This document summarizes Chris Haddad's presentation on merging microservices architecture with SOA practices. The presentation discusses how microservices can help overcome common issues with SOA implementations, such as tight coupling and duplication. It defines microservices and compares them to traditional SOA approaches. The presentation also covers best practices for defining, decoupling, and deploying microservices as well as DevOps patterns that can help overcome challenges in deploying microservices architectures at scale.