Azure Artifacts vs Build Artifacts vs Pipeline Artifacts: Difference EXPLAINED! [Azure DevOps]

This has been a highly requested video. With Azure DevOps using similar names for different things, there is quite some confusion between Build Artifacts, Pipeline Artifacts, and Azure Artifacts. Today we are clarifying this once and for all.

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0:00 Why this video
0:48 What is an Artifact
1:30 About Build Artifacts
2:40 About Pipelines Artifacts
3:54 Publish and Download Build vs Pipelines Artifacts
5:30 About Azure Artifacts
7:18 Build vs Pipelines vs Azure Artifacts
8:37 What to Use When
9:24 Bloopers
9:48 Closing

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✨ Question of the day ✨: Any more questions about Build Artifact, Pipelines Artifacts, and Azure Artifacts?



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[arvindgupta]

Thanks for making this video. I didnt knew but needed this topic video.

[robertpurves]

Great work Coder Dave, please keep it up. Love the blooper reel.

[JasonPavlas]

Fantastic explanation of artifact types! Thank for the info and I enjoyed the whole video!

[smrt-e]

Thanks for sharing your bloopers man. I really appreciate that.

[GunjanShah]

@Renn_lab, Thank you for highlighting the difference.
One question here, when we build the project using Azure pipeline and publish the artifact using "maven deploy" command on Azure Feed.
What should be that artifact type generated using maven deploy goal ? Can we put in under the category of Azure artifact ?

[bharathsimha]

i am stuck one work regarding azure artifacts we are using basically used jfrog artifactory but we are planning to use azure artifacts, but it is salesforce environment i dont how to use and what is the use of azure Feed can you give me guidance.

[sharanuhugar]

How to move jar files which existed in Azure repos into existed created zure Artifacts by manual or YML pipeline method pls.

[solaiman]

Hello Davide,

Thank you for a great explanation. Great videoes!!!
Do you know if it is possible to rerun skipped stages in azure pipeline with YAML.
My pipeline is designed, so it always make a dev version, when it is pushed from Git, but it only makes the test version and release version when the pipeline is triggered manually.
But at a later time, i would like to rerun the test and release stages with the old build.
As it is now, it runs the new build and not the old build as i would like to, for those skipped stages.
Do you have any solution for that ?

[mariosoares]

Hi Dave, i have a question too.
I am using yaml pipelines in the CI part but i'm still using classic UI pipelines for deployments in the release part because yaml is still not available on this part.
If i need an artifact in one of my release pipeline from a CI pipeline in Yaml, do i have to use build artifacts in this case ? Or is there a way to use pipeline artifacts in release pipeline ?
Thank you.

[vkincanada]

@CoderDave at time 4 min: 33 seconds is that build artifact on the leftside? Because task says Publishpipelineartifacts? Plz correct me if i am wrong.

[zs]

If we need to share the same artifacts across environments (dev, qa, prod) do we have to use azure artifacts?

[bharatvarkala]

that was really good explanation thanks for that.
I have one question.

If we can publish the build artifact (.war or .tar file) in pipeline Artifact. Then that means we can upload that build .war or .tar file to the azure Artifacts also right...? if yes then
we can do use that war file from the azure Artifacts to release pipeline. and if that right then can you please make one video to show the steps in which the build pipeline should run the maven job and create a .war file, and upload it to the azure artifacts. and while executing the release pipeline user should be able to select the specific version of the build pipeline from azure Artifacts.

[gabrieljacobs]

Nice intro to Azure artifacts. Is there a place to see your Azure pipeline artifacts? Or do we just need to know that they are there?

[rengarajan]

Hi Dave, I need some clarification. At the end, you mentioned that build artifacts and pipeline artifacts cannot be shared. Does this mean that I cannot use an artifact created in one pipeline in another pipeline? I ask because according to the Azure docs, I was able to see that you can share an artifact created by one pipeline with another pipeline.

P.S: Share in my context means, I can use a created resource in another. In this case the resource is artifact.

[wandering_paramathma]

how use universal package in pipeline pls explain .

[atulyakr.]

I have reached my artifact limit, how do I delete this artifacts?

[sa-fjdm]

How can we upload build or pipeline artifacts to a sharepoint link?

[navnathkale]

How to move Azure Artifacts from one Azure Tenant to Another Azure Tenant ?

[saikirandhfr]

Just a quick question,
1-so developers will work on code and push to repos and who will create the package or feed, devops engineer or the developer?
2-basically what scripting languages should I learn most if I intend to become a devops engineer
(expecting a precise answer’s )
Thanks