Eric Smith walks through the different types and sizes of Azure VMs to help you weigh the options when considering where to place your workload.
Eric Smith
Eric Smith is the DevOps Engineering Manager at SentryOne. Eric's team focuses on optimizing the process and tooling used by our delivery teams and evangelizes DevOps practices at SentryOne. He originally joined the SentryOne team in 2011 as an intern. Eric has had the pleasure to grow with the company, and has held a variety of roles including Support, Documentation, and Quality Assurance. Eric is a proud veteran of the United States Air Force, earning the rank of Staff Sergeant during his six-year term as an Avionics maintainer for F15s (AFSC 2A0X1A).
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