From 16ca58499038f1a20b06aa432fa6099fc58e0473 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aditya Patwardhan <adityap@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:54:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [release/v7.4.14] Bring Release Changes from v7.6.0-preview.6
 (#26911)

Co-authored-by: Travis Plunk <travis.plunk@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Justin Chung <124807742+jshigetomi@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .pipelines/templates/release-MSIX-Publish.yml |  4 ++--
 build.psm1                                    | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/release-MSIX-Publish.yml b/.pipelines/templates/release-MSIX-Publish.yml
index 47be4e0db2..7f01e16afd 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/release-MSIX-Publish.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/release-MSIX-Publish.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
 
   - task: MS-RDX-MRO.windows-store-publish.publish-task.store-publish@3
     displayName: 'Publish StoreBroker Package (Stable/LTS)'
-    condition: and(ne('${{ parameters.skipMSIXPublish }}', 'true'), or(eq('$(STABLE)', 'true'), eq('$(LTS)', 'true')))
+    condition: and(ne('${{ parameters.skipMSIXPublish }}', 'true'), or(eq(variables['STABLE'], 'true'), eq(variables['LTS'], 'true')))
     inputs:
       serviceEndpoint: 'StoreAppPublish-Stable'
       appId: '$(AppID)'
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
 
   - task: MS-RDX-MRO.windows-store-publish.publish-task.store-publish@3
     displayName: 'Publish StoreBroker Package (Preview)'
-    condition: and(ne('${{ parameters.skipMSIXPublish }}', 'true'), eq('$(PREVIEW)', 'true'))
+    condition: and(ne('${{ parameters.skipMSIXPublish }}', 'true'), eq(variables['PREVIEW'], 'true'))
     inputs:
       serviceEndpoint: 'StoreAppPublish-Preview'
       appId: '$(AppID)'
diff --git a/build.psm1 b/build.psm1
index ddd5014d0d..f48a581514 100644
--- a/build.psm1
+++ b/build.psm1
@@ -2530,6 +2530,23 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
             Write-LogGroupEnd -Title "Install Windows Dependencies"
         }
 
+        # Ensure dotnet is available
+        Find-Dotnet
+
+        if (-not $env:TF_BUILD) {
+            if ($Scenario -in 'All', 'Tools') {
+                Write-LogGroupStart -Title "Install .NET Global Tools"
+                Write-Log -message "Installing .NET global tools"
+
+                # Install dotnet-format
+                Write-Verbose -Verbose "Installing dotnet-format global tool"
+                Start-NativeExecution {
+                    dotnet tool install --global dotnet-format
+                }
+                Write-LogGroupEnd -Title "Install .NET Global Tools"
+            }
+        }
+
         if ($env:TF_BUILD) {
             Write-LogGroupStart -Title "Capture NuGet Sources"
             Write-Verbose -Verbose "--- Start - Capturing nuget sources"
@@ -3980,4 +3997,4 @@ function Set-PipelineVariable {
 
     # also set in the current session
     Set-Item -Path "env:$Name" -Value $Value
-}
+}
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