AZCopy - The server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required.

    AzCopy is a great little tool for copying and manipulating azure storage. You can find more information about it here

    Behind a proxy in a corporate firewall, I get this error.

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    The server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required

    Usually I add the following to my powershell command before running them

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    [System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultCredentials
Azcopy

    But that gave me the error:

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    [ERROR] Error parsing destination location : The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required.

    Create config file for AZCopy

    I couldn’t find a config file for azcopy. So I created the config file in the location of azcopy C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\azure\azcopy

    Step 1. Create AzCopy.exe.config file

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    New-Item C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\azure\azcopy\AzCopy.exe.config -type file

    Step 2. Add the following into the config file:

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    <configuration>
   <system.net>
     <defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="true">
     </defaultProxy>
   </system.net>
 </configuration>

    Magic! :-)