The text outlines a detailed journey of transitioning a monolithic application, TicketMonster, to a microservices architecture using a guided approach. Initially, the blog series decouples the user interface, leading to a thinner code base without legacy UI elements, employing canary release strategies. The process then focuses on understanding the business logic to effectively identify microservice candidates, using Andi Grabner's 8-step recipe, which emphasizes continuous experimentation with tools like Dynatrace without altering code or impacting users. Dynatrace aids in detecting service dependencies and capturing transactions, helping to identify potential microservices like MediaService and a simulated OrderService. The text highlights the importance of understanding service dependencies and internal code workings, emphasizing collaboration among domain experts, architects, and developers. It also suggests considering business risk, product roadmap, and strategic impacts before deciding on the first microservice extraction. The series aims to extract the OrderService in future steps, continuing with re-factoring and monitoring efforts.