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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ A few tasks seem to be getting the most demand. I've added a pre-built extension

* 🛍️ [AppCenter for Azure DevOps Server](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jessehouwing.appcenter)
* 🛍️ [Apple Xcode for Azure DevOps Server](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jessehouwing.Apple-Xcode)
* 🛍️ [DotNetCore 6 and 7 for Azure DevOps Server](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jessehouwing.dotnetcore)
* 🛍️ [DotNetCore for Azure DevOps Server](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jessehouwing.dotnetcore)
* 🛍️ [Nuget (Deprecated)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jessehouwing.nuget-deprecated)
* 🛍️ [Pre and post script tasks](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jessehouwing.pre-post-tasks)
* 🛍️ [Visual Studio 2022 for Azure DevOps Server](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jessehouwing.visualstudio)
* 🛍️ [Visual Studio for Azure DevOps Server](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jessehouwing.visualstudio)

These extensions install the side-by-side version into your Azure DevOps Server.

# Required agent version

You will need to [install a recent agent (2.195.0 or newer) from the azure-pipelines-agent repository](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent/releases) for it to auto-detect Visual Studio 2022, or alternatively add the capabilities to the agent manually.
You will need to [install a recent agent from the azure-pipelines-agent repository](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent/releases) for it to auto-detect the latets version of Visual Studio, or alternatively add the capabilities to the agent manually.

You may need to force Azure DevOps Server to not downgrade back to its preferred agent version. You can do so by setting the following environment variable at the system level on your server before launching the agent:

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exec prc_UpdateRegistry 1, @keyvalues
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# DotNetCore 6 and 7 tasks for Azure DevOps Server
# DotNetCore tasks for Azure DevOps Server

This extension will install the DotNetCore tasks with support for DotNetCore 6 and 7 into your Azure DevOps Server.
This extension will install the DotNetCore tasks with support for the current versions of DotNetCore into your Azure DevOps Server.

These tasks are installed side-by-side the original tasks

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## Required agent version

You will need to [install a recent agent (2.195.0 or newer) from the azure-pipelines-agent repository](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent/releases) for it to auto-detect Visual Studio 2022, or alternatively add the capabilities to the agent manually.
You will need to [install a recent agent from the azure-pipelines-agent repository](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent/releases) for it to auto-detect Visual Studio, or alternatively add the capabilities to the agent manually.

You may need to force Azure DevOps Server to not downgrade back to its preferred agent version. You can do so by setting the following environment variable at the system level on your server before launching the agent:

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## Required agent version

You will need to [install a recent agent (2.195.0 or newer) from the azure-pipelines-agent repository](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent/releases) for it to auto-detect Visual Studio 2022, or alternatively add the capabilities to the agent manually.
You will need to [install a recent agent from the azure-pipelines-agent repository](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent/releases) for it to auto-detect Visual Studio, or alternatively add the capabilities to the agent manually.

You may need to force Azure DevOps Server to not downgrade back to its preferred agent version. You can do so by setting the following environment variable at the system level on your server before launching the agent:

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