diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-compile-and-publish.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-compile-and-publish.yml
index 37d68e2c51e..af9960d7f5b 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-compile-and-publish.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-compile-and-publish.yml
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ steps:
           Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME]$env:VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME"
 
           Move-Item -Path $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/cli/target/${{ parameters.VSCODE_CLI_TARGET }}/release/code.exe -Destination "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/${env:VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME}.exe"
+        displayName: Stage CLI
 
       - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+        displayName: Archive CLI
         inputs:
           rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME).exe
           includeRootFolder: false
@@ -76,9 +78,11 @@ steps:
           echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME]$VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME"
 
           mv $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/cli/target/${{ parameters.VSCODE_CLI_TARGET }}/release/code $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME
+        displayName: Stage CLI
 
       - ${{ if contains(parameters.VSCODE_CLI_TARGET, '-darwin') }}:
         - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+          displayName: Archive CLI
           inputs:
             rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME)
             includeRootFolder: false
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ steps:
 
       - ${{ else }}:
         - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+          displayName: Archive CLI
           inputs:
             rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(VSCODE_CLI_APPLICATION_NAME)
             includeRootFolder: false
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-darwin-sign.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-darwin-sign.yml
index 7d4cbdaecbf..b4cfdc8f10f 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-darwin-sign.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-darwin-sign.yml
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ steps:
       displayName: Set asset id variable
 
     - publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/pkg/${{ target }}/$(ASSET_ID).zip
+      displayName: Publish signed artifact with ID $(ASSET_ID)
       artifact: $(ASSET_ID)
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-win32-sign.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-win32-sign.yml
index fe46171aaac..2880eafb85d 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-win32-sign.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/cli/cli-win32-sign.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ steps:
 
   - ${{ each target in parameters.VSCODE_CLI_ARTIFACTS }}:
       - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
-        displayName: Download artifacts
+        displayName: Download artifact
         inputs:
           artifact: ${{ target }}
           path: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/pkg/${{ target }}
 
       - task: ExtractFiles@1
+        displayName: Extract artifact
         inputs:
           archiveFilePatterns: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/pkg/${{ target }}/*.zip
           destinationFolder: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/sign/${{ target }}
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: Find ESRP CLI
 
   - powershell: node build\azure-pipelines\common\sign $env:EsrpCliDllPath windows $(ESRP-PKI) $(esrp-aad-username) $(esrp-aad-password) $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/sign "*.exe"
-    displayName: "Code sign"
+    displayName: Codesign executable
 
   - ${{ each target in parameters.VSCODE_CLI_ARTIFACTS }}:
       - powershell: |
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ steps:
         displayName: Set asset id variable
 
       - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+        displayName: Archive signed files
         inputs:
           rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/sign/${{ target }}
           includeRootFolder: false
@@ -58,4 +60,5 @@ steps:
           archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(ASSET_ID).zip
 
       - publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(ASSET_ID).zip
+        displayName: Publish signed artifact with ID $(ASSET_ID)
         artifact: $(ASSET_ID)
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/distro/download-distro.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/distro/download-distro.yml
index 2e727b28b4d..a703992aab2 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/distro/download-distro.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/distro/download-distro.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ steps:
   - pwsh: |
       "machine github.com`nlogin vscode`npassword $(github-distro-mixin-password)" | Out-File "$Home/_netrc" -Encoding ASCII
     condition: and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Agent.OS'], 'windows'))
-    displayName: Setup distro auth
+    displayName: Setup distro auth (Windows)
 
   - pwsh: |
       $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ steps:
       Expand-Archive -Path $ArchivePath -DestinationPath .build
       Rename-Item -Path ".build/microsoft-vscode-distro-$DistroVersion" -NewName distro
     condition: and(succeeded(), contains(variables['Agent.OS'], 'windows'))
-    displayName: Download distro
+    displayName: Download distro (Windows)
 
   - script: |
       mkdir -p .build
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ steps:
       password $(github-distro-mixin-password)
       EOF
     condition: and(succeeded(), not(contains(variables['Agent.OS'], 'windows')))
-    displayName: Setup distro auth
+    displayName: Setup distro auth (non-Windows)
 
   - script: |
       set -e
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ steps:
       mv .build/microsoft-vscode-distro-$DistroVersion .build/distro
       cp remote/.yarnrc .build/distro/npm/remote/.yarnrc
     condition: and(succeeded(), not(contains(variables['Agent.OS'], 'windows')))
-    displayName: Download distro
+    displayName: Download distro (non-Windows)
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/product-build-linux.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/product-build-linux.yml
index 2f43515414f..3923d7d105f 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/product-build-linux.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/product-build-linux.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ steps:
         VSCODE_HOST_MOUNT: "/mnt/vss/_work/1/s"
         ${{ if or(eq(parameters.VSCODE_ARCH, 'x64'), eq(parameters.VSCODE_ARCH, 'arm64')) }}:
           VSCODE_REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_CONTAINER_NAME: vscodehub.azurecr.io/vscode-linux-build-agent:centos7-devtoolset8-$(VSCODE_ARCH)
-      displayName: Install dependencies
+      displayName: Install dependencies (non-OSS)
       condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables.NODE_MODULES_RESTORED, 'true'))
 
     - script: node build/azure-pipelines/distro/mixin-npm
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ steps:
         ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD: 1
         PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
         GITHUB_TOKEN: "$(github-distro-mixin-password)"
-      displayName: Install dependencies
+      displayName: Install dependencies (OSS)
       condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables.NODE_MODULES_RESTORED, 'true'))
 
   - script: |
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ steps:
     - script: yarn gulp "transpile-client-swc" "transpile-extensions"
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: "$(github-distro-mixin-password)"
-      displayName: Transpile
+      displayName: Transpile client and extensions
 
