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Running Camunda 8 on Microsoft Azure using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a recommended enterprise deployment model . It provides: ✔ High availability ✔ Horizontal scalability ✔ Cloud-native resilience ✔ Secure enterprise integration ✔ Seamless DevOps & monitoring This guide explains: Camunda 8 architecture on AKS Required Azure services Deployment flow Security & scaling Best practices and common pitfalls ⭐ 1. Why Deploy Camunda 8 on Azure AKS? Camunda 8 is cloud-native and Kubernetes-first . AKS is a perfect match. Key benefits ✔ Managed Kubernetes (less ops effort) ✔ Easy horizontal scaling ✔ Enterprise-grade security (Azure AD) ✔ Native monitoring & logging ✔ Ideal for microservices & event-driven workflows 👉 AKS is the preferred choice for running Camunda 8 in Azure. ⭐ 2. Camunda 8 Components (Quick Recap) Camunda 8 consists of multiple microservices: Zeebe – Distributed workflow engine Gateway – Client access ...

  Camunda now exists in two major generations : Camunda 7 → The classic BPMN engine used widely in enterprises Camunda 8 → A new, cloud-native, distributed platform designed for scalability Although they share the Camunda brand and BPMN/DMN support, they are fundamentally different products , built for very different architectures and teams . This blog explains all differences — architecture, deployment, scalability, features, expression languages, modelers, databases, multi-tenancy, and when to choose which version . ⭐ 1. High-Level Summary ✔ Camunda 7 : "Traditional, monolithic, relational DB–based BPM engine" Ideal for Java enterprise apps, on-prem deployments, synchronous workflows, and human task systems. ✔ Camunda 8 : "Cloud-native, distributed, microservices-based workflow platform" Ideal for scalable, event-driven, asynchronous, high-volume workflows running on Kubernetes or cloud. ⭐ 2. Architecture Comparison   Camunda 7 Architectur...