Jeff

Christman

Jeff Christman is a distinguished Navy Veteran boasting more than two decades of expertise in the Information Technology sector. He possesses a specialized focus on cloud migration projects, having contributed his skills to prestigious organizations including Raytheon, AT&T, and NASA. Presently, he holds the position of Senior Cloud Security Consultant at a prominent consulting firm. Beyond his professional endeavors, Jeff is an accomplished author and educator, developing and publishing content and courses for renowned platforms such as Pluralsight.com, Techsnips.io, and Adamtheautomator.com.

Outside of his professional pursuits, Jeff enjoys engaging in fantasy football, exploring advancements in technology, and playfully teasing his teenage daughters.

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Azure Landing Zone: Accelerating Cloud Adoption with Strategic Foundations

by Jeff Christman

Azure Landing Zone is more than just a set of guidelines; it is a comprehensive approach to cloud adoption that ensures your Azure environment is built on a solid foundation

Azure Development Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Regulatory Compliance Security Security

Get to know OpenTofu: Migration and licensing considerations for Azure Terraform users

by Jeff Christman

Why OpenTofu, a new open-source version of Terraform, is winning over IT teams from Azure Bicep and other template technology

Azure Compute Development Hybrid

How to secure your RBAC infrastructure in Azure

by Jeff Christman

How it differs from other public clouds and what you can do to prepare

Azure Security Security User Management

Azure Policy: A user’s guide

by Jeff Christman

Azure Policy simplifies governance through pre-defined settings

AI and Machine Learning Azure Compute Development Integration

Using a new PSRule module to work with Azure DevOps pipelines

by Jeff Christman

Why I am optimistic about the framework's capabilities and potential applications

Azure Development Integration

Flex your knowledge of templates with Bicep

by Jeff Christman

Bicep serves as an evolved version of ARM templates and shares similarities with Terraform by being a domain-specific language conducive to modular template creation

Azure Development Integration

PSRule: One of the best ways to validate templates in the cloud

by Jeff Christman

PSRule operates by subjecting IaC artifacts such as templates, manifests, pipelines, and workflows to static analysis through rules either authored or imported

Azure Compute Configuration & Development Development Hybrid Integration

Managing Job Stages in Azure Pipelines

by Jeff Christman

As we move further into the realm of Infrastructure as Code, pipelines offer a robust way to apply software engineering best practices to infrastructure management

Azure Configuration & Development Development Integration Security

Making Security a Part of Your Azure CI/CD Pipelines and Templates

by Jeff Christman

CI/CD pipelines are only as effective as the security measures implemented within them

Azure Compute Configuration & Development Development Integration Security Security

Planning templates for an isolated cloud tenant with Terraform

by Jeff Christman

The demand for isolated cloud tenants has become more common, driven by the need to meet security, privacy, and legal requirements

Azure Compute Development Integration