diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index dd962d0585..005f3fa3c6 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -6,195 +6,28 @@ trigger:
 
 jobs:
 
-- job: 'Test_bare_linux'
-
-  pool:
-    vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
-  strategy:
-    matrix:
-      Python35:
-        python.version: '3.5'
-      Python36:
-        python.version: '3.6'
-      Python37:
-        python.version: '3.7'
-      Python38:
-        python.version: '3.8'
-
-
-  steps:
-  - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-    inputs:
-      versionSpec: '$(python.version)'
-
-  - script: |
-      pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-mock pytest-timeout pytest-azurepipelines pytest-rerunfailures pytest-remotedata
-      pip install -e .
-      pytest pvlib --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov=com --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
-    displayName: 'Test with pytest'
-
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-    inputs:
-      testResultsFiles: '**/test-*.xml'
-      testRunTitle: 'Publish test results for Python $(python.version)'
-
-  - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
-    inputs:
-      codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
-      summaryFileLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/coverage.xml'
-      reportDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/htmlcov'
-
-
-- job: 'Test_conda_linux'
-
-  pool:
-    vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
-
-  strategy:
-    matrix:
-      Python35:
-        python.version: '35'
-      Python36:
-        python.version: '36'
-        coverage: true
-      Python37:
-        python.version: '37'
-      Python38:
-        python.version: '38'
-
-  steps:
-  - bash: echo "##vso[task.prependpath]/usr/share/miniconda/bin"
-    displayName: Add conda to PATH
-  - script: conda env create --quiet --file ci/requirements-py$(python.version).yml
-    displayName: Create Anaconda environment
-  - script: |
-      source activate test_env
-      pip install pytest-azurepipelines
-      pip install -e .
-    displayName: 'pip dependencies'
-  - script: |
-      source activate test_env
-      conda list
-    displayName: 'List installed dependencies'
-  - script: |
-      source activate test_env
-      export NREL_API_KEY=$(nrelApiKey)
-      pytest pvlib --remote-data --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
-    displayName: 'pytest'
-  # - script: |
-  #     source activate test_env
-  #     flake8 pvlib
-  #   displayName: 'flake8'
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    inputs:
-      testResultsFiles: '**/test-results.xml'
-      testRunTitle: 'Linux $(python.version)'
-  - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
-    inputs:
-      codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
-      summaryFileLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/coverage.xml'
-      reportDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/htmlcov'
-    condition: eq(variables['coverage'], true)
-  - script: |
-      bash <(curl https://codecov.io/bash) -t bbc2bdbe-5e67-4fef-9cb7-f52fe0b703a8 -f coverage.xml -F adder -F subtractor -F conda
-    displayName: 'codecov'
-    condition: eq(variables['coverage'], true)
+- template: ci/azure/posix.yml
+  parameters:
+    name: Test_bare_Linux
+    vmImage: ubuntu-16.04
 
 
-- job: 'Test_conda_windows'
-
-  pool:
-    vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
-
-  strategy:
-    matrix:
-      Python35-windows:
-        python.version: '35'
-      Python36-windows:
-        python.version: '36'
-      Python37-windows:
-        python.version: '37'
-      Python38-windows:
-        python.version: '38'
-
-  steps:
-  - powershell: Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]$env:CONDA\Scripts"
-    displayName: Add conda to PATH
-  - script: conda env create --quiet --file ci/requirements-py$(python.version).yml
-    displayName: Create Anaconda environment
-  - script: |
-      call activate test_env
-      pip install pytest-azurepipelines
-      pip install -e .
-    displayName: 'pip dependencies'
-  - script: |
-      call activate test_env
-      conda list
-    displayName: 'List installed dependencies'
-  - script: |
-      call activate test_env
-      pytest pvlib --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml
-    displayName: 'pytest'
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    inputs:
-      testResultsFiles: '**/test-results.xml'
-      testRunTitle: 'Windows $(python.version)'
+- template: ci/azure/posix.yml
+  parameters:
+    name: Test_bare_macOS
+    vmImage: macOS-10.14
 
 
-- job: 'Test_bare_macOS_Mojave'
+- template: ci/azure/conda_linux.yml
+  parameters:
+    name: Test_conda_linux
+    vmImage: ubuntu-16.04
 
-  pool:
-    vmImage: 'macOS-10.14'
-  strategy:
-    matrix:
-      Python35:
-        python.version: '3.5'
-      Python36:
-        python.version: '3.6'
-      Python37:
-        python.version: '3.7'
-      Python38:
-        python.version: '3.8'
-
-  steps:
-  - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-    inputs:
-      versionSpec: '$(python.version)'
 
-  - script: |
-      pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-mock pytest-timeout pytest-azurepipelines pytest-rerunfailures pytest-remotedata
-      pip install -e .
-      pytest pvlib --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov=pvlib --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
-    displayName: 'Test with pytest'
-
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-    inputs:
-      testResultsFiles: '**/test-*.xml'
-      testRunTitle: 'Publish test results for Python $(python.version)'
-
-  - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
-    inputs:
-      codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
-      summaryFileLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/coverage.xml'
-      reportDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/htmlcov'
-
-
-- job: DocTest
-  pool:
-    vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
-  steps:
-  - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-    inputs:
-      versionSpec: '3.8'
-  - script: |
-      pip install -e .[all]
-    displayName: Install pvlib[all] for doc build
-  - script: |
-      cd docs/sphinx/
-      sphinx-build -j auto -b html -d _build/doctrees source build
-    displayName: Build HTML docs
+- template: ci/azure/conda_windows.yml
+  parameters:
+    name: Test_conda_windows
+    vmImage: vs2017-win2016
 
