Azure Pipelines Explained: Triggers, Stages, Jobs, Tasks & Agents (YAML Demo Ready)

Description

In this video, we go deep on Azure Pipelines—the heart of CI/CD in Azure DevOps. You’ll learn how a pipeline maps to real delivery flow: Trigger → Stages → Jobs → Tasks/Scripts → Agents → Artifacts → Environments. We’ll compare Microsoft-hosted vs Self-hosted agents, show where YAML fits, and explain how branches trigger different pipelines for dev/QA/prod. You’ll learn - CI vs CD vs CD (deployment) in Azure DevOps - Pipeline anatomy: triggers, stages, jobs, steps, tasks, scripts - Agents: Microsoft-hosted vs Self-hosted—when to use which - YAML basics: azure-pipelines.yml in your repo - Variables (don’t hardcode), reusable steps, display names - Artifacts & multi-environment delivery (dev → QA → prod) -------- 📚 **More Resources:** - My AWS Beginners Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-fundamentals-amazon-web-services-for-beginners/?referralCode=D403975F7C1326B2BFA2 - DevOps for beginners: https://www.udemy.com/course/devops-for-beginners-docker-k8s-cloud-cicd-4-projects/?referralCode=C5BA8236CCE9FE004F98 - AWS Mastery: 26 AWS Cloud Projects for Engineers & Architect - https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-mastery-hands-on-cloud-projects-for-engineers/?referralCode=4143F31DC85951744CEB #AzureDevOps #AzurePipelines #DevOps #CICD #YAML