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-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-# Licensed under the MIT License.
-#
-variables:
-  test: 'tests/ci/run_pytest.py'
-  maxnodes : 4
-  reponame : 'Recommenders'
-  branch   : 'testJobs'
-  rg       : 'recommender'
-  wsname   : 'RecoWS'
-# GPU
-  vmsize   : 'STANDARD_NC6'
-# CPU
-#  vmsize'  : 'STANDARD_D3_V2'
-  dockerproc : 'cpu'
-
-trigger: none
-
-pr: none
-#- staging 
-#- master
-
-jobs:
-- job : Smoke
-  displayName : 'Smoke: nightly_cpu_test'
-  pool:
-    vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
-
-# vars specific to this job
-  variables:
-  - group: AzureKeyVaultSecrets
-  - name  : 'testfolder'
-    value : './tests/smoke'
-  - name  : 'testmarkers'
-    value : '"smoke and not spark and not gpu"'
-  - name  : 'junitxml'
-    value : 'reports/test-smoke.xml'
-  - name  : 'clustername'
-    value : 'reco-nightly-cpu'
-  - name  : 'expname'
-    value : 'nightly_smoke_cpu'
-
-  steps:
-
-  - script: | 
-      az login --service-principal -u $(ClientID) -p $(ClientSecret) --tenant $(TenantID)
-    displayName: 'Login to Azure'
-
-  - template: env-setup.yml # template reference
-
-  - script: 
-      python scripts/generate_conda_file.py --name reco 
-    displayName: ' generate_conda_file.py'
-
-  - script: 
-      python tests/ci/submit_azureml_pytest.py --subid $(SubscriptionID) --testfolder $(testfolder) --testmarkers $(testmarkers) --clustername $(clustername) --expname $(expname) --dockerproc $(dockerproc) --junitxml $(junitxml) --reponame $(reponame) --branch $(branch)
-    displayName: 'submit_azureml_pytest'
-
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    displayName: 'Publish Test Results **/test-*.xml'
-    inputs:
-      testResultsFiles: '**/test-*.xml'
-      failTaskOnFailedTests: true
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
-- job : Integration
-  displayName : 'Integration: nightly_cpu_test'
-  pool:
-    vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
-
-# vars specific to this job
-  variables:
-  - group : AzureKeyVaultSecrets
-  - name  : 'testfolder'
-    value : './tests/integration'
-  - name  : 'testmarkers'
-    value : '"integration and not spark and not gpu"'
-  - name  : 'junitxml'
-    value : 'reports/test-integration.xml'
-  - name  : 'clustername'
-    value : 'reco-nightly-cpu'
-  - name  : 'expname'
-    value : 'nightly_integration_cpu'
-
-  steps:
-
-  - script: | 
-      az login --service-principal -u $(ClientID) -p $(ClientSecret) --tenant $(TenantID)
-    displayName: 'Login to Azure'
-
-  - template: env-setup.yml # template reference
-
-  - script: 
-      python scripts/generate_conda_file.py --name reco 
-    displayName: ' generate_conda_file.py'
-
-  - script: 
-      python tests/ci/submit_azureml_pytest.py --subid $(SubscriptionID) --testfolder $(testfolder) --testmarkers $(testmarkers) --clustername $(clustername) --expname $(expname) --dockerproc $(dockerproc) --junitxml $(junitxml) --reponame $(reponame) --branch $(branch)
-    displayName: 'submit_azureml_pytest'
-
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    displayName: 'Publish Test Results **/test-*.xml'
-    inputs:
-      testResultsFiles: '**/test-*.xml'
-      failTaskOnFailedTests: true
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
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