Microservices is a new architectural and design solution for highly loaded processing systems that became popular after being successfully used in production by such giants as Amazon, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, IBM, and others. It does not mean though that you must adopt it too, but you can consider the new approach and see if some or any of it can help your applications to be more resilient and responsive.
Using microservices can provide a substantial value, but it is not free. It comes with increased complexity of the need to manage many more units through all the lifecycle from requirements and development through testing to production. Before committing to the full-scale microservice architecture, give it a shot by implementing just a few microservices and move them all the way to production. Then, let it run for some time and gauge the experience. It will be very...