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

Azure Management

New Microsoft AI Shell Public Preview

During Microsoft Ignite 2024, Microsoft announced the public preview of AI Shell, a groundbreaking innovation that integrates artificial intelligence directly into command-line workflows. With this…

Nov 20, 2024 3 min read
Artificial Intelligence

Introducing the new Azure AI Agent Service

Azure AI Agent Service is designed to revolutionize the development and deployment of these AI agents, delivering an enterprise-ready solution tailored to meet the unique…

Nov 19, 2024 4 min read
Azure Data & Storage

Azure Cosmos DB: Understanding Partition Keys

Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s globally distributed, multi-model database service designed to meet the demands of large-scale, low-latency applications. One of the most critical design…

Oct 29, 2024 10 min read
DevOps

Terraform Functions and Expressions Explained

Functions in HashiCorp Terraform are integral to making your configurations flexible, efficient, and maintainable. They are pre-defined operations that can be used within expressions to…

Aug 9, 2024 13 min read
HashiCorp Terraform

Terraform vs OpenTofu: What’s the difference?

What’s the difference between HashiCorp’s Terraform and OpenTofu? This is a tale that starts with HashiCorp first developing Terraform, the popular open source, multi-cloud, Infrastructure…

Aug 7, 2024 6 min read
Artificial Intelligence

What is Generative AI?

Generative AI has emerged as a groundbreaking technology, transforming how we create content. From text and images to music and software code, generative AI models…

Aug 5, 2024 5 min read
Artificial Intelligence

What is MLOps?

MLOps, or Machine Learning Operations, is like the backbone of a well-oiled machine in the machine learning domain. It’s an intersection where machine learning meets…

Aug 2, 2024 6 min read
Top 7 Signs You're Doing DevOps Wrong!
DevOps

Top 7 Signs You’re Doing DevOps Wrong

Chances are you or your manager thinks you’re doing DevOps. But what if you’re doing it wrong? Do you really know what DevOps is? After…

Aug 2, 2024 5 min read
DevOps

Using the Terraform ‘merge’ Function

One of the core strengths of Terraform is its rich set of built-in functions, which empower users to create flexible and reusable configurations. Among these…

Jul 31, 2024 19 min read
Artificial Intelligence

GPT-4o Mini: Advancing Cost-Efficient AI

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Mini represents a significant advancement in the field of artificial intelligence, combining high performance with cost efficiency. This model is designed to make…

Jul 21, 2024 3 min read