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What is a parallel job?

When you define a pipeline, you can define it as a collection of jobs. When a pipeline runs, you can run multiple jobs as part of that pipeline. Each running job consumes a parallel job that runs on an agent. When there aren't enough parallel jobs available for your organization, the jobs are queued up and run one after the other.

In Azure Pipelines, you can run parallel jobs on Microsoft-hosted infrastructure or your own (self-hosted) infrastructure. Each parallel job allows you to run a single job at a time in your organization. You don't need to pay for parallel jobs if you're using an on-premises server. The concept of parallel jobs only applies to Azure DevOps Services.

When you've reached the 1,800 minutes per month limit for the free tier of Microsoft-hosted parallel jobs, you can start by buying one parallel job to remove this monthly time limit before deciding to purchase more.

As a Visual Studio Enterprise subscriber, do I get more parallel jobs for Azure Pipelines? Yes. Visual Studio Enterprise subscribers get one self-hosted parallel job in each Azure DevOps Services organization where they're a member.