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Focused on Open Source Software, Azure Resource Manager and DevOps on Azure, I'm responsible for helping customers succeed with DevOps on the Azure cloud, using the tools and practices they know and love. I work with communities and partners to better integrate solutions on Azure that involve third-party DevOps tools such as (but not limited to) Ansible, Chef, Docker, Eclipse, Gitlab, Jenkins, Packer, Spinnaker, and Terraform.

DevOps trends and tips from our resident pros 

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TechBeacon recently released the DevOps Top 100 list, recognizing members the DevOps community, who are exceptional writers, speakers, and thought leaders in the space. We caught up with a few of the Microsoft pros on the list to get their quick insights on topics ranging from their favorite DevOps technologies to what they can’t live Read more

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Celebrating OSCON’s 20th anniversary 

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We’re in Portland this week for OSCON’s return to the City of Roses (or Beervana, depending on who you ask) to celebrate the ground-breaking event’s 20th birthday. Some of Microsoft’s 3,000 open source contributors from across the company will be there showcasing some of their favorite open source technologies and community projects throughout many breakout Read more

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HashiCorp co-founder on simplifying infrastructure management 

10 min read

HashiCorp was founded by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar in 2012 with the goal of revolutionizing datacenter management – application development, delivery, and maintenance. Since then, the company has been in hyperdrive, with a quick release cycle of in-demand open source developer tools and a rapidly growing community of users around the world. In fact, Read more