# Azure Pipelines and Azure DevOps Azure Pipelines and Azure DevOps serve as essential tools for enhancing your CI/CD workflows. Azure Pipelines is a cloud-based service that facilitates build and release automation, enabling continuous integration and continuous delivery for applications. Azure DevOps integrates with OX Security Scan Extension, providing additional capabilities to Azure DevOps, and extending its functionality by integrating third-party tools and services. Integrating with OX Security can be achieved through Azure Pipelines for direct CI/CD security measures or using Azure DevOps Extensions for wider functional enhancements, as follows: * [**Azure Pipelines Integration**](/scan-and-analyze-with-ox/scanning/scanning-ci-cd-pipelines/integrating-source-control-platforms/direct-source-control-pipeline-integration/azure-pipelines-and-azure-devops/azure-pipelines.md)**:** Embeds security into the CI/CD pipeline, enabling automatic vulnerability scanning during builds. This direct integration focuses on improving security within the CI/CD workflow and requires Docker support for executing security checks. * [**Azure DevOps Integration:**](/scan-and-analyze-with-ox/scanning/scanning-ci-cd-pipelines/integrating-source-control-platforms/direct-source-control-pipeline-integration/azure-pipelines-and-azure-devops/ox-scan-extension-for-azure-devops.md) Offers broader customization, allowing the incorporation of third-party tools and services, including security measures. While this provides additional capabilities across Azure DevOps, it's less specialized for CI/CD-specific security than a dedicated Azure Pipelines integration. Choosing between these integrations depends on your specific needs: if you require streamlined security embedded directly into the CI/CD process, Azure Pipelines is ideal. For broader DevOps enhancements, including security across various areas, Azure DevOps Extensions are more suitable. > **Note:** OX Security supports only Git-based repositories in Azure Pipelines / Azure DevOps. Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) is not supported. If your project uses TFVC, you need to migrate to a Git repository before integrating with OX. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.ox.security/scan-and-analyze-with-ox/scanning/scanning-ci-cd-pipelines/integrating-source-control-platforms/direct-source-control-pipeline-integration/azure-pipelines-and-azure-devops.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.