Azure DevOps Pipeline Cheats Cheat Sheet

YAML templates, stages, and artifacts

Last Updated: November 21, 2025

Focus Areas

Focus
Reuse templates for jobs and steps across repos
Gate production stages with approvals and quality checks

Commands & Queries

az pipelines create --name ci --yaml azure-pipelines.yml
Create a pipeline
az pipelines runs artifact list --run-id 100
Inspect pipeline artifacts
az pipelines variable create --name env
Define pipeline variables

Summary

Combine YAML templates, stage dependencies, and approvals for predictable releases.

💡 Pro Tip: Factor reusable jobs into templates and gate production stages with approvals.
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