Azure CBUS January: Learn Infrastructure-as-Code Through Minecraft

## Learn Infrastructure-as-Code (the FUN Way) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️

Joint Meetup: Azure CBUS × Columbus HashiCorp User Group × DevOps Columbus
What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game?
Join us for a joint Azure CBUS, Columbus HashiCorp User Group, and DevOps Columbus meetup where Mark Tinderholt (Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure | HashiCorp Ambassador | “The Azure Terraformer”) shows how Minecraft can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure.

### What we’ll cover

• Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using Terraform
• Provisioning real infrastructure on Azure
• Applying IaC best practices (immutability, repeatability, versioning)
• How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts click
• Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time

### Who should attend

• Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers
• Terraform users (new or experienced)
• Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples
• Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way

No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way.
Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐

Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!!

https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/