Azure DevOps Pipelines Build & Release with YAML Templates 🚀 (Build.yaml)

build.yaml

# File: pipeline-templates/build.yaml
# This is a file elsewhere in the repository that represents 
# the build stage of our pipeline 

stages:
- stage: Build
  jobs:
  - job: Build
      
    pool:
      name: Hosted VS2017
      demands:
      - msbuild
      - visualstudio
      - vstest

    variables:
      solution: '**/*.sln'
      buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
      buildConfiguration: 'Release'

    steps:
    - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1

    - task: NuGetCommand@2
      inputs:
        restoreSolution: '$(solution)'

    - task: VSBuild@1
      inputs:
        solution: '$(solution)'
        msbuildArgs: >-
          /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=Package 
          /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true 
          /p:PackageLocation="$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)"
        platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
        configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'

    - task: VSTest@2
      inputs:
        platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
        configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'

    - task: CopyFiles@2
      inputs:
        SourceFolder: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)/PartsUnlimited-aspnet45/env/'
        Contents: '**/*.json'
        TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'

    - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
      inputs:
        targetPath: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
        artifact: 'drop'
        publishLocation: 'pipeline'