diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+trigger:
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - '*'  # must quote since "*" is a YAML reserved character; we want a string
+
+pool:
+  vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
+
+variables:
+  MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/.m2/repository
+  MAVEN_OPTS: '-Dmaven.repo.local=$(MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER)'
+  SPARK_VERSION: '2.4.4'
+  HADOOP_VERSION: '2.7'
+  SPARK_HOME: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)-bin-hadoop$(HADOOP_VERSION)
+  SKIP_IT: true
+
+stages:
+  - stage: test
+    displayName: "Run tests"
+    jobs:
+      - job: unit_tests_spark_client
+        steps:
+          - task: Maven@3
+            inputs:
+              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
+              goals: 'clean install'
+              options: -DskipTests
+              publishJUnitResults: false
+              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+              jdkVersionOption: '1.8'
+              jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+              mavenOptions: '-Xmx2g $(MAVEN_OPTS)'
+          - task: Cache@2
+            inputs:
+              key: 'maven | "$(Agent.OS)" | **/pom.xml'
+              restoreKeys: |
+                maven | "$(Agent.OS)"
+                maven
+              path: $(MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER)
+            displayName: Cache Maven local repo
+          - task: Maven@3
+            inputs:
+              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
+              goals: 'test'
+              options: -Pazp-unit-tests -pl hudi-client/hudi-spark-client
+              publishJUnitResults: false
+              testResultsFiles: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
+              testRunTitle: 'unit tests spark client'
+              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+              jdkVersionOption: '1.8'
+              jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+              mavenOptions: '-Xmx2g $(MAVEN_OPTS)'
+      - job: unit_tests_utilities
+        steps:
+          - task: Maven@3
+            inputs:
+              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
+              goals: 'clean install'
+              options: -DskipTests
+              publishJUnitResults: false
+              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+              jdkVersionOption: '1.8'
+              jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+              mavenOptions: '-Xmx2g $(MAVEN_OPTS)'
+          - task: Cache@2
+            inputs:
+              key: 'maven | "$(Agent.OS)" | **/pom.xml'
+              restoreKeys: |
+                maven | "$(Agent.OS)"
+                maven
+              path: $(MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER)
+            displayName: Cache Maven local repo
+          - task: Maven@3
+            inputs:
+              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
+              goals: 'test'
+              options: -Pazp-unit-tests -pl hudi-utilities
+              publishJUnitResults: false
+              testResultsFiles: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
+              testRunTitle: 'unit tests utilities'
+              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+              jdkVersionOption: '1.8'
+              jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+              mavenOptions: '-Xmx2g $(MAVEN_OPTS)'
+      - job: unit_tests_other_modules
+        steps:
+          - task: Maven@3
+            inputs:
+              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
+              goals: 'clean install'
+              options: -DskipTests
+              publishJUnitResults: false
+              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+              jdkVersionOption: '1.8'
+              jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+              mavenOptions: '-Xmx2g $(MAVEN_OPTS)'
+          - task: Cache@2
+            inputs:
+              key: 'maven | "$(Agent.OS)" | **/pom.xml'
+              restoreKeys: |
+                maven | "$(Agent.OS)"
+                maven
+              path: $(MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER)
+            displayName: Cache Maven local repo
+          - task: Maven@3
+            inputs:
+              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
+              goals: 'test'
+              options: -Pazp-unit-tests -pl !hudi-utilities,!hudi-client/hudi-spark-client
+              publishJUnitResults: false
+              testResultsFiles: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
+              testRunTitle: 'unit tests other modules'
+              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+              jdkVersionOption: '1.8'
+              jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+              mavenOptions: '-Xmx2g $(MAVEN_OPTS)'
+      - job: functional_tests
+        steps:
+          - task: Maven@3
+            inputs:
+              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
+              goals: 'test'
+              options: -Pfunctional-tests
+              publishJUnitResults: false
+              testResultsFiles: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
+              testRunTitle: 'functional tests'
+              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+              jdkVersionOption: '1.8'
+              jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+              mavenOptions: '-Xmx2g $(MAVEN_OPTS)'
+      - job: integration_tests
+        condition: eq(variables.SKIP_IT, false)
+        steps:
+          - script: |
+              echo 'Downloading spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)-bin-hadoop$(HADOOP_VERSION)'
+              wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)-bin-hadoop$(HADOOP_VERSION).tgz -O /tmp/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION).tgz
+              tar -xvf /tmp/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION).tgz
+              mkdir /tmp/spark-events/
+          - task: Maven@3
+            inputs:
+              mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
+              goals: 'verify'
+              options: -Pintegration-tests
+              publishJUnitResults: false
+              testResultsFiles: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
+              testRunTitle: 'unit tests utilities'
+              javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+              jdkVersionOption: '1.8'
+              jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+              mavenOptions: '-Xmx2g $(MAVEN_OPTS)'
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a80c113a2..569ce7b50 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1249,6 +1249,40 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>azp-unit-tests</id>
+      <properties>
+        <skipUTs>false</skipUTs>
+        <skipFTs>true</skipFTs>
+        <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+      </properties>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+                <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+                <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+            <configuration combine.self="append">
+              <skip>${skipUTs}</skip>
+              <forkedProcessExitTimeoutInSeconds>120</forkedProcessExitTimeoutInSeconds>
+              <excludedGroups>functional</excludedGroups>
+              <excludes>
+                <exclude>**/*FunctionalTestSuite.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/IT*.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/testsuite/**/Test*.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/TestPushGateWayReporter.java</exclude>
+              </excludes>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>javadocs</id>
       <build>