A sequence of steps executed together on one agent or runner, or on the server for agentless work. While running, each occupies one of your parallel jobs.
Also called pipeline job.
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Terms in this definition
- SEQUENCE
A schema-bound object that generates values on request via NEXT VALUE FOR without belonging to a table. One can feed several tables, restart, cycle or set aside a block of values; any value drawn inside a transaction that rolls back is gone.
- Agent
A specialised form of Microsoft Copilot set up for one particular job, pairing instructions with knowledge and skills. You can create one in Copilot Studio, SharePoint or Agent Builder, and administrators control them from the Microsoft 365 admin center.
Related terms
- Access Connector for Azure Databricks
An Azure resource, provided by Microsoft, whose job is to carry a managed identity (system-assigned, user-assigned or both) that Unity Catalog can use. Storage credentials point at the connector's resource ID to gain access to ADLS.
- Action groups
Sets of notification and automation targets in Azure Monitor that an alert calls when it fires. Detecting the problem is the alert rule's job, not theirs.
- AI engineer
A data job focused on adding AI capabilities to apps and data processes, using large language models, machine learning pipelines and data sources. Microsoft Learn associates this role with Microsoft Foundry.
- Audit attributes
Columns you can choose to add to fact or dimension tables to log the history of each row, such as the date it was inserted, the date it was last updated, or which ETL job made the change.
- Azure Arc Setup
Connecting a server to Arc becomes a guided job: this optional component sets up the agent for connected machines through a wizard, then leaves an icon in the notification area. Shipped with Windows Server 2025 as a Feature on Demand.
- Azure Backup
Azure's backup service, which keeps recovery points, long-term retention included, in a Recovery Services vault. It restores data rather than failing workloads over, which is the job of Site Recovery.
- Azure Import/Export service
A legacy method for moving big volumes of storage data offline in either direction by posting your own hard drives to a Microsoft datacentre. Azure Data Box does the same job using Microsoft-supplied devices.
- Azure Machine Learning environment
Versioned asset that pairs a Docker image with a pip or conda specification, so every job or deployment using it gets identical dependencies. You point to it by name plus a version number, or by name with @latest.