How do I install the Azure Pipelines skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add atc-net/azure-pipelines in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Azure Pipelines skill do?

Expert knowledge for Azure Pipelines development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when setting up YAML CI/CD, service connections/Key Vault, self-hosted agents, IIS/Kubernetes deploys, or Git integrations, and other Azure Pipelines related development tasks. Not for Azure DevOps (use azure-devops), Azure Boards (use azure-boards), Azure Repos (use azure-repos), Azure Test Plans (use azure-test-plans). It is listed under DevOps & Infra on SkillMD.

Is Azure Pipelines safe to use?

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Is Azure Pipelines free to use?

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Azure Pipelines by atc-net — Agent Skill

Name: Azure Pipelines
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: atc-net

Azure Pipelines Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Pipelines. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch. Returns Markdown.
Fallback: Use WebFetch. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L33-L43	Diagnosing and fixing Azure Pipelines issues: service connection/auth problems, web app deployments, triggers, queued-but-not-starting runs, and analyzing logs/run failures.
Best Practices	L44-L54	Best practices for faster, reliable pipelines: caching, cross-platform scripts, handling flaky tests, parallel test execution (incl. VSTest), Test Impact Analysis, and UI test configuration.
Decision Making	L55-L61	Guides for migrating CI/CD pipelines to Azure Pipelines, including from Jenkins/Travis and from classic UI pipelines to YAML, with patterns, pitfalls, and safe migration steps.
Architecture & Design Patterns	L62-L69	Guidance on end-to-end CI/CD and DevOps architectures for Azure: baseline pipeline patterns, Web App deployment design, and IaaS/VM-focused DevTest and production pipelines.
Limits & Quotas	L70-L81	Limits, quotas, and planning for Microsoft/GitHub-hosted agents, parallel jobs, concurrency, image deprecations, run retention, and handling large Universal Packages in Azure Pipelines.
Security	L82-L133	Securing Azure Pipelines: agent auth, service connections, secrets/Key Vault, permissions and approvals, secure variables/templates, code scanning, policy gates, and protected resources.
Configuration	L134-L497	Configuring Azure Pipelines: YAML/classic triggers, stages, jobs, variables, agents, containers, environments, artifacts, and detailed setup for built-in deployment/build/test tasks.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L498-L525	Patterns and examples for integrating Azure Pipelines with languages, tools, and services (Git, Key Vault, ServiceNow, Slack, ARM, Selenium), plus scripting, variables, and package caching.
Deployment	L526-L585	End-to-end deployment with Azure Pipelines: agent setup (self-hosted/scale set/deployment groups), CI/CD for apps/containers/DBs, and using built-in tasks for IIS, Kubernetes, VMs, and Azure services.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Troubleshoot Azure Resource Manager service connections in Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/azure-rm-endpoint?view=azure-devops
Troubleshoot ARM workload identity service connections in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/troubleshoot-workload-identity?view=azure-devops
Review Azure Pipelines logs for diagnostics	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/troubleshooting/review-logs?view=azure-devops
Troubleshoot Azure Web App deployment tasks in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-azure-web-app-deploy?view=azure-devops
Resolve Azure Pipelines queued-but-not-starting runs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-start?view=azure-devops
Troubleshoot Azure Pipelines trigger issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-triggers?view=azure-devops
Diagnose and fix Azure Pipelines run failures	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/troubleshooting/troubleshooting?view=azure-devops

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Optimize Azure Pipelines performance with caching	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/caching?view=azure-devops
Apply cross-platform scripting patterns in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/scripts/cross-platform-scripting?view=azure-devops
Manage flaky tests in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/test/flaky-test-management?view=azure-devops
Configure parallel test execution for any runner	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/test/parallel-testing-any-test-runner?view=azure-devops
Run VSTest tests in parallel in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/test/parallel-testing-vstest?view=azure-devops
Use Test Impact Analysis in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/test/test-impact-analysis?view=azure-devops
Configure Azure Pipelines for UI test execution	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/test/ui-testing-considerations?view=azure-devops

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Migrate from Jenkins to Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/migrate/from-jenkins?view=azure-devops
Migrate from Travis CI to Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/migrate/from-travis?view=azure-devops
Migrate Classic Azure Pipelines to YAML safely	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/from-classic-pipelines?view=azure-devops

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Design CI/CD architecture for Azure Web Apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/architectures/devops-pipelines-azure-web-apps-architecture?view=azure-devops
Adopt baseline Azure Pipelines CI/CD architecture	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/architectures/devops-pipelines-baseline-architecture?view=azure-devops
Architect DevTest and DevOps pipelines for IaaS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/architectures/devops-pipelines-devtest-iaas-architecture?view=azure-devops
DevOps architecture for IaaS applications with VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/architectures/devops-pipelines-iaas-vms-architecture?view=azure-devops

