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Jeff Brown Tech

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Cloud and DevOps Engineer focusing on Azure, Terraform, and PowerShell, with growing interest in Kubernetes and open-source technologies. Blog @ jeffbrown.tech

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Terraform for Beginners | Functions, Lifecycle Management, & Conditional Expressions,
YouTube video by Jeff Brown Tech Terraform for Beginners | Functions, Lifecycle Management, & Conditional Expressions,

πŸ“’ New YouTube Video πŸ“’

Want more control over your Terraform deployments? πŸ‘‰ This video walks through conditional expressions, powerful built-in functions, and lifecycle management using ignore_changes so you can write more flexible infrastructure code.

youtu.be/JU05K2xfwMs

25.02.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Terraform for Beginners | Count and For_Each
YouTube video by Jeff Brown Tech Terraform for Beginners | Count and For_Each

🚨 New YouTube Video 🚨

🚫 DRY or Don't Repeat Yourself! 🚫 Learn how to use count and for_each in Terraform to create multiple resources with a single definition.

youtu.be/Wjy--Syqm0Q

10.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Terraform for Beginners | Variables
YouTube video by Jeff Brown Tech Terraform for Beginners | Variables

πŸ“£ New YouTube Video πŸ“£

Get your variables here! πŸ‘‰ Learn how to define variables and provide values using the command line or with input files.

youtu.be/7IOhzF6Yti8

05.02.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Terraform for Beginners | Additional Terraform Commands
YouTube video by Jeff Brown Tech Terraform for Beginners | Additional Terraform Commands

πŸ“£ New YouTube Video! πŸ“£

You've learned the basic Terraform workflow commands, but let's dive deeper into a few more. Learn how to use format and validate to test your code, then how to create plan files and auto-approve your deployments.

youtu.be/IzCr1BrU3xs

27.01.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Terraform for Beginners | Providers & State File
Jeff Brown Tech Terraform for Beginners | Providers & State File

⭐ New YouTube Video ⭐

You wrote your first Terraform file, but what are all these other files? πŸ€” This video breaks down provider versioning, lock files, and the Terraform state file so you understand how Terraform tracks your infrastructure and keeps deployments consistent.

12.12.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have 4 Edge browser tabs open and 26 msedge.exe processes running.

08.12.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Terraform for Beginners | Easy Tutorial to Get Started
Jeff Brown Tech Terraform for Beginners | Easy Tutorial to Get Started

πŸ‘€ New YouTube Video πŸ‘€

Learn Terraform from scratch! ➑️ This video covers installation, creating a project, and deploying simple local resources while understanding the basics of configuration files, workflow, and providers.

18.11.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've got a $100 gift card and 50% off any course or certification from @linuxfoundation.org to use. I've completed CKA/CKAD and am working on CKS. Any suggestions from the community? I'm primarily interested in courses, not necessarily certifications.

#kubernetes @cncf.bsky.social #linux

30.09.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Career Chat: Keep Learning New Things
Jeff Brown Tech Career Chat: Keep Learning New Things

πŸŽ‰ New YouTube Video πŸŽ‰

Working in IT requires learning new skills all the time. In this video, I reflect on the times learning something outside my current role paid off later.

16.09.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm studying for the Certified #Kubernetes Security exam. What are your recommendations for study materials besides the Killer Shell course on YouTube?

#CKS

10.09.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Course Introduction
YouTube video by Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Course Introduction

This week I posted the last video in the #PowerShell Command Line to Scripting mini-course.

If you've watched any of the videos, I'd love to hear your feedback if it helped you!

youtu.be/bYAAj1mqzDw?...

09.09.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Art of Scripting
Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Art of Scripting

πŸ“£ New YouTube Video πŸ“£

🧠 Write better PowerShell scripts! This video covers learning how to plan your scripts with pseudocode and following best practices for clean, reliable code using naming conventions, formatting, comments, and more.

08.09.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Move Terraform State to Azure Storage Account Jeff Brown Tech

πŸ‘€[Throwback Thursday]πŸ‘€

Working on a project locally and need to move your Terraform state to an Azure storage account? Learn how in this tutorial!

