agents-and-pools

Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools

MS Learn module: Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools · Learning objectives: choose between Microsoft-hosted and self-hosted agents, create agent pools, register agents, and match jobs to capable agents.

Overview

Every job needs compute. This module is about the where of CI: Microsoft-hosted vs self-hosted pools, how to register agents, and how pool: + capabilities route jobs.

Units / lessons covered

• Microsoft-hosted agents (vmImage) and pricing/minutes
• Self-hosted agents: install, configure with PAT, register, run
• Creating org/project agent pools and managing access
• Capabilities/demands and job-agent matching

Concepts introduced (link to term notes)

• agent-pool
• self-hosted-agent
• azure-pipelines
• jobs-steps

Key terms / commands

• pool: vmImage: vs pool: <poolName> · ./config.sh / ./run.sh · PAT (Agent Pools scope) · capabilities/demands:

Hands-on / what to try

Register a self-hosted agent into a project pool, declare a capability, then run a job with pool: myPool and a demands: filter; confirm it picks the right agent.

Exam focus

• Self-hosted agents poll (outbound HTTPS only), one job at a time.
• PAT scope needed: Agent Pools (read & manage).
• Capability/demands: matching is a frequent exam question.

Related

Path MOC · set-up-ci-with-azure-pipelines · use-github-actions-for-ci