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+#Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#Licensed under the MIT License.
+#Building and packaging the artifacts of the Java-Core libraries using the build.gradle file.
+#Ready the package for deployment and release. 
+
+trigger:
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - dev
+      - main
+      - master
+  paths:
+    include:
+      - src/*
+    exclude:
+      - .gitignore
+      - CONTRIBUTING.md
+      - LICENSE
+      - THIRD PARTY NOTICES
+      - build.gradle
+      - gradle.properties
+      - gradlew
+      - gradlew.bat
+      - readme.md
+      - settings.gradle
+
+pr: none
+
+pool:
+  vmImage: 'windows-latest'
+
+steps:
+- checkout: self
+  clean: true
+  fetchDepth: 1
+
+- task: securedevelopmentteam.vss-secure-development-tools.build-task-credscan.CredScan@2
+  displayName: 'Run CredScan'
+  inputs:
+    debugMode: false
+
+- task: DownloadSecureFile@1
+  inputs:
+    secureFile: 'local.properties'
+
+- task: DownloadSecureFile@1
+  inputs:
+    secureFile: 'secring.gpg'
+
+- task: DownloadSecureFile@1
+  inputs:
+    secureFile: 'secring.gpg.lock'
+
+- task: CopyFiles@2
+  inputs:
+    SourceFolder: '$(Agent.TempDirectory)'
+    Contents: '**'
+    TargetFolder: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'
+
+- task: Gradle@2
+  inputs:
+    gradleWrapperFile: 'gradlew'
+    tasks: 'build'
+    publishJUnitResults: true
+    testResultsFiles: '**/TEST-*.xml'
+    javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+    sonarQubeRunAnalysis: false
+
+- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
+  displayName: 'Publish Artifact: drop'
+  inputs:
+    PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
+
+- task: CopyFiles@2
+  inputs:
+    SourceFolder: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'
+    Contents: |
+      **/libs/*
+      build.gradle
+      gradlew
+      gradlew.bat
+      settings.gradle
+      gradle.properties
+      **/gradle/wrapper/*
+    TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/'
+
+- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
+  inputs:
+    PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
+    ArtifactName: 'drop'
+    publishLocation: 'Container'
+
+- task: YodLabs.O365PostMessage.O365PostMessageBuild.O365PostMessageBuild@0
+  displayName: 'Graph Client Tooling pipeline fail notification'
+  inputs:
+    addressType: serviceEndpoint
+    serviceEndpointName: 'microsoftgraph pipeline status'
+    title: '$(Build.DefinitionName) failure notification'
+    text: 'This pipeline has failed. View the build details for further information. This is a blocking failure.'
+  condition: and(failed(), ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Manual'))
+  enabled: true