Increment package version after release of Azure.Identity (Azure#53062)

Author: azure-sdk

sdk/identity/Azure.Identity/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 1.18.0-beta.1 (Unreleased)
+
+### Features Added
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+### Other Changes
+
 ## 1.17.0 (2025-10-07)
 
 ### Bugs Fixed

sdk/identity/Azure.Identity/src/Azure.Identity.csproj

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Provides APIs for authenticating to Microsoft Entra ID</Description>
     <AssemblyTitle>Microsoft Azure.Identity Component</AssemblyTitle>
-    <Version>1.17.0</Version>
+    <Version>1.18.0-beta.1</Version>
     <!--The ApiCompatVersion is managed automatically and should not generally be modified manually.-->
-    <ApiCompatVersion>1.16.0</ApiCompatVersion>
+    <ApiCompatVersion>1.17.0</ApiCompatVersion>
     <PackageTags>Microsoft Azure Identity;$(PackageCommonTags)</PackageTags>
     <TargetFrameworks>$(RequiredTargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);3021;AZC0011</NoWarn>