<s>
AppVeyor	B-Application
is	O
a	O
hosted	O
,	O
distributed	O
continuous	O
integration	O
service	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
test	O
projects	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
other	O
source	O
code	O
hosting	O
services	O
(	O
including	O
GitLab	B-Application
and	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
)	O
on	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
virtual	O
machine	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
virtual	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppVeyor	B-Application
is	O
a	O
privately-held	O
Canadian	O
corporation	O
founded	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppVeyor	B-Application
is	O
configured	O
using	O
a	O
Web	O
UI	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
adding	O
a	O
file	O
named	O
appveyor.yml	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
YAML	B-Protocol
format	O
text	O
file	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
root	O
directory	O
of	O
the	O
code	B-General_Concept
repository	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-Application
DevOps	I-Application
includes	O
AppVeyor	B-Application
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
November	O
2014	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
many	O
parts	O
of	O
their	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
as	O
open-source	O
.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
and	O
AppVeyor	B-Application
integration	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
