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

758 articles 4 books

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
Certification

Top FREE Microsoft Certification Hands-on Labs

It’s important to use plenty of great study materials when studying for that next Microsoft certification exam. There are many great paid resources available on…

Oct 28, 2022 3 min read
DevOps

Terraform: Organize Locals / Local Values

Terraform local values (aka locals) enable the creation of expressions or values that can be easily referenced within the Terraform project or Terraform module. Using…

Oct 19, 2022 5 min read