Lab Setup
Get a new Azure Pass promocode (valid for 30 days) from the instructor or other source.
Use a private browser session to get a new Microsoft Account (MSA) at Microsoft account or use an existing one.
Using the same browser session, go to Microsoft Azure Pass to redeem your Azure Pass using your Microsoft Account (MSA). Fore details, see Redeem a Microsoft Azure Pass. Follow the instructions for redemption.
Using the same browser session, go to Microsoft Azure, then search at the top of the portal screen for Azure DevOps. In the resulting page, click Azure DevOps organizations.
Next, click on the link labelled My Azure DevOps Organizations or navigate directly to My Information.
In the drop-down box on the left, choose Default Directory, instead of “Microsoft Account”.
If prompted ("We need a few more details"), provide your name, e-mail address, and location and click Continue.
Back at My Information with Default Directory selected click the blue button Create new organization.
Accept the Terms of Service by clicking Continue.
If prompted ("Almost done"), leave the name for the Azure DevOps organization at default (it needs to be a globally unique name) and pick a hosting location close to you from the list.
Once the newly created organization opens in Azure DevOps, click Organization settings in the bottom left corner.
At the Organization settings screen click Billing (opening this screen takes a few seconds).
Click Setup billing and on the right-hand side of the screen select the Azure Pass - Sponsorship subscription and click Save to link the subscription with the organization.
Once the screen shows the linked Azure Subscription ID at the top, change the number of Paid parallel jobs for MS Hosted CI/CD from 0 to 1. Then click the SAVE button at the bottom.
Wait at least 3 hours before using the CI/CD capabilities so that the new settings are reflected in the back end. Otherwise, you will still see the message "This agent is not running because you have reached the maximum number of requests…".
OPTIONAL: you can validate this new setting has been successfully applied by creating and triggering a build pipeline. To do this either talk to the instructor or create a demo project into the newly created organization with billing enabled, using Azure DevOps Demo Generator.
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