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 This project uses unit, smoke and integration tests with Python files and notebooks. For more information, see a [quick introduction to unit, smoke and integration tests](https://miguelgfierro.com/blog/2018/a-beginners-guide-to-python-testing/). To manually execute the unit tests in the different environments, first **make sure you are in the correct environment as described in the [SETUP.md](/SETUP.md)**. 
 
+Tests are automatically run as part of a DevOps pipeline. The pipelines are defined in .yml files in tests/ci with filenames that align with pipeline names.
+
 ## Test execution
 
 Click on the following menus to see more details on how to execute the unit, smoke and integration tests:
diff --git a/tests/ci/unit-tests.yml b/tests/ci/unit-tests.yml
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+
+# Pull request against these branches will trigger this build
+pr:
+- master
+- staging
+
+#Any commit to this branch will trigger the build.
+trigger:
+- staging
+- master
+
+pool:
+  vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
+
+steps:
+
+- bash: |
+    echo "##vso[task.prependpath]/usr/share/miniconda/bin"
+  displayName: Add Conda to PATH
+
+- bash: |
+    conda remove -q -n nlp --all -y
+    python tools/generate_conda_file.py --gpu
+    conda env create -n nlp_gpu -f nlp_gpu.yaml
+    conda env list  
+    source activate nlp_gpu
+  displayName: 'Creating Conda Environment with dependencies'
+
+- bash: |
+    source activate nlp_gpu
+    python -m ipykernel install --user --name nlp_gpu --display-name "nlp_gpu"
+    # Commenting out pytest since it contains bunch of tests from other project which are not applicable.
+    # But keeping the line here to show how to run it once tests relevant to this project are added
+    # pytest --junitxml=junit/test-unitttest.xml #not running any tests for now
+  displayName: 'Run Unit tests'
+
+- task: PublishTestResults@2
+  inputs:
+    testResultsFiles: '**/test-unitttest.xml'
+    testRunTitle: 'Test results for PyTest'
+
+- task: ComponentGovernanceComponentDetection@0
+  inputs:
+    scanType: 'Register'
+    verbosity: 'Verbose'
+    alertWarningLevel: 'High'