diff --git a/.azuredevops/Pipelines/build.yaml b/.azuredevops/Pipelines/build.yaml
index ca7f1a34..82632b95 100644
--- a/.azuredevops/Pipelines/build.yaml
+++ b/.azuredevops/Pipelines/build.yaml
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ stages:
           clean: true
 
         - script: git submodule update --init --recursive
-          displayName: Update git submodules
+          displayName: 🔄 Update git submodules
 
         - template: Templates/dotnet-sdk-install.yaml
       
         - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1
-          displayName: Install Nuget 5x
+          displayName: ⬇️ Install Nuget 5x
           inputs:
             versionSpec: '5.*'
             checkLatest: true
diff --git a/.azuredevops/Pipelines/publish.yaml b/.azuredevops/Pipelines/publish.yaml
index a04c4e78..a2222561 100644
--- a/.azuredevops/Pipelines/publish.yaml
+++ b/.azuredevops/Pipelines/publish.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stages:
     displayName: Wait for validation
     steps:
     - task: ManualValidation@0
-      displayName: 'Manual validation'
+      displayName: 🧐 Manual validation
       timeoutInMinutes: 1440
       inputs:
         notifyUsers:
diff --git a/.azuredevops/Pipelines/pull-request.yaml b/.azuredevops/Pipelines/pull-request.yaml
index adb08558..b9cec0ed 100644
--- a/.azuredevops/Pipelines/pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.azuredevops/Pipelines/pull-request.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stages:
           clean: true
 
         - script: git submodule update --init --recursive
-          displayName: Update git submodules
+          displayName: 🔄 Update git submodules
 
         - template: Templates/dotnet-sdk-install.yaml        
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stages:
             ignoreLASTEXITCODE: true
 
         - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1
-          displayName: Install Nuget 5x
+          displayName: ⬇️ Install Nuget 5x
           inputs:
             versionSpec: '5.*'
             checkLatest: true
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ stages:
               Write-Error "There are local changes in the git repository meaning not all markdown snippets are up to date."
               exit 1
             }
-          displayName: 📄 Verify markdown snippets are up to date
+          displayName: 📄 Verify markdown snippets
           name: mdsnippets
           failOnStderr: true
 
         - pwsh: |
             dotnet tool install --tool-path . nbgv
             ./nbgv cloud -a
-          displayName: Set build number
+          displayName: 4️⃣2️⃣ Set build number
           name: Nbgv
 
         - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2