Preston Parsard
Sr. Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft
Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolPreston Parsard is a Sr. Cloud Solutions Architect with over a decade of hands-on experience modernizing IT for government, defense, and enterprise clients, currently driving Azure adoption and automation at Microsoft. A retired military officer, he combines disciplined systems engineering with deep expertise in Active Directory, Azure IaaS/PaaS, VMware, and infrastructure automation to reduce risk, cost, and manual toil. He has a long track record of architecting and automating complex deployments—from DELL OpenManage integrations to large-scale AD consolidations and server lifecycle automation—often embedding governance and change-control practices. Known for translating tactical military IT requirements into strategic cloud solutions, he also trains and mentors teams to accelerate cloud-native operations. Based in Wesley Chapel, Florida, Preston emphasizes liberation from legacy infrastructures through pragmatic automation and repeatable runbooks.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at State University of New York Maritime CollegeComputer and Information Sciences, General, Computer and Information Sciences, General at State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/RomeBachelor's Degree, Professional Aeronautics, 4.0 / 4.0, Bachelor's Degree, Professional Aeronautics, 4.0 / 4.0 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Github Skills (63)
bicep10
python10
microsoft10
powershell-core10
dsc10
powershell-dsc10
pulse10
landing-zone10
azure-automation10
arm-templates10
arm10
powershell10
azure10
console9
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
autocloudarc/0026-azure-automation-plus-dsc-lab
Jun 2018 - Mar 2021
This template deploys a new automation lab environment that can be used for training, practice and demonstrations for Azure Automation, Windows Powershell, Windows Powershell DSC, PowerShell Core and Powershell DSC for Linux topics. For a more detailed explanation of the use cases for building an atuomation lab, please see: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-build-automation-lab-6-easy-steps-parsard-cissp-ccsp-cita-f/
Contributions:141 commits, 16 PRs, 434 pushes in 2 years 9 months
casespowershell-coretrainingstepslab-automation
autocloudarc/0080-mfg-demand-forecasting
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024
Demand forecasting example for AutoCloudArc blog post with Parts Unlimited and AdatumArc
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 120 pushes in 8 months
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