Chris Pietschmann
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Chris Pietschmann

Chris Pietschmann is a Microsoft MVP (since 2008), HashiCorp Ambassador, IBM Champion and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 25+ years of experience designing and building Cloud & Enterprise systems. He has worked with companies of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.  
Microsoft MVPMicrosoft MCTHashiCorp Ambassador 2025IBM Champion 2026

755 articles 4 books

Certification

What are the Microsoft Certified Associate Certifications?

Microsoft offers several different certifications across multiple expertise levels from Fundamental, to Associate, to Expert. The Microsoft Certified Associate certifications are the level of certification…

Feb 17, 2023 3 min read
DevOps

How to become a DevOps Engineer

DevOps is a rapidly growing field that has revolutionized the way organizations develop and deploy software. With the increased demand for DevOps Engineers, many people…

Feb 17, 2023 9 min read
CI / CD

Terraform: GitHub Actions Automated Deployment

HashiCorp Terraform infrastructure deployments can always be run manual, but using GitHub Actions to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) can be used to…

Feb 15, 2023 5 min read
Certification

What are the Microsoft Certified Expert Certifications?

Microsoft certifications are available in multiple levels from Fundamental, to Associate, to Expert at the top. The Microsoft Certified Expert certifications are the most advanced…

Feb 6, 2023 4 min read
HashiCorp Terraform

Terraform Init Command Overview

HashiCorp Terraform is a powerful Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool for managing resources both in the cloud and on-premises. The first command that you run…

Feb 4, 2023 3 min read
DevOps

The Power of DevOps in Software Development

The buzz around DevOps has been steadily increasing, and for good reason. It’s a collaborative approach to software development that merges the efforts of developers…

Feb 4, 2023 8 min read
HashiCorp Terraform

Terraform Configuration: Overview of HCL Syntax

HashiCorp Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) tool that enables organizations to manage, version, and automate the provisioning of their infrastructure. The purpose…

Feb 3, 2023 16 min read
Certification

Most Popular Microsoft Azure Certifications

There’s no better way to prove your expertise with Microsoft technologies than earning a Microsoft certification. The certification exams are difficult as they really test…

Jan 31, 2023 7 min read
Azure Management

Get Started with Terraform on Azure

One of the technologies that has come around through the DevOps movement of increased communication and cooperation between the Development and Operations teams has been Infrastructure as Code (IaC). These are technologies that DevOps Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) have been adopting to build the latest technique of infrastructure automation in the cloud. Microsoft Azure natively supports ARM Templates for implementing IaC, but that's an Azure specific technology.

Jan 30, 2023 25 min read