Azure DevOps Build agents hosted in Azure

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Compares three concrete setups and what actually works: using Azure Container Instances to spin a Microsoft-hosted agent image (slow to pull, ~10 minutes) versus building a custom agent image in ACR (build completes in 57 seconds) and running it in ACI for near-instant agents, and provisioning VMs with docker machine to host many agents with Docker-in-Docker and auto start/stop for cost savings. Shows Azure Function to start/stop agents, notes ACI cannot build Docker images and MS hosted images bloat startup time.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
2. 4:54Azure DevOps build agents overview
3. 9:16Microsoft hosted agents limitations
4. 11:08Benefits of self-hosted agents
5. 13:40Azure Container Instances overview
6. 14:42Demo: ACI build agent setup
7. 20:27Custom Docker image for faster builds
8. 25:50Demo: Azure Pipeline with ACI agent
9. 30:36Drawbacks of Azure Container Instances
10. 32:02Azure VMs with Docker for build agents
11. 33:05Demo: Docker Machine setup
12. 39:19Cost optimization with auto-shutdown
13. 41:52Comparison and best practices
14. 42:59Summary and closing remarks
15. 43:22Q&A session

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