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Jeff Pigott is a Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, specializing in Azure Infrastructure technologies including Azure Arc, Azure Update Manager, SQL DB, security, and storage. With over 29 years of experience in IT, development, and DevOps, Jeff has worked with a wide range of platforms, tools, and languages. Jeff is passionate about staying up-to-date with the latest Microsoft technologies and services, and holds multiple Azure certifications.
May 19, 2022

AzCopy authorization with Azure Active Directory

Authorize access to blobs with AzCopy & Azure Active Directory | Microsoft Docs There are several options to authenticate with Azure Active Directory when…

May 19, 2022

Create a Blob SAS token to be used with AzCopy

Create shared access signature (SAS) tokens for containers and blobs with Microsoft Storage Explorer – Azure Cognitive Services | Microsoft Docs Go to your…

January 7, 2022

Installation of the PowerShell AZ module

Note: these instructions were tested on Windows Server 2019. Install the Azure Az PowerShell module with PowerShellGet | Microsoft Docs Check to see the…

November 23, 2021

Installation of Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) Backup Agent

Introduction Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent (MARS) is a tool to backup folders/files from a Windows Client or Server to an Azure Recovery Services…

November 10, 2021

Azure Tagging – Export tags from your resources across subscriptions

This article will provide a PowerShell script to export the Azure Resource Tags for each resource that is in your Azure Subscriptions. This data…

November 9, 2021

Configuring Azure Site Recovery for VMware – Preview

VMware VM disaster recovery architecture in Azure Site Recovery – Preview – Azure Site Recovery | Microsoft Docs Note: The content below is created…

September 8, 2021

Azure Monitor Agent Installation and Alert Creation for Free Disk Space Health

Note: this feature is in preview. Names, images, and steps may change going forward. Enable the Agent on the VM Click Monitor from the…

November 1, 2016

Fix: The operation system cannot run %1

I have faced this error “The operation system cannot run %1” after two different upgrades from Windows 8.1 Enterprise to Windows 10 Enterprise.  This…

December 20, 2015

Create a Windows 10 Hotspot for Amazon fire

I thought it would be a good test to bring the Amazon Fire Stick on vacation. The Fire Stick prompted me for the hotel…

December 1, 2015

TaylorMade myRound Pro is a wonderful free app

With the Microsoft Band’s new free TaylorMade’s golf app the data is now available in the TalyorMade  MyRound Pro page. All the data that you…

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