Replace the Azure pipeline with a GitHub Actions build

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  DOTNET_NOLOGO: true
+  DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: true
+  DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build and test
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: |
+            10.0.x
+
+      - name: Restore
+        run: dotnet restore src/AspNetCoreTemplate.sln
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: dotnet build src/AspNetCoreTemplate.sln -c Release --no-restore
+
+      # AspNetCoreTemplate.Web.Tests is excluded: its two example tests boot the
+      # whole app through WebApplicationFactory, which connects to SQL Server.
+      # Run them locally against a database.
+      - name: Test
+        run: >
+          dotnet test src/Tests/AspNetCoreTemplate.Services.Data.Tests/AspNetCoreTemplate.Services.Data.Tests.csproj
+          -c Release --no-build --logger "trx;LogFileName=test-results.trx"
+
+      # The renamer tool has its own solution and still targets net6.0; the
+      # current SDK builds it from the NuGet targeting pack.
+      - name: Build the template renamer
+        run: dotnet build tools/TemplateRenamer/TemplateRenamer.sln -c Release
+
+      - name: Upload test results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: test-results
+          path: '**/TestResults/*.trx'
+          if-no-files-found: ignore

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A ready-to-use template for ASP.NET Core with repositories, services, models map
 
 ## Build status
 
-[![Build Status](https://nikolayit.visualstudio.com/AspNetCoreTemplate/_apis/build/status/NikolayIT.ASP.NET-Core-Template?branchName=master)](https://nikolayit.visualstudio.com/AspNetCoreTemplate/_build/latest?definitionId=15&branchName=master)
+[![Build](https://github.com/NikolayIT/ASP.NET-Core-Template/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/NikolayIT/ASP.NET-Core-Template/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 
 ## Authors