How to get Free Trial for Azure DevOps Pipeline

Question

Hi,

I need to learn and use Azure DevOps pipelines, but in order to do so, I need to attach a subscription to my Azure DevOps organization. However, I believe it's not possible to attach a free Azure trial account, as it generates an error.

Previously, there was a Microsoft Form to request free Microsoft-hosted pipelines, but I believe this has expired.

Could you please advise on how to access a free trial? I only need to run a couple of Azure pipelines.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

1. Microsoft provides 1,800 free CI/CD minutes per month for public repositories.
2. If your repository is private, the free tier includes 1 parallel job for up to 60 minutes daily.
3. You don’t need an Azure subscription for this.

To Create Microsoft Hosted Agent:

1. In DevOps, Go to Project Settings --> Pipelines --> Agent Pools
2. Add Agent --> Check if Managed DevOps Pool is available to your account.
   1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/managed-devops-pools/?view=azure-devops

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