# Orchestration Patterns for Multi-Agent Systems: Performance and Trade-offs

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Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ise/coordinator-patterns-multi-agent-systems/>)

Author: Lily Jia

Published: 2026-06-12T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ISE Developer Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ise-developer-blog.md>)

Topics: [Multi Agent Systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multi-agent-systems.md>), [multi-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multi-agent.md>), [agent orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-orchestration.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>), [modular-monolith](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modular-monolith.md>), [microservices architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservices-architecture.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Chat Bot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatbot.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [agent-orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-orchestration.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [chatbots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatbots.md>), [cse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cse.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ise.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [microservices-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices-architecture.md>), [modular-monolith](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modular-monolith.md>), [multi-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-agent.md>), [multi-agent-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-agent-systems.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>)

## AI overview

A Microsoft ISE post describes evolving a production retail chatbot from a modular monolith with deterministic routing into a coordinator-based multi-agent architecture. It discusses agent reuse, independent services, organizational ownership, and performance trade-offs.

## Source excerpt

Real-world lessons from evolving a production chatbot into a coordinator-based multi-agent architecture, including performance trade-offs for enterprise-scale agent reuse. The post Orchestration Patterns for Multi-Agent Systems: Performance and Trade-offs appeared first on ISE Developer Blog.