diff --git a/build-system/README.md b/build-system/README.md
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+# Azure Pipelines Build Files
+These `.yaml` files are used by Windows Azure DevOps Pipelines to help execute the following types of builds:
+
+- Pull request validation on Linux (Mono / .NET Core)
+- Pull request validation on Windows (.NET Framework / .NET Core)
+- NuGet releases with automatic release notes posted to a Github Release repository.
+
+**NOTE**: you will need to change some of the pipeline variables inside the `windows-release.yaml` for your specific project and you will also want to create variable groups with your signing and NuGet push information.
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diff --git a/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml b/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml
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+parameters:
+  name: ''
+  displayName: ''
+  vmImage: ''
+  scriptFileName: ''
+  scriptArgs: 'all'
+  timeoutInMinutes: 120
+
+jobs:
+  - job: ${{ parameters.name }}
+    displayName: ${{ parameters.displayName }}
+    timeoutInMinutes: ${{ parameters.timeoutInMinutes }}
+    pool:
+      vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
+    steps:
+      - checkout: self  # self represents the repo where the initial Pipelines YAML file was found
+        clean: false  # whether to fetch clean each time
+        submodules: recursive  # set to 'true' for a single level of submodules or 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
+        persistCredentials: true
+      # Linux or macOS
+      - task: Bash@3 
+        displayName: Linux / OSX Build
+        inputs:
+          filePath: ${{ parameters.scriptFileName }}
+          arguments: ${{ parameters.scriptArgs }}
+        continueOnError: true
+        condition: in( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Linux', 'Darwin' )
+      # Windows
+      - task: BatchScript@1
+        displayName: Windows Build
+        inputs:
+          filename: ${{ parameters.scriptFileName }}
+          arguments: ${{ parameters.scriptArgs }}
+        continueOnError: true
+        condition: eq( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Windows_NT' )
+      - task: PublishTestResults@2
+        inputs:
+          testRunner: VSTest
+          testResultsFiles: '**/*.trx' #TestResults folder usually
+          testRunTitle: ${{ parameters.name }}
+          mergeTestResults: true
+      - script: 'echo 1>&2'
+        failOnStderr: true
+        displayName: 'If above is partially succeeded, then fail'
+        condition: eq(variables['Agent.JobStatus'], 'SucceededWithIssues')
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diff --git a/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml b/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml
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+# Release task for PbLib projects
+# See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/yaml-schema for reference
+
+pool:
+  vmImage: vs2017-win2016
+  demands: Cmd
+
+trigger: none
+pr: none
+
+schedules:
+- cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  displayName: Daily midnight build
+  branches:
+    include:
+    - dev
+
+variables:
+  - group: nugetKeys #create this group with SECRET variables `nugetKey`
+
+steps:
+- task: BatchScript@1
+  displayName: 'FAKE Build'
+  inputs:
+    filename: build.cmd
+    arguments: 'Nuget nugetprerelease=dev nugetpublishurl=$(nightlyUrl) nugetkey=$(nightlyKey)'
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diff --git a/build-system/pr-validation.yaml b/build-system/pr-validation.yaml
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+# Pull request validation for Windows against the `dev` and `master` branches
+# See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/yaml-schema for reference
+trigger:
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - dev
+      - master
+
+pr:
+  autoCancel: true # indicates whether additional pushes to a PR should cancel in-progress runs for the same PR. Defaults to true
+  branches:
+    include: [ dev, master ] # branch names which will trigger a build
+
+name: $(Year:yyyy).$(Month).$(DayOfMonth)$(Rev:.r)
+
+jobs:
+  - template: azure-pipeline.template.yaml
+    parameters:
+      name: 'windows_pr'
+      displayName: 'Windows PR Validation'
+      vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
+      scriptFileName: build.cmd
+      scriptArgs: all
+  - template: azure-pipeline.template.yaml
+    parameters:
+      name: 'linux_pr'
+      displayName: 'Linux PR Validation'
+      vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
+      scriptFileName: ./build.sh
+      scriptArgs: all
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diff --git a/build-system/windows-release.yaml b/build-system/windows-release.yaml
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+# Release task for PbLib projects
+# See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/yaml-schema for reference
+
+pool:
+  vmImage: vs2017-win2016
+  demands: Cmd
+
+trigger:
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - refs/tags/*
+pr: none
+
+variables:
+  - group: signingSecrets
+  - group: nugetKeys
+  - name: githubConnectionName
+    value: Petabridge
+  - name: projectName
+    value: Petabridge.Tracing.Zipkin
+  - name: githubRepositoryName
+    value: petabridge/Petabridge.Tracing.Zipkin
+
+steps:
+- task: BatchScript@1
+  displayName: 'FAKE Build'
+  inputs:
+    filename: build.cmd
+    arguments: 'All SignClientUser=$(signingUsername) SignClientSecret=$(signingPassword) nugetpublishurl=https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package nugetkey=$(nugetKey)'
+
+- task: GitHubRelease@0
+  displayName: 'GitHub release (create)'
+  inputs:
+    gitHubConnection: $(githubConnectionName)
+    repositoryName: $(githubRepositoryName)
+    title: '$(projectName) v$(Build.SourceBranchName)'
+    releaseNotesFile: 'RELEASE_NOTES.md'
+    assets: |
+     bin\nuget\*.nupkg
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