Betatalks #44 - How to create scalable agent pools in Azure DevOps

In this episode, Wesley & Rick show you how to create scalable agent pools in Azure DevOps. There are Microsoft-hosted agents, which contain only default settings. And there are self-hosted agents, where you have to maintain everything. But now there are also virtual machine scale sets, a way to auto scale your agents based on what you use. Step by step they'll guide you on how to create an instance of VMSS and how to configure it from Azure DevOps.

Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
02:23 - What is a scalable agent pool?
04:21 - Running VMs as build agents
06:37 - Running specific software on the machine
10:07 - Overhead considerations
13:27 - Running the first agent
15:22 - Adding a custom script
17:32 - Conclusion

There is more to come!