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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.
November 25, 2014

Windows 10 – 9879 loaded over after error 0x80248014

Recently Microsoft released the new Windows 10 9879 technical preview. I went to my test machine for Windows 10’s PC settings and changed the…

November 25, 2014

Nokia 1520 and SoftCard – Successful!!!

I upgraded to the Nokia 1520 on AT&T after finding out that my Windows Phone Lumia 920 I received at the Microsoft Build Conference would…

November 7, 2014

Does Nokia Wallet Now work on A&T with a Secure SIM? Doesn’t look like it.

After I have determined that SoftCard will not work on my Windows Developer Lumia 920 device. I am wondering if the Nokia Wallet option…

November 7, 2014

SoftCard doesn’t appear to work with unlocked phones

I stopped by an AT&T location today to get my secure SIM card. That part went perfect the AT&T rep was wonderful to work…

November 6, 2014

Microsoft Band – Day 3

I  wore a Omron pedometer today to compare the step count between it and the Microsoft Band. The difference was 250 steps for the entire…

November 5, 2014

Mobile Phone Payments – SoftCard – Is this a competitor to ApplePay?

  On 10/31/14 AT&T published a version of SoftCard to the Windows Phone Store. I am curious about this app as it seems like…

November 5, 2014

Microsoft Band – Day 2 – Still no complaints

Day two and I am still learning more about the band. I was able to make it all night without any discomfort with the…

November 4, 2014

Microsoft Band – Day 1 – So far loving it.

Microsoft did a great job with the boxing of the Microsoft Band it looks professional just like the Surface boxing. The first impression of…

November 1, 2014

Microsoft Band – Ordered and ready to give it a whirl

Pretty excited about the new Microsoft Band fitness #Band. It really looks like a nice combination of features. It will be great to see…

October 15, 2014

Great DevOps Book – The Phoenix Project

The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim is a very inspirational DevOps book that I just finished reading. I am not an avid novel reader and rarely…

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