diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0e476b386d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+max-complexity = 10
+ignore =
+    E126,
+    E501,
+    E722,
+    E741,
+    F401,
+    F811,
+    C901
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index bd090e10614..b349363eb8a 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # See for instructions on this file https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
 
-index.json @derekbekoe
+/src/index.json @derekbekoe
 
+/src/image-copy/ @tamirkamara
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6415fe5f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+
+This checklist is used to make sure that common guidelines for a pull request are followed.
+
+### General Guidelines
+
+- [ ] Have you run `./scripts/ci/test_static.sh` locally? (`pip install pylint flake8` required)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bbc71c0920..8b2dc2f0065 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -97,5 +97,8 @@ ENV/
 # mkdocs documentation
 /site
 
+# VS Code
+.vscode/settings.json
+
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ccb28a58fd..f7ca6fb9aaf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 dist: trusty
 sudo: off
 language: python
-python:
-  - "2.7"
-  - "3.5"
-  - "3.6"
-install: true
-script:
-  - ls
+install:
+    - pip install pylint flake8
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - stage: verify
+      script: ./scripts/ci/test_static.sh
+      env: PURPOSE='VerifySource-StaticCheck'
+      python: 3.6
+    - stage: verify
+      script: ./scripts/ci/test_static.sh
+      env: PURPOSE='VerifySource-StaticCheck'
+      python: 2.7
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8191b7f1909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Contribute Code
+===================================
+
+This project has adopted the `Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct <https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/>`__.
+
+For more information see the `Code of Conduct FAQ <https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/>`__ or contact `opencode@microsoft.com <mailto:opencode@microsoft.com>`__ with any additional questions or comments.
+
+If you would like to become an active contributor to this project please
+follow the instructions provided in `Microsoft Azure Projects Contribution Guidelines <http://azure.github.io/guidelines.html>`__
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..054f0f4333b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+[MASTER]
+reports=no
+score=no
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+# For all codes, run 'pylint --list-msgs' or go to 'https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference_guide/features.html'
+# locally-disabled: Warning locally suppressed using disable-msg
+# cyclic-import: because of https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/850
+# too-many-arguments: Due to the nature of the CLI many commands have large arguments set which reflect in large arguments set in corresponding methods.
+disable=missing-docstring,locally-disabled,fixme,cyclic-import,too-many-arguments,invalid-name,duplicate-code
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+# For Azure CLI extensions, we ignore import errors for azure.cli as they'll be available in the environment of the CLI
+ignored-modules=azure.cli
+
+[FORMAT]
+max-line-length=120
+
+[VARIABLES]
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=yes
+
+[DESIGN]
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body
+max-locals=25
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body
+max-branches=20
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+min-similarity-lines=10
+
+[BASIC]
+# Naming hints based on PEP 8 (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#naming-conventions).
+# Consider these guidelines and not hard rules. Read PEP 8 for more details.
+
+# The invalid-name checker must be **enabled** for these hints to be used.
+include-naming-hint=yes
+
+module-name-hint=lowercase (keep short; underscores are discouraged)
+const-name-hint=UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES
+class-name-hint=CapitalizedWords
+class-attribute-name-hint=lower_case_with_underscores
+attr-name-hint=lower_case_with_underscores
+method-name-hint=lower_case_with_underscores
