planning a microservices-based application requires breaking down the decoupled architecture into smaller services. To do this, you need to consider the following:

- The reasoning for choosing microservices.
- The planning considerations before moving to microservices (versioning, service discovery and registry, transactions, and resourcing).
- Implementation practices (resilience, communication patterns).
- Understanding the data flow (logging, monitoring, and alerting).

It's important to build a viable microservices solution that is attributed to the technical platform and supporting tools. You can use an API-based approach to implement and manage microservices. An integration platform as a service (iPaaS) with a robust API management component is emerging as a make-or-break factor in devising and delivering API-led microservices, which play a crucial role in the data-driven enterprise.