diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 1e2556f521225..d69936322b47e 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pr:
 variables:
   PYTEST_WORKERS: auto
   PYTEST_TARGET:  pandas
+  PATTERN: "not slow and not high_memory and not db and not network"
+  PANDAS_CI: 1
 
 jobs:
 # Mac and Linux use the same template
diff --git a/ci/azure/windows.yml b/ci/azure/windows.yml
index 836332251d7b3..3b489d92388da 100644
--- a/ci/azure/windows.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/windows.yml
@@ -4,51 +4,22 @@ parameters:
 
 jobs:
 - job: ${{ parameters.name }}
+  timeoutInMinutes: 90
   pool:
     vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
   strategy:
     matrix:
-      py38_np18_1:
-        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml
+      py38:
+        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
         CONDA_PY: "38"
-        PATTERN: "not slow"
-        PYTEST_WORKERS: 2  # GH-42236
-        PYTEST_TARGET: "pandas/tests/[a-h]*"
 
-      py38_np18_2:
-        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml
-        CONDA_PY: "38"
-        PATTERN: "not slow"
-        PYTEST_WORKERS: 2  # GH-42236
-        PYTEST_TARGET: "pandas/tests/[i-z]*"
-
-      py39_1:
-        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/azure-windows-39.yaml
-        CONDA_PY: "39"
-        PATTERN: "not slow and not high_memory"
-        PYTEST_WORKERS: 2  # GH-42236
-        PYTEST_TARGET: "pandas/tests/[a-h]*"
-
-      py39_2:
-        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/azure-windows-39.yaml
+      py39:
+        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
         CONDA_PY: "39"
-        PATTERN: "not slow and not high_memory"
-        PYTEST_WORKERS: 2  # GH-42236
-        PYTEST_TARGET: "pandas/tests/[i-z]*"
-
-      py310_1:
-        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/azure-windows-310.yaml
-        CONDA_PY: "310"
-        PATTERN: "not slow and not high_memory"
-        PYTEST_WORKERS: 2  # GH-42236
-        PYTEST_TARGET: "pandas/tests/[a-h]*"
 
-      py310_2:
-        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/azure-windows-310.yaml
+      py310:
+        ENV_FILE: ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
         CONDA_PY: "310"
-        PATTERN: "not slow and not high_memory"
-        PYTEST_WORKERS: 2  # GH-42236
-        PYTEST_TARGET: "pandas/tests/[i-z]*"
 
   steps:
     - powershell: |
@@ -59,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       displayName: 'Update conda'
 
     - bash: |
-        conda env create -q --file ci\\deps\\azure-windows-$(CONDA_PY).yaml
+        conda env create -q --file ci\\deps\\actions-$(CONDA_PY).yaml
       displayName: 'Create anaconda environment'
     - bash: |
         source activate pandas-dev
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-310.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-310.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e6f4deef6057..0000000000000
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-310.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-name: pandas-dev
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-  - defaults
-dependencies:
-  - python=3.10
-
-  # tools
-  - cython>=0.29.24
-  - pytest>=6.0
-  - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
-  - pytest-azurepipelines
-
-  # pandas dependencies
-  - beautifulsoup4
-  - bottleneck
-  - fsspec>=0.8.0
-  - gcsfs
-  - html5lib
-  - jinja2
-  - lxml
-  - matplotlib
-  # TODO: uncomment after numba supports py310
-  #- numba
-  - numexpr
-  - numpy
-  - openpyxl
-  - pyarrow
-  - pytables
-  - python-dateutil
-  - pytz
-  - s3fs>=0.4.2
-  - scipy
-  - sqlalchemy
-  - xlrd
-  - xlsxwriter
-  - xlwt
-  - pyreadstat
-  - pyxlsb
-  - zstandard
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index eb533524147d9..0000000000000
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-38.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-name: pandas-dev
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-  - defaults
-dependencies:
-  - python=3.8
-
-  # tools
-  - cython>=0.29.24
-  - pytest>=6.0
-  - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
-  - pytest-azurepipelines
-
-  # pandas dependencies
-  - blosc
-  - bottleneck
-  - fastparquet>=0.4.0
-  - fsspec>=0.8.0
-  - matplotlib=3.3.2
-  - numba
-  - numexpr
-  - numpy=1.18
-  - openpyxl
-  - jinja2
-  - pyarrow=2
-  - pytables
-  - python-dateutil
-  - pytz
-  - s3fs>=0.4.0
-  - scipy
-  - xlrd
-  - xlsxwriter
-  - xlwt
-  - zstandard
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-39.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-39.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f820b1c2aedb..0000000000000
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-39.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: pandas-dev
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-  - defaults
-dependencies:
-  - python=3.9
-
-  # tools
-  - cython>=0.29.24
-  - pytest>=6.0
-  - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
-  - pytest-azurepipelines
-
-  # pandas dependencies
-  - beautifulsoup4
-  - bottleneck
-  - fsspec>=0.8.0
-  - gcsfs
-  - html5lib
-  - jinja2
-  - lxml
-  - matplotlib
-  - numba
-  - numexpr
-  - numpy
-  - openpyxl
-  - pyarrow=6
-  - pytables
-  - python-dateutil
-  - pytz
-  - s3fs>=0.4.2
-  - scipy
-  - sqlalchemy
-  - xlrd
-  - xlsxwriter
-  - xlwt
-  - pyreadstat
-  - pyxlsb
-  - zstandard