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GitHub-hosted agents appear here in the context of Azure Pipelines build capacity, following Microsoft's October 1, 2026 announcement that GitHub-hosted agents and pay-as-you-go pricing reached general availability. The tagged coverage focuses on choosing the machine a job needs and paying only for execution time, with native Apple silicon plus larger Windows and Linux configurations among the compute options. It also notes an important boundary: macOS agent SKUs are generally available while Windows and Linux SKUs remain in public preview. For development teams, this is an additional agent pool rather than a forced migration away from the existing Microsoft-hosted Azure Pipelines pool.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Azure Pipelines Adds GitHub-Hosted Agents with Pay-as-You-Go Build Capacity

    Azure Pipelines is adding a new way to buy build capacity: select the machine your job needs, then pay for its execution time. Microsoft’s October 1, 2026 announcement makes GitHub-hosted agents and pay-as-you-go pricing generally available, with native Apple silicon and larger Windows and Linux...