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Jeff Pigott is a Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft, specializing in Azure Infrastructure technologies including Azure Arc, Azure Update Manager, HPC, SQL DB, security, and Azure 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.
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…

December 1, 2015

Microsoft Band 2 – Three weeks and it going back to the store

I enjoyed trying out the Microsoft Band 2 for three weeks. The wrist bands on the band are much more flexible and not rigid….

July 10, 2015

Microsoft Band with TalyorMade Golf App

Love this new app from TaylorMade and Microsoft for so many reasons. First it is free, just another bonus to having the Microsoft Band! Second…

April 10, 2015

Throw-Back-Thursday Reminder: Windows 8 Lock Screen Timeout hidden setting

Windows 8 display lock screen timeout setting. I needed to blog about this as this is a setting that should be exposed without registry…

March 22, 2015

Angry Birds Star Wars Achievements – how to backup/restore

I know a pretty interesting topic tag line. But after my children have spent millions of hours on Angry Birds Star Wars for some reason…

January 16, 2015

iMagnet – The best mount for your phone

I have purchased two of the iMagnet devices for both of our cars and it is a wonderful device. You don’t have to worry…

December 13, 2014

Pimp My Band – Windows Band Background Tool

Just discovered the Pimp My Band app for Windows Phone to change the background image of the Windows Band. The app offers a fully…

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