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

766 articles 4 books

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
Azure Compute

Create Linux VM in Microsoft Azure

There are many reasons to create a Linux Virtual Machine (VM) in Azure; like hosting a web server, database, or many other uses for VMs.…

Jan 22, 2023 5 min read
Azure Bicep

Comparison: Terraform vs Azure Bicep

HashiCorp Terraform and Azure Bicep are both declarative Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools for provisioning and managing infrastructure in the Microsoft Azure cloud. While they…

Jan 18, 2023 7 min read
HashiCorp Terraform

Terraform: Destroy Infrastructure

There are reasons when specific infrastructure is no longer needed. When that infrastructure is managed trough HashiCorp Terraform, the terraform destroy command can be used…

Jan 18, 2023 2 min read
DevOps

What is a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)?

A Site Reliability Engineer, or SRE, is an engineering discipline that focuses on the availability, performance, and reliability of systems and services. SREs are responsible…

Jan 17, 2023 5 min read