+function-name-hint=lower_case_with_underscores
+argument-name-hint=lower_case_with_underscores
+variable-name-hint=lower_case_with_underscores
+inlinevar-name-hint=lower_case_with_underscores (short is OK)
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_static.sh b/scripts/ci/test_static.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..8d8b96efc2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_static.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+proc_number=`python -c 'import multiprocessing; print(multiprocessing.cpu_count())'`
+pylint ./src/*/azext_*/ --rcfile=./pylintrc -j $proc_number
+flake8 --statistics --append-config=./.flake8 ./src/*/azext_*/
+
+pylint ./scripts/ci/*.py  --rcfile=./pylintrc
+flake8 --append-config=./.flake8 ./scripts/ci/*.py
+
+python ./scripts/ci/verify_codeowners.py
+python ./scripts/ci/verify_license.py
diff --git a/scripts/ci/util.py b/scripts/ci/util.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c873d3bd83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import os
+
+
+def get_repo_root():
+    current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    while not os.path.exists(os.path.join(current_dir, 'CONTRIBUTING.rst')):
+        current_dir = os.path.dirname(current_dir)
+    return current_dir
diff --git a/scripts/ci/verify_codeowners.py b/scripts/ci/verify_codeowners.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da1bf1a1fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/verify_codeowners.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from util import get_repo_root
+
+REPO_ROOT = get_repo_root()
+CODEOWNERS = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, '.github', 'CODEOWNERS')
+SRC_DIR = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'src')
+
+
+def get_src_dir_codeowners():
+    contents = []
+    with open(CODEOWNERS) as f:
+        contents = [x.strip() for x in f.readlines()]
+    return dict([x.split(' ') for x in contents if x.startswith('/src/') and x.split(' ')[0].endswith('/')])
+
+
+def main():
+    owners = get_src_dir_codeowners()
+    dangling_entries = [e for e in owners if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, e[1:]))]
+    missing_entries = ['/src/{}/'.format(p) for p in os.listdir(SRC_DIR)
+                       if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(SRC_DIR, p)) and '/src/{}/'.format(p) not in owners]
+    if dangling_entries or missing_entries:
+        print('Errors whilst verifying {}!'.format(CODEOWNERS))
+        if dangling_entries:
+            print("Remove the following {} as these directories don't exist.".format(dangling_entries),
+                  file=sys.stderr)
+        if missing_entries:
+            print("The following directories are missing codeowners {}.".format(missing_entries),
+                  file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/scripts/ci/verify_license.py b/scripts/ci/verify_license.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7e1d0aca9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/verify_license.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from util import get_repo_root
+
+REPO_ROOT = get_repo_root()
+SRC_DIR = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'src')
+
+LICENSE_HEADER = """# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""
+
+
+def main():
+    env_path = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'env')
+
+    files_without_header = []
+    for current_dir, _, files in os.walk(get_repo_root()):
+        if current_dir.startswith(env_path):
+            continue
+        file_itr = (os.path.join(current_dir, p) for p in files if p.endswith('.py'))
+        for python_file in file_itr:
+            with open(python_file, 'r') as f:
+                file_text = f.read()
+                if file_text and LICENSE_HEADER not in file_text:
+                    files_without_header.append(os.path.join(current_dir, python_file))
+
+    if files_without_header:
+        print("Error: The following files don't have the required license headers: \n{}".format(
+            '\n'.join(files_without_header)), file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/__init__.py b/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/__init__.py
index 6b540870c11..79e589c1019 100644
--- a/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/__init__.py
@@ -8,19 +8,29 @@
 
