Pipeline strategy

Agent demands

Each agent has a config stored as key-value pairs. System capabilities are automatically discovered (things like machone name or system type). The ones configured by user are User-defined capabilities.

Implementing multi-agent builds

You can use multiple build agents to support multiple build machines. Either distribute the load, run builds in parallel, or use different agent capabilities.

Adding multiple jobs to a pipeline lets you:

• Break your pipeline into sections that need different agent pools or self-hosted agents.
• Publish artifacts in one job and consume them in one or more subsequent jobs.
• Build faster by running multiple jobs in parallel.
• Enable conditional execution of tasks.

At the organization level, you can configure the number of parallel jobs that are made available.