   - ${{ if or(eq(parameters.VSCODE_RUN_UNIT_TESTS, true), eq(parameters.VSCODE_RUN_INTEGRATION_TESTS, true), eq(parameters.VSCODE_RUN_SMOKE_TESTS, true)) }}:
     - template: product-build-linux-test.yml
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-compile.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-compile.yml
index 5b5be806934..f089eced728 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-compile.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-compile.yml
@@ -103,22 +103,23 @@ steps:
     - script: yarn npm-run-all -lp core-ci-pr extensions-ci-pr hygiene eslint valid-layers-check vscode-dts-compile-check tsec-compile-check
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: "$(github-distro-mixin-password)"
-      displayName: Compile & Hygiene
+      displayName: Compile & Hygiene (OSS)
   - ${{ else }}:
     - script: yarn npm-run-all -lp core-ci extensions-ci hygiene eslint valid-layers-check vscode-dts-compile-check tsec-compile-check
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: "$(github-distro-mixin-password)"
-      displayName: Compile & Hygiene
+      displayName: Compile & Hygiene (non-OSS)
 
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'oss') }}:
     - script: |
         set -e
         yarn --cwd test/smoke compile
         yarn --cwd test/integration/browser compile
-      displayName: Compile test suites
+      displayName: Compile test suites (non-OSS)
       condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['VSCODE_STEP_ON_IT'], 'false'))
 
     - task: AzureCLI@2
+      displayName: Fetch secrets
       inputs:
         azureSubscription: "vscode-builds-subscription"
         scriptType: pscore
@@ -136,10 +137,10 @@ steps:
         AZURE_CLIENT_ID="$(AZURE_CLIENT_ID)" \
         AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET="$(AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET)" \
           node build/azure-pipelines/upload-sourcemaps
-      displayName: Upload sourcemaps
+      displayName: Upload sourcemaps to Azure
 
     - script: ./build/azure-pipelines/common/extract-telemetry.sh
-      displayName: Extract Telemetry
+      displayName: Generate lists of telemetry events
 
     - script: tar -cz --ignore-failed-read --exclude='.build/node_modules_cache' --exclude='.build/node_modules_list.txt' --exclude='.build/distro' -f $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/compilation.tar.gz .build out-* test/integration/browser/out test/smoke/out test/automation/out
       displayName: Compress compilation artifact
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ steps:
     - script: yarn download-builtin-extensions-cg
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: "$(github-distro-mixin-password)"
-      displayName: Built-in extensions component details
+      displayName: Download component details of built-in extensions
 
     - task: ms.vss-governance-buildtask.governance-build-task-component-detection.ComponentGovernanceComponentDetection@0
       displayName: "Component Detection"
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-publish.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-publish.yml
index aa4736874fc..32b0f730551 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-publish.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-publish.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: Download all artifacts_processed text files
 
   - task: AzureCLI@2
+    displayName: Fetch secrets
     inputs:
       azureSubscription: "vscode-builds-subscription"
       scriptType: pscore
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ steps:
         Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET;issecret=true]$env:servicePrincipalKey"
 
   - task: AzureCLI@2
+    displayName: Fetch Mooncake secrets
     inputs:
       azureSubscription: "vscode-builds-mooncake-subscription"
       scriptType: pscore
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ steps:
 
   - publish: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/artifacts_processed_$(System.StageAttempt)/artifacts_processed_$(System.StageAttempt).txt
     artifact: artifacts_processed_$(System.StageAttempt)
-    displayName: Publish what artifacts were published for this stage attempt
+    displayName: Publish the artifacts processed for this stage attempt
     condition: always()
 
   - pwsh: |
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-release.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-release.yml
index 93f5fe9568a..7ab077f3699 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-release.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-release.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ steps:
       versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - task: AzureCLI@2
+    displayName: Fetch secrets
     inputs:
       azureSubscription: "vscode-builds-subscription"
       scriptType: pscore
@@ -26,3 +27,4 @@ steps:
       AZURE_CLIENT_ID="$(AZURE_CLIENT_ID)" \
       AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET="$(AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET)" \
       node build/azure-pipelines/common/releaseBuild.js ${{ parameters.VSCODE_RELEASE }}
+    displayName: Release build
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/publish-types/publish-types.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/publish-types/publish-types.yml
index 6e2e6bedac1..fadb7c8381f 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/publish-types/publish-types.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/publish-types/publish-types.yml
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ steps:
       --data '{"channel":"'"$CHANNEL"'", "link_names": true, "text":"'"$MESSAGE2"'"}' \
       https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage
 
-    displayName: Send message on Slack
+    displayName: Send message linking to changes on Slack
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32.yml
index 7391638cf68..ebfbc701146 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ steps:
     - powershell: yarn gulp "transpile-client-swc" "transpile-extensions"
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: "$(github-distro-mixin-password)"
-      displayName: Transpile
+      displayName: Transpile client and extensions
 
   - ${{ else }}:
     - ${{ if and(ne(parameters.VSCODE_CIBUILD, true), eq(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'insider')) }}:
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ steps:
         displayName: Find ESRP CLI
 
       - powershell: node build\azure-pipelines\common\sign $env:EsrpCliDllPath windows $(ESRP-PKI) $(esrp-aad-username) $(esrp-aad-password) $(CodeSigningFolderPath) '*.dll,*.exe,*.node'
-        displayName: Codesign
+        displayName: Codesign executables and shared libraries
 
     - ${{ if eq(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'insider') }}:
       - powershell: node build\azure-pipelines\common\sign $env:EsrpCliDllPath windows-appx $(ESRP-PKI) $(esrp-aad-username) $(esrp-aad-password) $(CodeSigningFolderPath) '*.appx'