 helps['image copy'] = """
     type: command
-    short-summary: Allows to copy a managed image (or vm) to other regions. Keep in mind that it requires the source disk to be available.
+    short-summary: Copy a managed image (or vm) to other regions
+    long-summary: >
+        Allows to copy a managed image (or vm) to other regions.
+        Keep in mind that it requires the source disk to be available.
 """
 
+
 def load_params(_):
     with ParametersContext('image copy') as c:
-        c.register('source_resource_group_name', '--source-resource-group', help='Name of the resource group of the source resource')
-        c.register('source_object_name', '--source-object-name', help='The name of the image or vm resource')
-        c.register('target_location', '--target-location', nargs='+', help='Space separated location list to create the image in (use location short codes like westeurope etc.)')
+        c.register('source_resource_group_name', '--source-resource-group',
+                   help='Name of the resource group of the source resource')
+        c.register('source_object_name', '--source-object-name',
+                   help='The name of the image or vm resource')
+        c.register('target_location', '--target-location', nargs='+',
+                   help='Space separated location list to create the image in (e.g. westeurope etc.)')
         c.register('source_type', '--source-type', default='image', choices=['image', 'vm'], help='image or vm')
-        c.register('target_resource_group_name', '--target-resource-group', help='Name of the resource group to create images in')
-        c.register('parallel_degree', '--parallel-degree', type=int, default=-1, help='Number of parallel copy operations')
-        c.register('cleanup', '--cleanup', action='store_true', default=False, \
-            help='Include this switch to delete temporary resources upon completion')
+        c.register('target_resource_group_name', '--target-resource-group',
+                   help='Name of the resource group to create images in')
+        c.register('parallel_degree', '--parallel-degree', type=int, default=-1,
+                   help='Number of parallel copy operations')
+        c.register('cleanup', '--cleanup', action='store_true', default=False,
+                   help='Include this switch to delete temporary resources upon completion')
+
 
 def load_commands():
     from azure.cli.core.commands import cli_command
diff --git a/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/cli_utils.py b/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/cli_utils.py
index 32276cfa29a..d1e33b247c5 100644
--- a/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/cli_utils.py
+++ b/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/cli_utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 import sys
 import json
 
@@ -29,6 +34,7 @@ def run_cli_command(cmd, return_as_json=False):
         logger.error('command ended with an error: %s', cmd)
         raise
 
+
 def prepare_cli_command(cmd, output_as_json=True):
     full_cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', 'azure.cli'] + cmd
 
diff --git a/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/create_target.py b/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/create_target.py
index e81e45fda90..40539c2c009 100644
--- a/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/create_target.py
+++ b/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/create_target.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 import hashlib
 import datetime
 import time
@@ -10,33 +15,33 @@
 
 PROGRESS_LINE_LENGTH = 40
 
-def create_target_image(location, transient_resource_group_name, source_type, source_object_name, \
-    source_os_disk_snapshot_name, source_os_disk_snapshot_url, source_os_type, \
-    target_resource_group_name, azure_pool_frequency):
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-locals
+def create_target_image(location, transient_resource_group_name, source_type, source_object_name,
+                        source_os_disk_snapshot_name, source_os_disk_snapshot_url, source_os_type,
+                        target_resource_group_name, azure_pool_frequency):
 
     subscription_id = get_subscription_id()
 
     subscription_hash = hashlib.sha1(subscription_id.encode("UTF-8")).hexdigest()
     unique_subscription_string = subscription_hash[:7]
 
-
     # create the target storage account
     logger.warn("{0} - Creating target storage account (can be slow sometimes)".format(location))
     target_storage_account_name = location + unique_subscription_string
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'account', 'create', \
-        '--name', target_storage_account_name, \
-        '--resource-group', transient_resource_group_name, \
-        '--location', location, \
-        '--sku', 'Standard_LRS'])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'account', 'create',
+                               '--name', target_storage_account_name,
+                               '--resource-group', transient_resource_group_name,
+                               '--location', location,
+                               '--sku', 'Standard_LRS'])
 
     json_output = run_cli_command(cmd, return_as_json=True)
     target_blob_endpoint = json_output['primaryEndpoints']['blob']
 
-
     # Setup the target storage account
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'account', 'keys', 'list', \
-        '--account-name', target_storage_account_name, \
-        '--resource-group', transient_resource_group_name])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'account', 'keys', 'list',
+                               '--account-name', target_storage_account_name,
+                               '--resource-group', transient_resource_group_name])
 
     json_output = run_cli_command(cmd, return_as_json=True)
 
@@ -46,59 +51,55 @@ def create_target_image(location, transient_resource_group_name, source_type, so
     expiry_format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%MZ"
     expiry = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(hours=1)
 