 
 - job: 'Publish'
diff --git a/ci/azure/conda_linux.yml b/ci/azure/conda_linux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..836c6030e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/azure/conda_linux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+parameters:
+  name: ''
+  vmImage: ''
+
+jobs:
+- job: ${{ parameters.name }}
+  pool:
+    vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
+  strategy:
+    matrix:
+      Python35:
+        python.version: '35'
+      Python36:
+        python.version: '36'
+        coverage: true
+      Python37:
+        python.version: '37'
+      Python38:
+        python.version: '38'
+
+  steps:
+  - bash: echo "##vso[task.prependpath]/usr/share/miniconda/bin"
+    displayName: Add conda to PATH
+  - script: conda env create --quiet --file ci/requirements-py$(python.version).yml
+    displayName: Create Anaconda environment
+  - script: |
+      source activate test_env
+      pip install pytest-azurepipelines
+      pip install -e .
+    displayName: 'pip dependencies'
+  - script: |
+      source activate test_env
+      conda list
+    displayName: 'List installed dependencies'
+  - script: |
+      source activate test_env
+      export NREL_API_KEY=$(nrelApiKey)
+      pytest pvlib --remote-data --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
+    displayName: 'pytest'
+  - task: PublishTestResults@2
+    inputs:
+      testResultsFiles: '**/test-results.xml'
+      testRunTitle: 'Linux $(python.version)'
+  - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
+    inputs:
+      codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
+      summaryFileLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/coverage.xml'
+      reportDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/htmlcov'
+    condition: eq(variables['coverage'], true)
+  - script: |
+      bash <(curl https://codecov.io/bash) -t bbc2bdbe-5e67-4fef-9cb7-f52fe0b703a8 -f coverage.xml -F adder -F subtractor -F conda
+    displayName: 'codecov'
+    condition: eq(variables['coverage'], true)
diff --git a/ci/azure/conda_windows.yml b/ci/azure/conda_windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46edfe41e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/azure/conda_windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+parameters:
+  name: ''
+  vmImage: ''
+
+jobs:
+- job: ${{ parameters.name }}
+  pool:
+    vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
+  strategy:
+    matrix:
+      Python35-windows:
+        python.version: '35'
+      Python36-windows:
+        python.version: '36'
+      Python37-windows:
+        python.version: '37'
+      Python38-windows:
+        python.version: '38'
+
+  steps:
+  - powershell: Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]$env:CONDA\Scripts"
+    displayName: Add conda to PATH
+  - script: conda env create --quiet --file ci/requirements-py$(python.version).yml
+    displayName: Create Anaconda environment
+  - script: |
+      call activate test_env
+      pip install pytest-azurepipelines
+      pip install -e .
+    displayName: 'pip dependencies'
+  - script: |
+      call activate test_env
+      conda list
+    displayName: 'List installed dependencies'
+  - script: |
+      call activate test_env
+      pytest pvlib --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml
+    displayName: 'pytest'
+  - task: PublishTestResults@2
+    inputs:
+      testResultsFiles: '**/test-results.xml'
+      testRunTitle: 'Windows $(python.version)'
diff --git a/ci/azure/posix.yml b/ci/azure/posix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b77bde9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/azure/posix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+parameters:
+  name: ''
+  vmImage: ''
+
+jobs:
+- job: ${{ parameters.name }}
+  pool:
+    vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
+  strategy:
+    matrix:
+      Python35:
+        python.version: '3.5'
+      Python36:
+        python.version: '3.6'
+      Python37:
+        python.version: '3.7'
+      Python38:
+        python.version: '3.8'
+
+  steps:
+  - task: UsePythonVersion@0
+    inputs:
+      versionSpec: '$(python.version)'
+
+  - script: |
+      pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-mock pytest-timeout pytest-azurepipelines pytest-rerunfailures pytest-remotedata
+      pip install -e .
+      pytest pvlib --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml --cov=com --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
+    displayName: 'Test with pytest'
+
+  - task: PublishTestResults@2
+    condition: succeededOrFailed()
+    inputs:
+      testResultsFiles: '**/test-*.xml'
+      testRunTitle: 'Publish test results for Python $(python.version)'
+
+  - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
+    inputs:
+      codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
+      summaryFileLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/coverage.xml'
+      reportDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/**/htmlcov'
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.2.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.2.rst
index 6d3162d643..a98400efad 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.2.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.2.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Testing
 * Implement the `pytest.mark.flaky` decorator from `pytest-rurunfailures`
   `<https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures>`_ on all network
   dependent iotools tests to repeat them on failure. (:pull:`919`)
+* Separate azure-pipelines.yml platform-specific tests to their own templates
+  located in ``./ci/azure/``.  (:pull:`926`)
 
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~