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

DevOps

DreamSpark: Free Azure usage for Students

Microsoft DreamSpark offers Students with Professional Development tools and Azure services for FREE. DreamSpark is designed to help educators get their students the tools necessary…

Feb 7, 2016 1 min read
Microsoft Azure

BizSpark: Free Azure usage for Startups

The Microsoft BizSpark program offers FREE stuff to Startups for 3 years. This includes software, service, technical support, as well as Microsoft Azure cloud service…

Feb 6, 2016 2 min read
Microsoft Azure

Free eBook: Fundamentals of Azure

The book “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure” has been made available as a Free eBook from Microsoft Press and Microsoft Virtual Academy. This book…

Feb 5, 2016 1 min read
Azure IoT

Azure IoT Hub Now Generally Available

On Feb 3, 2016, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Azure IoT Hub is now Generally Available (GA). Azure IoT Hub service is available stand-alone or as…

Feb 4, 2016 1 min read
Azure Hybrid

Introducing Microsoft Azure Stack

Join Mark Russinovich (Azure CTO) and Jeffrey Snover (Enterprise Cloud Technical Fellow) in learning how Microsoft Azure Stack will help drive innovation by delivering Azure…

Feb 3, 2016 1 min read
Certification

Which Azure Cert Exam is Best for Me?

There’s been a huge increase in the need to get trained in Microsoft Azure, and as a result the interest / need to get certified…

Feb 3, 2016 5 min read
Azure Web

Free eBook: Azure Web Apps for Developers

The “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Web Apps for Developers” book written by Rick Rainey has been made available as a Free eBook on the Microsoft Virtual Academy…

Feb 2, 2016 1 min read
Azure Hybrid

What is Azure Stack?

Microsoft Azure Stack is a fairly new feature set to complement the Azure Platform, however, Azure Stack isn’t quite the usual feature addition to the…

Feb 1, 2016 4 min read
Azure Integration

Free eBook: Azure Automation

The book “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Automation” written by Michael McKeown is written to target IT Pros and PowerShell developers to help them understand the…

Jan 30, 2016 1 min read
Azure IoT

What is Azure IoT Hub?

Security and reliability are 2 huge problem areas to overcome with the Internet of Things (IoT). The Microsoft Azure IoT Hub is the cloud solution…

Jan 29, 2016 2 min read
Community

Global Azure Bootcamp – coming April 16, 2016

Another year means another Global Azure Bootcamp. The Global Azure Bootcamp 2016 is the fourth annual Azure Bootcamp. This is a global event that provides…

Jan 27, 2016 2 min read
Azure AI & ML

Free eBook: Azure Machine Learning

The book “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Machine Learning” written by Jeff Barnes, published by Microsoft Press, has been made available as a Free eBook over…

Jan 26, 2016 1 min read
Microsoft Azure

Free eBook: Enterprise Cloud Strategy

Together Microsoft Press and Microsoft Virtual Academy have a number of Free eBooks available for download. The latest released eBook is “Enterprise Cloud Strategy” written…

Jan 25, 2016 1 min read
Azure Data & Storage

Azure Storage Explorer now supports Linux and more

When the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer was first released, it did seem a little odd that Microsoft would neglect supporting Linux. However, they did support…

Jan 22, 2016 1 min read
Cloud

Hosting Environment Isolation: How and Why

Automated Builds, Continuous Integrations, DevOps, Oh my!! There are a ton of buzz words surrounding the different methods and ideas for managing hosting environments and deployments.…

Jan 18, 2016 5 min read
Azure Compute

Azure Disk Encryption in Public Preview

The new Azure Disk Encryption feature was introduced into Public Preview last November. It allows for Virtual Machines (VMs) hosted within Azure to be encrypted…

Jan 13, 2016 1 min read
Azure IoT

Azure IoT Hub in Public Preview

The Microsoft Azure IoT (Internet of Things) Hub is a set of features designed to help control, monitor and connect millions of IoT devices in…

Jan 7, 2016 1 min read
Azure Containers

What is Microservices Architecture?

What really is a Microservices Architecture? The term “Microservices” has become fairly popular in recent years, and has coincided largely with the increasingly popular move to…

Jan 6, 2016 2 min read