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'account', 'generate-sas', \
-        '--account-name', target_storage_account_name, \
-        '--account-key', target_storage_account_key, \
-        '--expiry', expiry.strftime(expiry_format), \
-        '--permissions', 'aclrpuw', '--resource-types', \
-        'sco', '--services', 'b', '--https-only'], \
-        output_as_json=False)
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'account', 'generate-sas',
+                               '--account-name', target_storage_account_name,
+                               '--account-key', target_storage_account_key,
+                               '--expiry', expiry.strftime(expiry_format),
+                               '--permissions', 'aclrpuw', '--resource-types',
+                               'sco', '--services', 'b', '--https-only'],
+                              output_as_json=False)
 
     sas_token = run_cli_command(cmd)
-    sas_token = sas_token.rstrip("\n\r") #STRANGE
+    sas_token = sas_token.rstrip("\n\r")  # STRANGE
     logger.debug("sas token: " + sas_token)
 
-
     # create a container in the target blob storage account
     logger.warn("{0} - Creating container in the target storage account".format(location))
     target_container_name = 'snapshots'
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'container', 'create', \
-        '--name', target_container_name, \
-        '--account-name', target_storage_account_name])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'container', 'create',
+                               '--name', target_container_name,
+                               '--account-name', target_storage_account_name])
 
     run_cli_command(cmd)
 
-
     # Copy the snapshot to the target region using the SAS URL
     blob_name = source_os_disk_snapshot_name + '.vhd'
     logger.warn("{0} - Copying blob to target storage account".format(location))
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'blob', 'copy', 'start', \
-        '--source-uri', source_os_disk_snapshot_url, \
-        '--destination-blob', blob_name, \
-        '--destination-container', target_container_name, \
-        '--account-name', target_storage_account_name, \
-        '--sas-token', sas_token])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'blob', 'copy', 'start',
+                               '--source-uri', source_os_disk_snapshot_url,
+                               '--destination-blob', blob_name,
+                               '--destination-container', target_container_name,
+                               '--account-name', target_storage_account_name,
+                               '--sas-token', sas_token])
 
     run_cli_command(cmd)
 
-
     # Wait for the copy to complete
     start_datetime = datetime.datetime.now()
-    wait_for_blob_copy_operation(blob_name, target_container_name, \
-        target_storage_account_name, azure_pool_frequency, location)
-    msg = "{0} - Copy time: {1}".format(location, datetime.datetime.now()-start_datetime).ljust(PROGRESS_LINE_LENGTH)
+    wait_for_blob_copy_operation(blob_name, target_container_name,
+                                 target_storage_account_name, azure_pool_frequency, location)
+    msg = "{0} - Copy time: {1}".format(location, datetime.datetime.now() - start_datetime).ljust(PROGRESS_LINE_LENGTH)
     logger.warn(msg)
 
-
     # Create the snapshot in the target region from the copied blob
     logger.warn("{0} - Creating snapshot in target region from the copied blob".format(location))
     target_blob_path = target_blob_endpoint + target_container_name + '/' + blob_name
     target_snapshot_name = source_os_disk_snapshot_name + '-' + location
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'create', \
-        '--resource-group', transient_resource_group_name, \
-        '--name', target_snapshot_name, \
-        '--location', location, \
-        '--source', target_blob_path])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'create',
+                               '--resource-group', transient_resource_group_name,
+                               '--name', target_snapshot_name,
+                               '--location', location,
+                               '--source', target_blob_path])
 
     json_output = run_cli_command(cmd, return_as_json=True)
     target_snapshot_id = json_output['id']
@@ -110,36 +111,37 @@ def create_target_image(location, transient_resource_group_name, source_type, so
         target_image_name += '-image'
     target_image_name += '-' + location
 
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['image', 'create', \
-        '--resource-group', target_resource_group_name, \
-        '--name', target_image_name, \
-        '--location', location, \
-        '--source', target_blob_path, \
-        '--os-type', source_os_type, \
-        '--source', target_snapshot_id])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['image', 'create',
+                               '--resource-group', target_resource_group_name,
+                               '--name', target_image_name,
+                               '--location', location,
+                               '--source', target_blob_path,
+                               '--os-type', source_os_type,
+                               '--source', target_snapshot_id])
 
     run_cli_command(cmd)
 
