Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) automates the provisioning and management of IT infrastructure via machine-readable definition files, obviating the need for manual configuration and management of servers ...

A Living Architecture diagram makes it easy to see the entire infrastructure at a glance and use the relationships between components to automatically derive complex configurations.

As Azure adoption increases and, with it, the integration of DevOps methodologies, IaC will be a major factor in shaping IT infrastructure management,” he concludes.