4-6 November 2025 in Poznan, Poland
Directions EMEA 2025
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What is GitOps and why should you care?
Hopefully, you are no longer managing your Azure infrastructure manually through the Azure Portal, aka "ClickOps". Infrastructure as Code approaches like Bicep or Terraform have seen a lot of uptake in the last couple of years and certainly are a big step forwards. But what if we could take that approach to the next level by managing your resources directly in a Git repository and letting a tool handle the rollout and maintenance? That is the idea of GitOps!
In this session, you will learn about the basics of using GitOps with Azure and see in hands-on demos how it actually works
Speakers:
Markus Lippert
Team Manager, COSMO CONSULT
Markus Lippert is working for COSMO CONSULT (cosmoconsult.com) as a Team Manager and technical lead for COSMO Alpaca.
Born near Ulm in Germany, Markus got his master's degree in computer science and started as a developer for Business Software and .NET. After different positions with development and operations tasks, Markus became Team Manager at COSMO CONSULT.
He is blogging on lippertmarkus.com, where he writes about DevOps, Windows Containers and cloud-native technologies, but also tooling like Visual Studio Code. His other focus is Azure, mainly around container orchestration and automation.
When Markus isn't busy trying out new technologies, he also loves to work on his personal development by doing sports, hiking or reading.
Markus Lippert
Team Manager, COSMO CONSULT
Markus Lippert is working for COSMO CONSULT (cosmoconsult.com) as a Team Manager and technical lead for COSMO Alpaca.
Born near Ulm in Germany, Markus got his master's degree in computer science and started as a developer for Business Software and .NET. After different positions with development and operations tasks, Markus became Team Manager at COSMO CONSULT.
He is blogging on lippertmarkus.com, where he writes about DevOps, Windows Containers and cloud-native technologies, but also tooling like Visual Studio Code. His other focus is Azure, mainly around container orchestration and automation.
When Markus isn't busy trying out new technologies, he also loves to work on his personal development by doing sports, hiking or reading.
Tobias Fenster
Managing Director at 4PS Germany, Chief Engineer at Hilti, Microsoft RD & dual Microsoft MVP, Docker Captain
Tobias Fenster started as a developer in the 1990s. Holding different positions including Head of Technical Consulting, Head of Development and CTO for multiple Microsoft partners during his career, he is now a Managing Director at 4PS Germany and Chief Engineer at Hilti. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director, holds dual Microsoft MVP awards for Business Applications and Azure and is a Docker Captain.
He is blogging on tobiasfenster.io, where he writes about Business Applications, Docker and Windows Containers, but also tooling like Azure DevOps, Visual Studio Code and infrastructure automation. His other focus is Azure, mainly around container environments and SQL.
Tobias Fenster
Managing Director at 4PS Germany, Chief Engineer at Hilti, Microsoft RD & dual Microsoft MVP, Docker Captain
Tobias Fenster started as a developer in the 1990s. Holding different positions including Head of Technical Consulting, Head of Development and CTO for multiple Microsoft partners during his career, he is now a Managing Director at 4PS Germany and Chief Engineer at Hilti. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director, holds dual Microsoft MVP awards for Business Applications and Azure and is a Docker Captain.
He is blogging on tobiasfenster.io, where he writes about Business Applications, Docker and Windows Containers, but also tooling like Azure DevOps, Visual Studio Code and infrastructure automation. His other focus is Azure, mainly around container environments and SQL.