Development
OSS Spotlight: Swagger
There have been a few approaches to make sharing and consuming Web Services easier over the years. Many developers have worked with WSDL and SOAP…
Chris Pietschmann
Azure Compute
Save Money in Azure Tip 1: Compare Azure Region Pricing
In this video, I show you the specifics on comparing Azure Region pricing information around Virtual Machine hosting. As you can see, the Azure Regions…
Certification
Exam Finder Helps Search Microsoft Certification Exams by Technology (RETIRED)
There are many different certification exams from Microsoft covering all the different technology areas. There are also many different certification paths like the newly redesigned…
Certification
MCSA: Azure Database Development Certification from Microsoft (RETIRED)
There have been many changes to the Microsoft certification program lately. Among these changes have been brand new MCSA and MCSE certifications, including MANY new…
Certification
MCSA: BI Reporting Certification from Microsoft (RETIRED)
There have been many changes to the Microsoft certification program lately. Among these changes have been brand new MCSA and MCSE certifications, including MANY new…
Certification
MCSA: Data Engineering with Azure Certification from Microsoft (RETIRED)
There have been many changes to the Microsoft certification program lately. Among these changes have been brand new MCSA and MCSE certifications, including MANY new…
Certification
MCSA: Machine Learning Certification from Microsoft (RETIRED)
It seems there is constant news on the Microsoft certification front. Near the end of 2016, Microsoft shook up the entire MCP program with some…
Azure Compute
Top 10 Tricks to Save Money with Azure Virtual Machines
This post contains 10 tips and tricks you can use to save money on your Virtual Machines (VMs) running in the Microsoft Azure cloud. The…
Azure Data & Storage
Create Azure SQL Database in the Azure Portal
Here’s a short video that shows you how to create an Azure SQL Database in the Azure Portal. It also explains how to connect to…
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…
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…
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…
Certification
Renew MCSD & MCSE Annually by Retaking Certification Exams
In the past once you passed a specific Microsoft certification exam you were not allowed to retake that exam again, ever. After all, there wasn’t…
Certification
Microsoft Professional Program (MPP) Expanding with More Tracks
The Microsoft Professional Program (MPP) is the most recent program from Microsoft to provide training and an educational platform in an effort to help fill…
Azure Management
Manage Azure Resource Policies in the Azure Portal
Here’s a short video I recorded that goes over how to manage Azure Resource Policies in the Azure Portal. Before the “how to” showing the…
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…
Certification
Chris Pietschmann named IT Community Champ by Mary Jo Foley and Petri.com
Today, March 21, 2017, May Jo Foley listed me as Today’s Community Champ over on Petri.com. It’s neat to get recognized for all the work…
Certification
70-464 Developing Microsoft SQL Server Databases Certification Exam (RETIRED)
The Developing Microsoft SQL Server Databases (70-464) certification exam is one of the elective exams that counts towards the MCSE: Data Management and Analytics certifications. This exam…
Azure Compute
Windows Server running on ARM CPUs, Azure is Next!
So far the servers within Microsoft Azure data centers have been running Intel processors (CPUs). For a long time I’ve wondered if the power efficiency…
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…