# Cloud Best Practices ## đź“•Articles - [Best practices in cloud applications](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/index-best-practices) - [RESTful web API design](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/api-design) - [Web API implementation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/api-implementation) - [Autoscaling](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/auto-scaling) - [Background jobs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/background-jobs) - [Caching guidance](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/caching) - [CDN guidance](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/cdn) - [Data partitioning guidance](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/data-partitioning) - [Data partitioning strategies](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/data-partitioning-strategies) - [Transient fault handling](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/transient-faults) - [Performance tuning a distributed application](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/performance/)