04.09.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | External Data
Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | External Data

πŸ”” New YouTube Video πŸ””

Learn how to work with external data in PowerShell! πŸ’‘ This module shows you how to read and write CSV, JSON, and XML files, import/export structured data, and call web APIs using `Invoke-RestMethod`. Perfect for real-world automation!

28.08.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mastering PowerShell Dynamic Arrays Jeff Brown Tech

πŸ‘€[Throwback Thursday]πŸ‘€

Learn how to create and manage dynamic arrays inside PowerShell using this tutorial!

28.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Comparing Azure Availability Zones & Availability Sets Jeff Brown Tech

πŸ”₯[Throwback Thursday]πŸ”₯

Learn more about the different Azure high availability options from this tutorial!

21.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Error Handling
Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Error Handling

🚨 New YouTube Video 🚨

Take control of errors in PowerShell! ⚠️ This module covers try/catch/finally, ErrorAction, throw, and Get-Error to handle problems gracefully and keep your scripts running smoothly.

19.08.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Functions
Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell Command Line to Scripting | Functions

πŸ’― New YouTube Video πŸ’―

Learn how to write reusable PowerShell functions! ➑️ This video covers function basics, parameters, return values, variable scope, adding help, and advanced function features like CmdletBinding. Perfect for beginners writing scripts.

15.08.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Utilizing Terraform Resource Dependencies with Azure Examples Jeff Brown Tech

☁️[Throwback Thursday]☁️

Learn how to use resource dependencies (correctly!) in Terraform with some Azure examples!

14.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Parameters
Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Parameters

⬇️ New YouTube Video ⬇️

Learn to make your PowerShell scripts more dynamic and reusable with parameters! πŸš€ We'll cover defining parameters, setting data types, and validationβ€”then wrap up with a fun refactoring challenge.

07.08.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Configure Terraform for Multiple Azure Subscriptions Jeff Brown Tech

πŸ’―[Throwback Thursday]πŸ’―

Did you know you can configure Terraform to deploy to multiple Azure subscriptions? Learn how in this tutorial!

07.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Avoid Terraform and Azure Function Application Settings Drift Jeff Brown Tech

πŸ‘€[Throwback Thursday]πŸ‘€

31.07.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Logic and Loops
YouTube video by Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Logic and Loops

Build on your PowerShell scripting skills by learning how to make decisions in your code. In this video, we’ll cover if statements, for and while loops, and switch statements. Then, put everything into practice by building a fun number guessing game from scratch.

youtu.be/zphDREshbYk

28.07.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Grant Graph API Permissions to Managed Identity Jeff Brown Tech

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24.07.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeff Brown Tech Tutorial videos covering PowerShell, Azure, DevOps, Office 365 and more!

Last year I decided to dive into developing my YouTube channel. Today I hit 1,000 subscribers! Pretty exciting. I focus on a lot of PowerShell, but moving forward I am focusing on Azure and other cloud-related technologies.

www.youtube.com/@jeffbrowntech

#powershell #azure #youtube #cloud

22.07.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Variables & Data Types
Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Variables & Data Types

⭐ New YouTube Video ⭐

This first module covers variables, data types, operators, and methods. The module concludes with your first challenges in writing a sentence analyzer script and a temperature converter.

17.07.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Course Introduction
Jeff Brown Tech PowerShell: Command Line to Scripting | Course Introduction

🚨 New YouTube Video 🚨

Want to learn PowerShell scripting but don't know where to start? This video series is for you! This first video is an overview of the course topics and how to set up your local system to follow along with the content.

17.07.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PowerShell Tab Completion: The Ultimate Guide Jeff Brown Tech

☁️[Throwback Thursday]☁️

Make your PowerShell functions easier to use by adding tab and argument completions in this ultimate guide!

17.07.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Working with Microsoft Teams Templates and Graph API Jeff Brown Tech

πŸ””[Throwback Thursday]πŸ””

Learn how to programmatically deploy Teams templates using the Graph API.

10.07.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

* Plan 2

10.07.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0