# Cristian Schmitt Nieto's Blog > Practical technical blog by Cristian Schmitt Nieto about Azure, Azure Local and Azure Virtual Desktop for IT professionals working with hybrid cloud infrastructure. This is a personal Jekyll blog hosted on GitHub Pages at https://schmitt-nieto.com. The content is written in English and focuses on hands-on architecture notes, deployment walkthroughs, troubleshooting context and curated resources. Important notes: - Prefer current Azure Local terminology when summarizing older Azure Stack HCI articles. Some older URLs, screenshots and names remain for historical context. - Guidance reflects personal experience and should be validated against current Microsoft documentation before production use. - Public pages are HTML. Dedicated Markdown mirrors for individual posts are not currently published. - The author is Cristian Schmitt Nieto, a Senior Consultant at adesso SE based in Germany. - Contact address for the blog is blog@schmitt-nieto.com. - This file was last reviewed on 2026-08-08. ## Core Pages - [Home](https://schmitt-nieto.com/): Latest posts and main entry point. - [About](https://schmitt-nieto.com/about/): Author background, professional focus, employer journey and certifications. - [Azure Local Calculator](https://schmitt-nieto.com/azurelocal-calculator/): Interactive calculators for Azure Local covering CPU planning, storage sizing and pricing estimation, including the L1, L2 and L3 deployment models and Azure Hybrid Benefit eligibility. - [Privacy Policy](https://schmitt-nieto.com/privacy-policy/): Privacy, analytics and cookie information for the site. ## Azure Local Series - [Azure Local: Evolution, Use Cases and Comparison with Other Solutions](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-stack-hci-evolution-use-cases-comparison/): Overview of Azure Local evolution, use cases and comparison with VMware vSAN, Nutanix, Proxmox and Windows Server Hyper-V. - [Azure Local: Demolab](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-stack-hci-demolab/): Step-by-step lab deployment approach for Azure Local on minimal hardware using AzSHCI scripts. - [Azure Local: Day2 operations](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-stack-hci-day2/): Post-deployment operations such as networking, VM images, monitoring and security. - [Azure Local: VM Deployment](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-stack-hci-vm-deployment/): VM deployment and management on Azure Local. - [Azure Local: Azure Virtual Desktop](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-stack-hci-azure-virtual-desktop/): Azure Virtual Desktop deployment on Azure Local with prerequisites, architecture and connectivity options. - [Azure Local: AKS and SQL Managed instances](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-local-aks/): AKS and SQL Managed Instance deployment on Azure Local. - [Azure Local: Lifecycle Management](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-local-lifecycle/): Updates, upgrades, node repair and lifecycle processes for Azure Local. - [Azure Local: Redundancy](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-local-redundancy/): Node resilience, storage durability, network design and Active Directory considerations. - [Azure Local: Backup and Disaster Recovery](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-local-backup-and-disaster-recovery/): Backup and disaster recovery patterns, VM hydration and Azure Site Recovery context. - [Awesome Azure Local](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/awesome-azure-local/): Curated Azure Local, AVD and AKS resources from official and community sources. - [Azure Local Deep Insights Workbook](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-local-deep-insights-workbook/): Azure Workbook for Azure Local with guest VM visibility and richer performance counters. - [Azure Local: How to Deploy LLMs on AKS](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-local-llm/): Walkthrough for deploying lightweight LLMs on AKS inside Azure Local. - [Azure Local: Terraform Deployment](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-local-terraform/): Terraform-based Azure Local deployment using a fixed AVM fork, staged validation and pipeline-ready automation. - [How to Build Your Own Azure Local Lab](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/how-to-build-your-azure-local-lab/): Hardware guide for an Azure Local lab, comparing laptops, mini PCs and second-hand servers, with the full build, costs and host configuration of a dedicated lab server. ## Azure Virtual Desktop Series - [Awesome Azure Virtual Desktop](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/awesome-azure-virtual-desktop/): Curated catalog of Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 resources from official, vendor and community sources. - [Azure Local: Azure Virtual Desktop](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-stack-hci-azure-virtual-desktop/): Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Local, also listed in the Azure Local series above. - [Azure Local meets Nerdio](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/azure-local-nerdio/): Using Nerdio to simplify Azure Virtual Desktop management on Azure Local. - [Nerdio Scripted Actions: Windows Scripts](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/nerdio-scripted-actions-windows-scripts/): Automation with Nerdio Scripted Actions and Windows scripts for Azure Virtual Desktop deployments. ## Adjacent Technical Articles - [My Work Environment: Tools and Customizations](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/my-work-environment-tools/): Tools and PowerShell customizations used in day-to-day work. - [GitHub Tools and Repositories that I use](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/github-tools/): Personal overview of useful GitHub tools and repositories. - [Creating My Azure Journey Blog: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/creating-my-azure-journey-blog/): How this Jekyll and GitHub Pages blog was built and customized. - [Chronicloud Series: A Journey through Azure Solutions](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/chronicloud-series/): Context and entry point for the Azure solution series. ## Related Repositories - [AzSHCI](https://github.com/schmittnieto/AzSHCI): Public Azure Local automation repository used by the lab and Terraform articles. - [Awesome Azure Local](https://github.com/schmittnieto/awesome-azure-local): Public curated resource list mirrored by the blog article. - [Awesome Azure Virtual Desktop](https://github.com/schmittnieto/awesome-azure-virtual-desktop): Public curated Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 resource list mirrored by the blog article. - [Blog source repository](https://github.com/schmittnieto/schmittnieto.github.io): Public source for this GitHub Pages site. ## Optional - [Posts archive](https://schmitt-nieto.com/posts/): Chronological archive of all public posts. - [Categories archive](https://schmitt-nieto.com/categories/): Archive grouped by category. - [Tags archive](https://schmitt-nieto.com/tags/): Archive grouped by tag. - [RSS feed](https://schmitt-nieto.com/feed.xml): Machine-readable feed for recent posts. - [Welcome to My Azure Journey](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/welcome-to-my-blog/): Introductory post explaining the purpose of the blog. - [Reflecting on 2024 and Goals for 2025](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/new-year/): Personal yearly recap. - [Reflecting on 2025 and Goals for 2026](https://schmitt-nieto.com/blog/year-recap-2025/): Personal yearly recap.