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Review GitHub-hosted agents quotas and FAQs for Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/github-hosted-faq?view=azure-devops
Plan usage and limits for GitHub-hosted agents in Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/github-hosted?view=azure-devops
Track deprecation schedule for hosted build images	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/hosted-deprecation-schedule?view=azure-devops
Understand Microsoft-hosted agent limits in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/hosted?view=azure-devops
Analyze Azure Pipelines agent pool concurrency	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/pool-consumption-report?view=azure-devops
Publish and download large Universal Packages	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/artifacts/universal-packages?view=azure-devops
Configure and purchase Azure Pipelines parallel jobs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/licensing/concurrent-jobs?view=azure-devops
Configure Azure Pipelines run retention limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/retention?view=azure-devops

Security

Topic	URL
Choose and configure auth methods for self-hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/agent-authentication-options?view=azure-devops
Run Azure Pipelines agent with self-signed certificate	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/certificate?view=azure-devops-server
Register Azure Pipelines agent using device code flow	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/device-code-flow-agent-registration?view=azure-devops
Register Azure Pipelines agent using PAT authentication	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/personal-access-token-agent-registration?view=azure-devops
Register Azure Pipelines agents with a service principal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/service-principal-agent-registration?view=azure-devops
Securely sign mobile apps in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/apps/mobile/app-signing?view=azure-devops
Configure Docker Content Trust signing in Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/ecosystems/containers/content-trust?view=azure-devops
Secure Azure DevOps pipelines with Entra workload identities	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/add-devops-entra-service-connection?view=azure-devops
Assign administrators for protected pipeline resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/add-resource-protection?view=azure-devops
Handle special-case ARM service connections in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/azure-resource-manager-alternate-approaches?view=azure-devops
Configure Azure Resource Manager service connections in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/connect-to-azure?view=azure-devops
Link Azure Pipelines variable groups to Key Vault	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/link-variable-groups-to-key-vaults?view=azure-devops
Manage secure files and access in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/secure-files?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines variable groups and access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/variable-groups?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Manage Azure Pipelines permissions and security groups	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/permissions?view=azure-devops
Add users and manage Azure Pipelines permissions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/policies/set-permissions?view=azure-devops
Configure Azure Pipelines job access tokens securely	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/access-tokens?view=azure-devops
Configure deployment approvals and checks in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/approvals?view=azure-devops
Configure artifact policy checks for secure deployments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/artifact-policy?view=azure-devops
Protect repository resources in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/repository-resource?view=azure-devops
Use secret variables securely in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/set-secret-variables?view=azure-devops
Create ARM service connection using client secret	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/configure-app-secret?view=azure-devops
Manually configure ARM workload identity service connections	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/configure-workload-identity?view=azure-devops
Convert Azure DevOps issuer connections to Entra issuer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/convert-service-connections?view=azure-devops
Secure Azure Pipelines access to private Key Vault	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/key-vault-access?view=azure-devops
Plan an approach for securing YAML pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/approach?view=azure-devops
Securely handle variables and parameters in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/inputs?view=azure-devops
Secure agents, projects, and containers in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/misc?view=azure-devops
Configure security settings for Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/overview?view=azure-devops
Automate Azure Pipelines security with REST and PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/project-security-script?view=azure-devops
Configure pipeline resource security and approvals	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/resources?view=azure-devops
Protect and manage secrets in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/secrets?view=azure-devops
Secure Azure Pipelines access to source repositories	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/secure-access-to-repos?view=azure-devops
Use YAML templates to improve pipeline security	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/security/templates?view=azure-devops
Configure CodeQL analysis task for vulnerabilities	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/advanced-security-codeql-analyze-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CodeQL initialization with Advanced Security	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/advanced-security-codeql-init-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Advanced Security dependency scanning task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/advanced-security-dependency-scanning-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Publish SARIF security results with Advanced Security	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/advanced-security-publish-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure Policy compliance gate task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-policy-check-gate-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure antivirus exclusions for Azure DevOps servers and agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/troubleshooting/anti-virus-exclusion?view=azure-devops

