diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index e81111e233..6a23126816 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,43 @@ 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'
+
+  steps:
+  - task: UsePythonVersion@0
+    inputs:
+      versionSpec: '$(python.version)'
+
+  - script: |
+      pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-mock pytest-timeout pytest-azurepipelines
+      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:
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.0.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.0.rst
index 5a90f11e64..2b65b17a9e 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.0.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.7.0.rst
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ Testing
   in NSRDB (:issue:`733`)
 * Added tests for methods in bifacial.py.
 * Added tests for changes to cell temperature models.
+* Add tests configuration for bare python environment (no conda).
+  (:issue:`727`)
 * Added tests for changes to IAM models.
 * Added test for `ModelChain.infer_aoi_model`.