 
-def wait_for_blob_copy_operation(blob_name, target_container_name, target_storage_account_name, azure_pool_frequency, location):
+def wait_for_blob_copy_operation(blob_name, target_container_name, target_storage_account_name,
+                                 azure_pool_frequency, location):
     progress_controller = APPLICATION.get_progress_controller()
     copy_status = "pending"
     prev_progress = -1
     while copy_status == "pending":
-        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'blob', 'show', \
-            '--name', blob_name, \
-            '--container-name', target_container_name, \
-            '--account-name', target_storage_account_name])
+        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['storage', 'blob', 'show',
+                                   '--name', blob_name,
+                                   '--container-name', target_container_name,
+                                   '--account-name', target_storage_account_name])
 
         json_output = run_cli_command(cmd, return_as_json=True)
         copy_status = json_output["properties"]["copy"]["status"]
         copy_progress_1, copy_progress_2 = json_output["properties"]["copy"]["progress"].split("/")
-        current_progress = round(int(copy_progress_1)/int(copy_progress_2), 1)
+        current_progress = round(int(copy_progress_1) / int(copy_progress_2), 1)
 
         if current_progress != prev_progress:
             msg = "{0} - copy progress: {1}%"\
                 .format(location, str(current_progress))\
-                .ljust(PROGRESS_LINE_LENGTH) #need to justify since messages overide each other
+                .ljust(PROGRESS_LINE_LENGTH)  # need to justify since messages overide each other
             progress_controller.add(message=msg)
 
         prev_progress = current_progress
@@ -150,7 +152,6 @@ def wait_for_blob_copy_operation(blob_name, target_container_name, target_storag
             progress_controller.stop()
             return
 
-
     if copy_status == 'success':
         progress_controller.stop()
     else:
diff --git a/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/custom.py b/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/custom.py
index e8ea2952c7a..01de885922d 100644
--- a/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/custom.py
+++ b/src/image-copy/azext_imagecopy/custom.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 from multiprocessing import Pool
 
 from azext_imagecopy.cli_utils import run_cli_command, prepare_cli_command
@@ -7,14 +12,15 @@
 logger = azlogging.get_az_logger(__name__)
 
 
-def imagecopy(source_resource_group_name, source_object_name, target_location, \
-    target_resource_group_name, source_type='image', cleanup='false', parallel_degree=-1):
+# pylint: disable=too-many-statements
+def imagecopy(source_resource_group_name, source_object_name, target_location,
+              target_resource_group_name, source_type='image', cleanup='false', parallel_degree=-1):
 
     # get the os disk id from source vm/image
     logger.warn("Getting os disk id of the source vm/image")
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command([source_type, 'show', \
-        '--name', source_object_name, \
-        '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command([source_type, 'show',
+                               '--name', source_object_name,
+                               '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name])
 
     json_cmd_output = run_cli_command(cmd, return_as_json=True)
 
@@ -22,30 +28,27 @@ def imagecopy(source_resource_group_name, source_object_name, target_location, \
     source_os_type = json_cmd_output['storageProfile']['osDisk']['osType']
     logger.debug("source_os_disk_id: %s. source_os_type: %s", source_os_disk_id, source_os_type)
 
-
     # create source snapshots
     logger.warn("Creating source snapshot")
     source_os_disk_snapshot_name = source_object_name + '_os_disk_snapshot'
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'create', \
-        '--name', source_os_disk_snapshot_name, \
-        '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name, \
-        '--source', source_os_disk_id])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'create',
+                               '--name', source_os_disk_snapshot_name,
+                               '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name,
+                               '--source', source_os_disk_id])
 
     run_cli_command(cmd)
 
