PR Summary

This pull request includes several updates to the pipeline configuration files to enhance the build and release processes. The most important changes include modifications to the tsaoptions.json file, updates to the pipeline YAML files for SDK validation, VPack creation, and the addition of new YAML files for API scan and notice generation.

Pipeline Configuration Updates:

• .pipelines/PowerShell-Release-Official.yml:

  • Added PoolNames group to variables.
  • Updated SDK validation parameters to include imageName and poolName.

• .pipelines/PowerShell-vPack-Official.yml:

  • Changed the default value of createVPack parameter to true.

New Pipeline YAML Files:

• .pipelines/apiscan-gen-notice.yml:

  • Added a new YAML file for API scan and notice generation with detailed variables, resources, and stages configuration.

• .pipelines/templates/compliance/apiscan.yml:

  • Introduced a new YAML file for API scan jobs with specific steps to install modules, download artifacts, and build the source.

• .pipelines/templates/compliance/generateNotice.yml:

  • Created a new YAML file to generate a notice file, including steps for component detection and uploading the notice.

Other Changes:

• .config/tsaoptions.json:

  • Updated the areaPath to include pwsh.

• .pipelines/templates/obp-file-signing.yml:

  • Added a task to sign pwsh.exe with a Windows certificate and verify its signature.

• .pipelines/templates/release-MakeBlobPublic.yml:

  • Modified the job to copy release packages to PSInfra storage instead of making the blob public.
  • Updated the script to copy blobs to PSInfra storage.

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