Besides unit and integration tests, you will probably want to execute tests using other systems. For example, Azure DevOps has no built-in support for executing load tests or automated UI tests. For these types of tests, it is necessary to invoke other systems from the pipeline. Many systems can be integrated in this way.
How to do this differs from system to system, but most of the time, the following steps will apply:
- Configure the tests in the external system.
- Install an extension for Azure DevOps that makes new tasks available for calling into that external system from the pipeline.
- Create a service connection to the external system.
- Add the task to the pipeline.
For details on configuring integrations, a good starting point is often the website of the vendor of the third-party product.