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

742 articles 4 books

Azure Compute

Create Ubuntu Linux VM in the Azure Portal

This is a short video that shows how to create an Ubuntu Linux Virtual Machine (VM) in the Microsoft Azure Management Portal. It also explains…

Apr 1, 2017 1 min read
Azure Management

Create Azure Web App in the Azure Portal

Here’s a short video introduction to creating an Azure Web App within the Azure Portal. It also shows how to select the pricing tier to…

Mar 31, 2017 1 min read
Microsoft HoloLens

Happy Birthday HoloLens!! 1 Year Old!

Today is the birthday of Microsoft HoloLens in terms of being available and in peoples hands. At the Microsoft Build 2016 conference it was announced…

Mar 30, 2017 2 min read
Azure Management

Introduction to the Azure Portal

Here’s a short video I recorded that goes over how to access the Azure Portal (the Current Azure Management Portal). I cover an overview of…

Mar 23, 2017 1 min read
Azure Compute

Azure Functions vs Web Jobs: How to choose?

There are a few choices when it comes to implementing custom background processing tasks. The main options in the Microsoft Azure cloud are to use…

Mar 8, 2017 7 min read