Azure DevOps and GitHub: Journeying into the AI Era
Jun 2, 2026Rajesh Ramamurthy
Summary
Announced the availability of Apple Silicon Macs as Microsoft-hosted agents in Azure Pipelines with pay-per-minute billing. This enables faster Apple-native builds for iOS and macOS without requiring customers to manage their own Mac infrastructure or plan capacity for parallel jobs. Billing is usage-based and scales with pipeline demand.
More from the Apple Silicon macOS Agents in Azure Pipelines trail
- Apple Silicon and Xcode 27 images available in pay-as-you-go (preview)
- Upcoming Updates for Azure Pipelines Agents Images
- April Patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation Server
- CDN Domain URL change for Agents in Pipelines
- Announcing the General Availability of Managed DevOps Pools (MDP) for Azure DevOps