Configuration

Topic	URL
Choose and configure Azure Pipelines agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/agents?view=azure-devops
Configure Node.js runners in Azure Pipelines agent	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/nodejs-runners?view=azure-devops
Configure Azure Pipelines agent behind web proxy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/proxy?view=azure-devops
Publish and download build artifacts in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/artifacts/build-artifacts?view=azure-devops
Publish and download pipeline artifacts in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/artifacts/pipeline-artifacts?view=azure-devops
Use tasks and leases to retain Azure Pipelines runs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/build/run-retention?view=azure-devops
Configure CI and scheduled triggers in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/build/triggers?view=azure-devops
Reference predefined Azure Pipelines variables	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/build/variables?view=azure-devops
Configure conditions for Azure Pipelines stages, jobs, and steps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/conditions?view=azure-devops
Configure container jobs in Azure Pipelines YAML	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/container-phases?view=azure-devops
Author deployment jobs and strategies in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/deployment-jobs?view=azure-devops
Configure Kubernetes resources in Azure Pipelines environments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/environments-kubernetes?view=azure-devops
Manage VM resources in Azure Pipelines environments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/environments-virtual-machines?view=azure-devops
Configure Azure DevOps environments for deployments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/environments?view=azure-devops
Use expressions and variables in Azure Pipelines YAML	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/expressions?view=azure-devops
Configure pipeline completion triggers in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/pipeline-triggers?view=azure-devops
Define and use YAML resources in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/resources?view=azure-devops
Configure run and build number formats in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/run-number?view=azure-devops
Configure scheduled triggers for Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/scheduled-triggers?view=azure-devops
Configure service containers for Azure Pipelines jobs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/service-containers?view=azure-devops
Define and manage stages in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/stages?view=azure-devops
Configure and control task execution in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/tasks?view=azure-devops
Configure and use variables in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/variables?view=azure-devops
Configure Classic pipeline agent jobs and properties	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/options?view=azure-devops
Set build completion triggers in classic pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/pipeline-triggers-classic?view=azure-devops
Configure classic release triggers in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/triggers?view=azure-devops
Use variables in classic Azure release pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/release/variables?view=azure-devops
Use Azure Pipelines analytics and reports	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/reports/pipelinereport?view=azure-devops
Configure advanced Git repository options in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/repos/pipeline-options-for-git?view=azure-devops
Configure built-in Azure Pipelines task parameters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/?view=azure-pipelines
Configure deprecated AndroidBuild@1 Gradle task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/android-build-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AndroidSigning@1 APK signing task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/android-signing-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure deprecated AndroidSigning@2 signing task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/android-signing-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AndroidSigning@3 APK signing task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/android-signing-v3?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Ant@1 build task in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/ant-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AppCenterDistribute@0 task inputs in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/app-center-distribute-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AppCenterDistribute@1 task inputs in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/app-center-distribute-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure deprecated AppCenterDistribute@2 task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/app-center-distribute-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AppCenterDistribute@3 app distribution task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/app-center-distribute-v3?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AppCenterTest@1 task for app testing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/app-center-test-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Set ArchiveFiles@1 task options for compression	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/archive-files-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Set ArchiveFiles@2 task options for compression	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/archive-files-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Export Azure App Configuration values in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-app-configuration-export-v10?view=azure-pipelines
Import settings into Azure App Configuration via pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-app-configuration-import-v10?view=azure-pipelines
Create Azure App Configuration snapshots in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-app-configuration-snapshot-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Manage Azure App Service with AzureAppServiceManage@0	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-app-service-manage-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Update Azure App Service settings in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-app-service-settings-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureCLI@0 preview task in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-cli-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureCLI@1 task inputs in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-cli-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureCLI@2 task for pipeline scripts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-cli-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureCLI@3 task for multi-shell pipeline use	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-cli-v3?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureCloudPowerShellDeployment@1 for Cloud Services	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-cloud-powershell-deployment-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureCloudPowerShellDeployment@2 for Cloud Services	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-cloud-powershell-deployment-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureContainerApps@0 build and deploy task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-container-apps-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureContainerApps@1 build and deploy task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-container-apps-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFileCopy@1 using legacy AzCopy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-file-copy-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFileCopy@2 using legacy AzCopy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-file-copy-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFileCopy@3 using legacy AzCopy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-file-copy-v3?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFileCopy@4 for Blob and VM copy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-file-copy-v4?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFileCopy@5 for Blob and VM copy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-file-copy-v5?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFileCopy@6 with RBAC for file transfers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-file-copy-v6?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFunctionAppContainer@1 for container-based Functions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-function-app-container-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFunctionApp@1 for Functions deployment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-function-app-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFunctionApp@2 for Functions deployment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-function-app-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFunctionOnKubernetes@0 deployment task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-function-on-kubernetes-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFunctionOnKubernetes@1 deployment task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-function-on-kubernetes-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFunction@0 legacy function invocation task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-function-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFunction@1 task parameters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-function-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureFunction@2 task inputs and outputs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-function-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureIoTEdge@2 for IoT Edge image deployment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-iot-edge-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureKeyVault@1 to download secrets in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-key-vault-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureKeyVault@2 to download secrets in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-key-vault-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureLoadTest@1 for performance regression pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-load-test-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure Monitor alerts task in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-monitor-alerts-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureMonitor@0 classic alerts task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-monitor-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureMonitor@1 to query alerts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-monitor-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureMysqlDeployment@1 task for MySQL	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-mysql-deployment-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureMysqlDeployment@2 task for MySQL	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-mysql-deployment-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure Network Load Balancer pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-nlb-management-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure PowerShell v1 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-powershell-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure PowerShell v2 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-powershell-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure PowerShell v3 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-powershell-v3?