Application Insights
  • Azure Load Testing
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