This is the fourth in a series of articles based on my QCon San Francisco 2025 talk Microservices Platforms: When Team Topologies Meets Microservices Patterns . The articles in the series are: Microservices Platforms - part 1: Overview Microservices Platforms - part 2: Service foundation platform Microservices Platforms - part 3: Security platform Microservices Platforms - part 4: Infrastructure services platform Microservices Platforms - part 5: Observability platform Microservices Platforms - part 6: Build platform Microservices Platforms - part 7: Deployment platform This article discusses the Infrastructure Services Platform , which enables stream-aligned service teams to deliver quickly without becoming infrastructure experts. Read more (This post is for paying subscribers only) Need help with modernizing your architecture? I help organizations modernize safely and avoid creating a modern legacy system — a new architecture with the same old problems. If you’re planning or struggling with a modernization effort, I can help. Learn more about my modernization and architecture advisory work →