-
     # Get SAS URL for the snapshotName
     logger.warn("Getting sas url for the source snapshot")
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'grant-access', \
-        '--name', source_os_disk_snapshot_name, \
-        '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name, \
-        '--duration-in-seconds', '3600'])
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'grant-access',
+                               '--name', source_os_disk_snapshot_name,
+                               '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name,
+                               '--duration-in-seconds', '3600'])
 
     json_output = run_cli_command(cmd, return_as_json=True)
 
     source_os_disk_snapshot_url = json_output['accessSas']
-    logger.debug("source os disk snapshot url: %s" , source_os_disk_snapshot_url)
-
+    logger.debug("source os disk snapshot url: %s", source_os_disk_snapshot_url)
 
     # Start processing in the target locations
 
@@ -66,15 +69,15 @@ def imagecopy(source_resource_group_name, source_object_name, target_location, \
     azure_pool_frequency = 5
     if target_locations_count >= 5:
         azure_pool_frequency = 15
-    elif  target_locations_count >= 3:
+    elif target_locations_count >= 3:
         azure_pool_frequency = 10
 
     tasks = []
     for location in target_location:
         location = location.strip()
-        tasks.append((location, transient_resource_group_name, source_type, \
-        source_object_name, source_os_disk_snapshot_name, source_os_disk_snapshot_url, \
-        source_os_type, target_resource_group_name, azure_pool_frequency))
+        tasks.append((location, transient_resource_group_name, source_type,
+                      source_object_name, source_os_disk_snapshot_name, source_os_disk_snapshot_url,
+                      source_os_type, target_resource_group_name, azure_pool_frequency))
 
     logger.warn("Starting async process for all locations")
 
@@ -87,45 +90,45 @@ def imagecopy(source_resource_group_name, source_object_name, target_location, \
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         logger.warn('User cancelled the operation')
         if cleanup:
-            logger.warn('To cleanup temporary resources look for ones tagged with "image-copy-extension". \nYou can use the following command: az resource list --tag created_by=image-copy-extension')
+            logger.warn('To cleanup temporary resources look for ones tagged with "image-copy-extension". \n'
+                        'You can use the following command: az resource list --tag created_by=image-copy-extension')
         pool.terminate()
         return
 
-
     # Cleanup
     if cleanup:
         logger.warn('Deleting transient resources')
 
         # Delete resource group
-        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['group', 'delete', '--no-wait', '--yes', \
-            '--name', transient_resource_group_name])
+        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['group', 'delete', '--no-wait', '--yes',
+                                   '--name', transient_resource_group_name])
         run_cli_command(cmd)
 
         # Revoke sas for source snapshot
-        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'revoke-access', \
-            '--name', source_os_disk_snapshot_name, \
-            '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name])
+        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'revoke-access',
+                                   '--name', source_os_disk_snapshot_name,
+                                   '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name])
         run_cli_command(cmd)
 
         # Delete source snapshot
-        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'delete', \
-            '--name', source_os_disk_snapshot_name, \
-            '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name])
+        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['snapshot', 'delete',
+                                   '--name', source_os_disk_snapshot_name,
+                                   '--resource-group', source_resource_group_name])
         run_cli_command(cmd)
 
 
 def create_resource_group(resource_group_name, location):
     # check if target resource group exists
-    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['group', 'exists', \
-        '--name', resource_group_name], output_as_json=False)
+    cmd = prepare_cli_command(['group', 'exists',
+                               '--name', resource_group_name], output_as_json=False)
 
     cmd_output = run_cli_command(cmd)
 
     if 'false' in cmd_output:
         # create the target resource group
         logger.warn("Creating resource group: %s", resource_group_name)
-        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['group', 'create', \
-            '--name', resource_group_name, \
-            '--location', location])
+        cmd = prepare_cli_command(['group', 'create',
+                                   '--name', resource_group_name,
+                                   '--location', location])
 
         run_cli_command(cmd)