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+# Azure Pipelines (VSTS) configuration for CI builds for ICU.
+
+resources:
+  - repo: self
+    lfs: true
+    fetchDepth: 1
+
+jobs:
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- job: ICU4J_OpenJDK_Ubuntu_1604
+  displayName: 'J: Linux OpenJDK (Ubuntu 16.04)'
+  timeoutInMinutes: 20
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'Ubuntu 16.04'
+    demands: ant
+  steps:
+    - script: |
+        echo "Building ICU4J" && cd icu4j && ant init && ant check 
+      displayName: 'Build and Test'
+      env:
+        BUILD: ICU4J
+    - script: |
+        cat `find out/junit-results -name "*.txt" -exec grep -l FAILED {} \;`
+      condition: failed() # only run if the build fails.
+      displayName: 'List failures (if any)'
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- job: ICU4C_Clang_Ubuntu_1604
+  displayName: 'C: Linux Clang (Ubuntu 16.04)'
+  timeoutInMinutes: 30
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'Ubuntu 16.04'
+  steps:
+    - script: |
+        cd icu4c/source && ./runConfigureICU Linux && make -j2 check
+      displayName: 'Build and Test'
+      env:
+        CC: clang
+        CXX: clang++
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- job: ICU4C_MSVC_x64_Release
+  displayName: 'C: MSVC 64-bit Release (VS 2017)'
+  timeoutInMinutes: 30
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
+    demands: 
+      - msbuild
+      - visualstudio
+      - Cmd
+  steps:
+    - task: VSBuild@1
+      displayName: 'Build Solution'
+      inputs:
+        solution: icu4c/source/allinone/allinone.sln
+        platform: x64
+        configuration: Release
+    - task: BatchScript@1
+      displayName: 'Run Tests (icucheck.bat)'
+      inputs:
+        filename: icu4c/source/allinone/icucheck.bat
+        arguments: 'x64 Release'
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- job: ICU4C_MSVC_x86_Release
+  displayName: 'C: MSVC 32-bit Release (VS 2017)'
+  timeoutInMinutes: 30
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
+    demands: 
+      - msbuild
+      - visualstudio
+      - Cmd
+  steps:
+    - task: VSBuild@1
+      displayName: 'Build Solution'
+      inputs:
+        solution: icu4c/source/allinone/allinone.sln
+        platform: Win32
+        configuration: Release
+    - task: BatchScript@1
+      displayName: 'Run Tests (icucheck.bat)'
+      inputs:
+        filename: icu4c/source/allinone/icucheck.bat
+        arguments: 'x86 Release'
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Using a manual install of Python 3, until the vs2015 image has it 
+# by default.
+#
+- job: ICU4C_MSVC_x64_Release_VS2015
+  displayName: 'C: MSVC 64-bit Release (VS 2015)'
+  timeoutInMinutes: 30
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'vs2015-win2012r2'
+    demands: 
+      - msbuild
+      - visualstudio
+      - Cmd
+  steps:
+    - powershell: 'Invoke-WebRequest https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.1/python-3.7.1-amd64-webinstall.exe -OutFile c:\py3-setup.exe'
+    - script: |
+        c:\py3-setup.exe /quiet PrependPath=1 InstallAllUsers=1 Include_launcher=1 InstallLauncherAllUsers=1 Include_test=0 Include_doc=0 Include_dev=0 Include_debug=0 Include_tcltk=0 TargetDir=c:\py3
+    - script: |
+        python --version
+        py -3 --version
+    - task: VSBuild@1
+      displayName: 'Build Solution'
+      inputs:
+        solution: icu4c/source/allinone/allinone.sln
+        platform: x64
+        configuration: Release
+        msbuildArgs: '/p:SkipUWP=true'
+    - task: BatchScript@1
+      displayName: 'Run Tests (icucheck.bat)'
+      inputs:
+        filename: icu4c/source/allinone/icucheck.bat
+        arguments: 'x64 Release'
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- job: ICU4C_MSYS2_GCC_x86_64_Release
+  displayName: 'C: MSYS2 GCC x86_64 Release'
+  timeoutInMinutes: 45
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
+    demands:
+      - Cmd
+  steps:
+    - script: |
+       choco install -y msys2
+       rem refreshenv
+      displayName: 'Install MSYS2'
+    - script: |
+       c:\tools\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc "echo 'Hello World' && uname -a"
+       c:\tools\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain"
+       c:\tools\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S make"
+       exit
+      displayName: 'Install mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain'
+    - script: |
+       set MSYSTEM=MINGW64
+       c:\tools\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc "cd $BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY && cd icu4c/source && ./runConfigureICU MinGW && make -j2 check"
+      displayName: 'Build and Test ICU4C'