Explanation
When you connect to a Git repository from your Git client for the first time, the credential manager prompts for credentials. Provide your Microsoft account or Azure AD credentials.
Note: Git Credential Managers simplify authentication with your Azure Repos Git repositories. Credential managers let you use the same credentials that you use for the Azure DevOps Services web portal. Credential managers support multi-factor authentication through Microsoft account or Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Besides supporting multi-factor authentication with Azure Repos, credential managers also support two-factor authentication with GitHub repositories.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/repos/git/set-up-credential-managers

Explanation
SonarQube is a set of static analyzers that can be used to identify areas of improvement in your code. It allows you to analyze the technical debt in your project and keep track of it in the future. With Maven and Gradle build tasks, you can run SonarQube analysis with minimal setup in a new or existing Azure DevOps Services build task.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/java/sonarqube?view=azure-devops

Explanation

Box 1: Configuration
The following example shows a simple example of a configuration.
configuration IISInstall
{
node "localhost"
{
WindowsFeature IIS
{
Ensure = "Present"
Name = "Web-Server"
}
}
}
Box 2: WindowsFeature
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/dsc-overview

Explanation
Conditional Access is a capability of Azure Active Directory. With Conditional Access, you can implement automated access control decisions for accessing your cloud apps that are based on conditions.
Conditional Access policies are enforced after the first-factor authentication has been completed.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/overview

Explanation
Instead enable pipeline caching.
Note:
npm-cache is a command line utility that caches dependencies installed via npm, bower, jspm and composer.
It is useful for build processes that run [npm|bower|composer|jspm] install every time as part of their build process. Since dependencies don't change often, this often means slower build times. npm-cache helps alleviate this problem by caching previously installed dependencies on the build machine.
Reference:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-cache