When planning to utilize either microservices or another modern service-based architecture it is important to determine the size of the services and the and frequency of the deployments. Service-based applications should utilize multiple small deployments rather than a traditional all-in-one application deployment. It is critical to build a cooperative relationship between the development and operations teams as there are many decisions that need to be made jointly; particularly, how the services will be designed and deployed (i.e. units of functionality, data focused, or isolated responsibilities). In this presentation we will discuss some of the devops decisions that need to be made pertaining to architecture and infrastructure in order to make the project a success.