diff --git a/azure-mvn-settings.xml b/azure-mvn-settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..713429bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azure-mvn-settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<settings>
+  <mirrors>
+    <mirror>
+      <id>jboss-public-repository-group</id>
+      <mirrorOf>*,!redhat-ga-repository,!protean-nexus-release,!protean-nexus-snapshot</mirrorOf>
+      <name>jboss</name>
+      <url>http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/developer/</url>
+    </mirror>
+  </mirrors>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>jboss-nexus</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>jboss-public-repository-group</id>
+          <name>JBoss Public Repository Group</name>
+          <url>http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
+          <layout>default</layout>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+          <id>redhat-ga-repository</id>
+          <name>Red Hat GA repository</name>
+          <url>http://maven.repository.redhat.com/ga/</url>
+          <layout>default</layout>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+            <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+          </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+              <enabled>false</enabled>
+              <updatePolicy>daily</updatePolicy>
+           </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <!-- Forgot the password? see https://github.com/protean-project/hibernate-protean/wiki/Protean-Nexus-credentials -->
+        <repository>
+            <id>protean-nexus-release</id>
+            <name>Protean AWS Nexus - Releases</name>
+            <url>http://ec2-18-234-117-118.compute-1.amazonaws.com:8081/nexus/content/repositories/releases/</url>
+            <layout>default</layout>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+                <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <!-- Forgot the password? see https://github.com/protean-project/hibernate-protean/wiki/Protean-Nexus-credentials -->
+        <repository>
+            <id>protean-nexus-snapshot</id>
+            <name>Protean AWS Nexus - Snapshots</name>
+            <url>http://ec2-18-234-117-118.compute-1.amazonaws.com:8081/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+            <layout>default</layout>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+                <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+                <!-- 10 minutes. Or enforce refresh by using -U option to Maven -->
+                <updatePolicy>daily</updatePolicy>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>jboss-nexus</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 9980aecfa..427e7e8eb 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: 'Maven Build'
     inputs:
       goals: 'install'
-      options: '-Dnative-image.docker-build -Dno-postgres -Dnative-image.xmx=4g'
+      options: '--settings azure-mvn-settings.xml -Dnative-image.docker-build -Dno-postgres -Dnative-image.xmx=4g'
 
   - script: |
       docker build -f docker/strict-example/Dockerfile -t jtgdocker1/shamrock-strict-example examples/strict/