Mike Pfeiffer

Cloud Computing Expert, Author, and Speaker

Hi, I'm Mike. I'm a technical architect, consultant, author, trainer and conference speaker with 20 years of experience in the tech industry. After spending many years as an enterprise consultant, I went to work for Microsoft supporting some of their biggest customers. Later, I joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) where I spent most of my time speaking at live events, writing code to build fully automated solutions, and helping customers and partners architect solutions in the cloud.

Today I run CloudSkills.io, a cloud training and consulting firm specializing in the Azure and AWS cloud platforms. When I’m not working with customers in the field I’m usually teaching training classes focused on Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, and Docker. I also spend a lot of time presenting at industry conferences and authoring training videos for Pluralsight.

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Latest Articles

AWS Server Migration Service simplifies replication to cloud

The AWS Server Migration Service provides IT teams a free application to replicate on-premises server volumes to the public cloud without having to install an agent.

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Build a version control process for DevOps infrastructure

A version control repository provides admins a comprehensive record of all IaC updates. If the new update fails, roll back to the last version, and try again.

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Choose the right Azure logging tool for your monitoring needs

Azure has two logging services -- Activity Log and Diagnostic Log – and both have distinct features, like the ability to monitor platform-level events versus guest OSes.

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Featured Pluralsight Courses

Create and Manage Virtual Machines on Microsoft Azure

This course covers the deployment and management objectives for Azure virtual machines in the 70-532 Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions exam. In Create and Manage Virtual Machines on Microsoft Azure, you will first learn how to deploy virtual machines, configure networking, and implement virtual machine scale sets. Next, you will learn how to monitor Azure VM's. Finally, you will implement high availability for applications using Azure virtual machines. So whether you're looking to pick up the 70-532 certification, or you just want to pick up new skills for the real-world, this course will get you up and running quickly with Azure Resource Manager virtual machines.

Create and Manage Virtual Machines on Microsoft Azure

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AWS Certified DevOps Engineer: Continuous Delivery and Automation

This is the first in a series of four courses that will prepare you for the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Certification. In this course, we'll cover the domain objectives for the continuous delivery and process automation portion of the exam.

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer: Continuous Delivery and Automation

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Implementing Containers on Windows Server 2016

In this course, Implementing Containers on Windows Server 2016, you will learn all about installing and configuring Windows Server container hosts. First, you will be introduced to the concept of containers, and the difference between Windows Server containers and Hyper-V containers. Next, you will dive into deploying and managing containers on Windows Server. Finally, you will delve into managing container networking, and deploying a multi-container application in Azure.

Implementing Containers on Windows Server 2016

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Upcoming Live Classes

Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure (70-533 Certification Exam Prep)

This course is aimed at experienced IT Professionals who currently administer their on-premises infrastructure. The course introduces the students to Microsoft Azure and then teaches them how to manage their infrastructure in Azure rather than on-premises. This course prepares for Microsoft Certification exam, 70-533, Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions.

Create and Manage Virtual Machines on Microsoft Azure

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Amazon Web Services Architecture and Operations (AWS Certified SA and SysOps Exam Prep)

This course is designed to teach systems administrators, developers, or IT architects how to optimize the use of the AWS Cloud. You’ll understand the best practices for design, deployment, networking, load balancing and more. Mike Pfeiffer will identify some effective AWS Cloud design patterns and teach you how a service may fit in the overall cloud design. The course also covers System Operations – you’ll learn how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform including tools related to configuration and deployment. Plus, you’ll learn common techniques used throughout the industry for configuring and deploying systems.

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer: Continuous Delivery and Automation

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