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AZ-400 · Question #246

You have a build pipeline in Azure Pipelines that uses different jobs to compile an application for 10 different architectures. The build pipeline takes approximately one day to complete. You need to

The correct answer is C. Increase the number of parallel jobs E. Create an agent pool. Question: I need more hosted build resources. What can I do? Answer: The Azure Pipelines pool provides all Azure DevOps organizations with cloud-hosted build agents and free build minutes each month. If you need more Microsoft-hosted build resources, or need to run more jobs in p

Submitted by valeria.br· Mar 6, 2026Design and implement build and release pipelines

Question

You have a build pipeline in Azure Pipelines that uses different jobs to compile an application for 10 different architectures. The build pipeline takes approximately one day to complete. You need to reduce the time it takes to execute the build pipeline. Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Options

  • AMove to a blue/green deployment pattern
  • BCreate a deployment group
  • CIncrease the number of parallel jobs
  • DReduce the size of the repository
  • ECreate an agent pool

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    14% (4)
  • C
    75% (21)
  • D
    7% (2)

Explanation

Question: I need more hosted build resources. What can I do? Answer: The Azure Pipelines pool provides all Azure DevOps organizations with cloud-hosted build agents and free build minutes each month. If you need more Microsoft-hosted build resources, or need to run more jobs in parallel, then you can either: - Host your own agents on infrastructure that you manage. - Buy additional parallel jobs. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/pools-queues

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