| ms.topic | include |
|---|---|
| ms.date | 01/23/2025 |
Tip
Managed DevOps Pools is an evolution of Azure DevOps Virtual Machine Scale Sets agent pools. It simplifies custom pool creation even further by improving the scalability and reliability of custom pools.
Managed DevOps Pools is a fully managed service where virtual machines or containers that power agents live in a Microsoft Azure subscription and not in your own Azure subscription. This process is similar to using Azure DevOps Virtual Machine Scale Sets agent pools.
If you're considering using autoscalable, self-hosted agent pools, we recommend looking at Managed DevOps Pools. For more information, see Compare Managed DevOps Pools with Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets agents and Managed DevOps Pools overview.