Azure Pipelines Introduction

Azure Pipelines is a cloud service that supports continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) to build, test, and deploy your code to any platform. It works with any language, any platform, and any cloud.

• Build pipelines compile code, run tests, and produce artifacts.
• Release pipelines deploy artifacts to target environments.
• Supports both YAML (code‑as‑configuration) and classic UI editors.

• Scalable, hosted agents for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
• Integration with GitHub, Azure Repos, Bitbucket, and more.
• Parallel jobs and stages for fast feedback.
• Secure secrets handling via Azure Key Vault.

1. Sign in to Azure DevOps and create a project.
2. Navigate to Pipelines → Create Pipeline.
3. Select your code repository (e.g., Azure Repos Git).
4. Choose YAML or Classic Editor to define your pipeline.
5. Run the pipeline and review the build results.

trigger:
- main

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

steps:
- task: UseDotNet@2
  inputs:
    packageType: 'sdk'
    version: '7.x'

- script: dotnet build --configuration Release
  displayName: 'Build'

- script: dotnet test --no-build --verbosity normal
  displayName: 'Test'Copy

Explore more detailed guides:

• Writing Azure Pipelines with YAML
• Using the Classic UI Editor
• Managing Code with Azure Repos