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Create and Test an ASP.NET Core App in Azure Pipelines

Your company, Globomantics, has started using Azure Repos to manage code. They want you to make a pipeline that will automatically build and test an ASP.NET Core application when changes are made to the code repository.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 21, 2025
Duration
45m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Create a New Azure DevOps Organization and Project
    • Log in to the Azure portal.
    • Create a new private project named AwesomeProject
  2. Challenge

    Import an Existing Repo into Azure Repos
    • Create a new Azure Repo by importing a GitHub Repo: https://github.com/pluralsight-cloud/lab-Create-and-Test-an-ASP.NET-Core-App-in-Azure-Pipelines
  3. Challenge

    Install a Self-hosted Agent on the Provided VM
    • Install a self-hosted agent onto the provided Linux VM.
    • Use a personal access token for the authentication method.
  4. Challenge

    Create a New Azure DevOps Pipeline
    • Create a new Azure DevOps pipeline using Azure Repo and the project you created.

    Make sure the following has been configured in the pipeline YAML:

    • The trigger is set to main
    • The pool is set to name: 'Default'
    • There is a task to use .NETCore 3.1.x
  5. Challenge

    Test the Pipeline by Modifying Some Code
    • Make a change to Index.cshtml and push to the main branch.
    • Verify job success.
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