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure PowerShell v4 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-powershell-v4?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure PowerShell v5 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-powershell-v5?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure Resource Group Deployment task v1	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-resource-group-deployment-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure resource group deployment task v2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-resource-group-deployment-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureResourceManagerTemplateDeployment@3 ARM deployment task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-resource-manager-template-deployment-v3?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 Web Deploy task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-rm-web-app-deployment-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureRmWebAppDeployment@3 for App Service deploy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-rm-web-app-deployment-v3?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureRmWebAppDeployment@4 for App Service deploy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-rm-web-app-deployment-v4?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureRmWebAppDeployment@5 for App Service deploy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-rm-web-app-deployment-v5?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure Spring Apps deployment pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-spring-cloud-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure Test Plan pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-test-plan-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure VM scale set deployment task v0	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-vmss-deployment-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure VM scale set deployment task v1	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-vmss-deployment-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure Web App for Containers deployment task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-web-app-container-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Azure Web App deployment pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-web-app-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure AzureWebPowerShellDeployment@1 classic App Service task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/azure-web-powershell-deployment-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Bash v3 script task in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/bash-v3?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Windows Batch script pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/batch-script-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure BicepDeploy task for Azure resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/bicep-deploy-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Cache (Beta) v0 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/cache-beta-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Cache (Beta) v1 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/cache-beta-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Cache v2 task for pipeline caching	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/cache-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CargoAuthenticate task for Azure Artifacts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/cargo-authenticate-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Chef Knife command pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/chef-knife-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Chef environment deployment pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/chef-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CMake build task in Azure Pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/cmake-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CmdLine v1 command line task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/cmd-line-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CmdLine v2 command line task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/cmd-line-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CocoaPods dependency installation task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/cocoa-pods-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure deprecated CondaEnvironment v0 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/conda-environment-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure deprecated CondaEnvironment v1 pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/conda-environment-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure ContainerBuild task for image builds	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/container-build-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Container Structure Test pipeline task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/container-structure-test-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CopyFilesOverSSH task for remote copy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/copy-files-over-ssh-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CopyFiles v1 task for file copying	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/copy-files-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure CopyFiles v2 task for file copying	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/copy-files-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Copy and Publish Build Artifacts task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/copy-publish-build-artifacts-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure cURLUploader@1 task in pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/curl-uploader-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure cURLUploader@2 task inputs and options	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/curl-uploader-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Use DecryptFile@1 task to decrypt files	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/decrypt-file-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Delay@1 task for workflow pauses	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/delay-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure DeleteFiles@1 task to remove files	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/delete-files-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure DeployVisualStudioTestAgent@1 task settings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/deploy-visual-studio-test-agent-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Install Docker CLI with DockerInstaller@0 task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/docker-installer-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure Docker@2 Azure Pipelines task inputs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/docker-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure deprecated DotNetCoreCLI@0 task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/dotnet-core-cli-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure DotNetCoreCLI@1 task parameters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/dotnet-core-cli-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Configure DotNetCoreCLI@2 task inputs and options	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/dotnet-core-cli-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Configure DotNetCoreInstaller@0 SDK installer task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/dotnet-core-installer-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Configure DotNetCoreInstaller@1 SDK installer task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/dotnet-core-installer-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Use DownloadBuildArtifacts@0 to fetch artifacts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-build-artifacts-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Download build artifacts with DownloadBuildArtifacts@1	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-build-artifacts-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Download file share artifacts with DownloadFileshareArtifacts@1	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-fileshare-artifacts-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Download GitHub releases with DownloadGitHubRelease@0	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-github-release-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Use deprecated DownloadPackage@0 to get packages	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-package-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Download Azure Artifacts packages with DownloadPackage@1	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-package-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Use deprecated DownloadPipelineArtifact@0 task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-pipeline-artifact-v0?view=azure-pipelines
Use DownloadPipelineArtifact@1 to fetch artifacts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-pipeline-artifact-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Download pipeline artifacts with DownloadPipelineArtifact@2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-pipeline-artifact-v2?view=azure-pipelines
Download secure files with DownloadSecureFile@1	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/download-secure-file-v1?view=azure-pipelines
Install Duffle tool with DuffleInstaller@0 task	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pip

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