diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index aedbe8e3..c9eaaa32 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ stages:
               test: 'devel/sanity/extra'
             - name: Units
               test: 'devel/units/1'
+  - stage: Ansible_2_15
+    displayName: Sanity & Units 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          targets:
+            - name: Sanity
+              test: '2.15/sanity/1'
+            - name: Units
+              test: '2.15/units/1'
   - stage: Ansible_2_14
     displayName: Sanity & Units 2.14
     dependsOn: []
@@ -107,8 +118,6 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
             - name: Fedora 37
               test: fedora37
             - name: openSUSE 15
@@ -122,6 +131,19 @@ stages:
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
+  - stage: Docker_2_15
+    displayName: Docker 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: CentOS 7
+              test: centos7
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
   - stage: Docker_2_14
     displayName: Docker 2.14
     dependsOn: []
@@ -222,8 +244,6 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - name: macOS 13.2
               test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
             - name: RHEL 9.1
               test: rhel/9.1
             - name: FreeBSD 12.4
@@ -233,6 +253,19 @@ stages:
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
+  - stage: Remote_2_15
+    displayName: Remote 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 7.9
+              test: rhel/7.9
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
   - stage: Remote_2_14
     displayName: Remote 2.14
     dependsOn: []
@@ -299,11 +332,24 @@ stages:
             - test: 3.7
             # - test: 3.8
             # - test: 3.9
-            - test: "3.10"
+            # - test: "3.10"
             - test: "3.11"
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
+  - stage: Generic_2_15
+    displayName: Generic 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: "3.10"
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
   - stage: Generic_2_14
     displayName: Generic 2.14
     dependsOn: []
@@ -351,20 +397,24 @@ stages:
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Ansible_devel
+      - Ansible_2_15
       - Ansible_2_14
       - Ansible_2_13
       - Ansible_2_12
       - Remote_devel_extra_vms
       - Remote_devel
+      - Remote_2_15
       - Remote_2_14
       - Remote_2_13
       - Remote_2_12
       - Docker_devel
+      - Docker_2_15
       - Docker_2_14
       - Docker_2_13
       - Docker_2_12
       - Docker_community_devel
       - Generic_devel
+      - Generic_2_15
       - Generic_2_14
       - Generic_2_13
       - Generic_2_12
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca127b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py replace-urlopen
+tests/ee/roles/smoke/library/smoke_ipaddress.py shebang
+tests/ee/roles/smoke/library/smoke_pyyaml.py shebang
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt.license b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt.license
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edff8c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project