diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 917c385..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: Build and Publish
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags: ["**"]
-    branches: ["**"]
-
-jobs:
-  build-and-publish:
-    name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.39.0
-    secrets:
-      sonar-token: ${{ secrets.SONARCLOUD_TOKEN }}
-      sonar-organization: ${{ secrets.SONARCLOUD_ORGANIZATION }}
-      signing-secret-key-ring: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_SECRET_KEY_RING }}
-      signing-key-id: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_KEY_ID }}
-      signing-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
-      ossrh-username: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-      ossrh-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
-      github-username: ${{ secrets.GH_USERNAME }}
-      github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f95dbe..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      release-type:
-        description: "The scope of the release (major, minor or patch)."
-        type: choice
-        required: true
-        default: patch
-        options:
-          - patch
-          - minor
-          - major
-
-jobs:
-  java-gradle-release:
-    name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.39.0
-    with:
-      release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
-    secrets:
-      github-email: "${{ secrets.GH_EMAIL }}"
-      github-username: "${{ secrets.GH_USERNAME }}"
-      github-token: "${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2a8d6e..e670f04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .*
 !.gitignore
-!.github
 !.travis.yml
 build/
 out/
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ceb0cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+trigger:
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - refs/heads/*
+      - refs/tags/*
+pr:
+  branches:
+    include:
+    - master
+    
+variables:
+- group: sonarqube
+- group: sign
+- group: ossrh
+
+resources:
+  repositories:
+    - repository: templates
+      type: github
+      name: bakdata/bakdata-project-templates
+      endpoint: bot
+
+jobs:
+- template: azure/gradle/build.yml@templates
+- template: azure/gradle/create_tag_version.yml@templates
+- template: azure/gradle/upload_release.yml@templates
+- template: azure/gradle/upload_snapshot.yml@templates