diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ce8817133a477..90dd904e6cb1e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ matrix:
     # In allow_failures
     - dist: trusty
       env:
-        - JOB="3.6, doc" ENV_FILE="ci/deps/travis-36-doc.yaml" DOC=true
+        - JOB="3.6, doc" ENV_FILE="environment.yml" DOC=true
     allow_failures:
       - dist: trusty
         env:
           - JOB="3.6, slow" ENV_FILE="ci/deps/travis-36-slow.yaml" PATTERN="slow"
       - dist: trusty
         env:
-          - JOB="3.6, doc" ENV_FILE="ci/deps/travis-36-doc.yaml" DOC=true
+          - JOB="3.6, doc" ENV_FILE="environment.yml" DOC=true
 
 before_install:
   - echo "before_install"
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 17eaee5458af8..9f83917024049 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Windows
     vmImage: vs2017-win2016
 
-- job: 'Checks_and_doc'
+- job: 'Checks'
   pool:
     vmImage: ubuntu-16.04
   timeoutInMinutes: 90
@@ -116,3 +116,63 @@ jobs:
       fi
     displayName: 'Running benchmarks'
     condition: true
+
+- job: 'Docs'
+  pool:
+    vmImage: ubuntu-16.04
+  timeoutInMinutes: 90
+  steps:
+  - script: |
+      echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=CONDA_ENV]pandas-dev'
+      echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=ENV_FILE]environment.yml'
+    displayName: 'Setting environment variables'
+
+  - script: |
+      export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
+      sudo apt-get install -y libc6-dev-i386
+      ci/setup_env.sh
+    displayName: 'Setup environment and build pandas'
+
+  - script: |
+      export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
+      source activate pandas-dev
+      doc/make.py
+    displayName: 'Build documentation'
+
+  - script: |
+      cd doc/build/html
+      git init
+      touch .nojekyll
+      git add --all .
+      git config user.email "pandas-dev@python.org"
+      git config user.name "pandas-docs-bot"
+      git commit -m "pandas documentation in master"
+    displayName: 'Create git repo for docs build'
+    condition : |
+      and(not(eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')),
+          eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master'))
+
+  # This task to work requires next steps:
+  # 1. Got to "Library > Secure files" in the azure-pipelines dashboard: https://dev.azure.com/pandas-dev/pandas/_library?itemType=SecureFiles
+  # 2. Click on "+ Secure file"
+  # 3. Upload the private key (the name of the file must match with the specified in "sshKeySecureFile" input below, "pandas_docs_key")
+  # 4. Click on file name after it is created, tick the box "Authorize for use in all pipelines" and save
+  # 5. The public key specified in "sshPublicKey" is the pair of the uploaded private key, and needs to be specified as a deploy key of the repo where the docs will be pushed: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas-dev.github.io/settings/keys
+  - task: InstallSSHKey@0
+    inputs:
+      hostName: 'github.com'
+      sshPublicKey: 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAACAQDHmz3l/EdqrgNxEUKkwDUuUcLv91unig03pYFGO/DMIgCmPdMG96zAgfnESd837Rm0wSSqylwSzkRJt5MV/TpFlcVifDLDQmUhqCeO8Z6dLl/oe35UKmyYICVwcvQTAaHNnYRpKC5IUlTh0JEtw9fGlnp1Ta7U1ENBLbKdpywczElhZu+hOQ892zqOj3CwA+U2329/d6cd7YnqIKoFN9DWT3kS5K6JE4IoBfQEVekIOs23bKjNLvPoOmi6CroAhu/K8j+NCWQjge5eJf2x/yTnIIP1PlEcXoHIr8io517posIx3TBup+CN8bNS1PpDW3jyD3ttl1uoBudjOQrobNnJeR6Rn67DRkG6IhSwr3BWj8alwUG5mTdZzwV5Pa9KZFdIiqX7NoDGg+itsR39QCn0thK8lGRNSR8KrWC1PSjecwelKBO7uQ7rnk/rkrZdBWR4oEA8YgNH8tirUw5WfOr5a0AIaJicKxGKNdMxZt+zmC+bS7F4YCOGIm9KHa43RrKhoGRhRf9fHHHKUPwFGqtWG4ykcUgoamDOURJyepesBAO3FiRE9rLU6ILbB3yEqqoekborHmAJD5vf7PWItW3Q/YQKuk3kkqRcKnexPyzyyq5lUgTi8CxxZdaASIOu294wjBhhdyHlXEkVTNJ9JKkj/obF+XiIIp0cBDsOXY9hDQ== pandas-dev@python.org'
+      sshKeySecureFile: 'pandas_docs_key'
+    displayName: 'Install GitHub ssh deployment key'
+    condition : |
+      and(not(eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')),
+          eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master'))
+
+  - script: |
+      cd doc/build/html
+      git remote add origin git@github.com:pandas-dev/pandas-dev.github.io.git
+      git push origin master -f
+    displayName: 'Publish docs to GitHub pages'
+    condition : |
+      and(not(eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')),
+          eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master'))
diff --git a/ci/deps/travis-36-doc.yaml b/ci/deps/travis-36-doc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d6cbd82fdc05..0000000000000
--- a/ci/deps/travis-36-doc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-name: pandas-dev
-channels:
-  - defaults
-  - conda-forge
-dependencies:
-  - beautifulsoup4
-  - bottleneck
-  - cython>=0.28.2
-  - fastparquet>=0.2.1
-  - gitpython
-  - html5lib
-  - hypothesis>=3.58.0
-  - ipykernel
-  - ipython
-  - ipywidgets
-  - lxml
-  - matplotlib
-  - nbconvert>=5.4.1
-  - nbformat
-  - nbsphinx
-  - notebook>=5.7.5
-  - numexpr
-  - numpy
-  - numpydoc
-  - openpyxl
-  - pandoc
-  - pyarrow
-  - pyqt
-  - pytables
-  - python-dateutil
-  - python-snappy
-  - python=3.6.*
-  - pytz
-  - scipy
-  - seaborn
-  - sphinx
-  - sqlalchemy
-  - statsmodels
-  - xarray
-  - xlrd
-  - xlsxwriter
-  - xlwt
-  # universal
-  - pytest>=4.0.2
-  - pytest-xdist
-  - isort