error NETSDK1045 on Azure DevOps: “The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Core 2.2”

[BryanWilhite]

2019-01-08T22:43:47.9791019Z          C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.402\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.TargetFrameworkInference.targets(137,5): error NETSDK1045: The current .NET SDK does not support targeting .NET Core 2.2.  Either target .NET Core 2.1 or lower, or use a version of the .NET SDK that supports .NET Core 2.2. [D:\a\1\s\Songhay.Blog.Repository.Tests\Songhay.Blog.Repository.Tests.csproj]

[BryanWilhite]

This issue addresses the problem: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/411400/nuget-restore-task-is-failing-on-azure-devops-afte.html

the agent running the build does not come with .NET 2.2.x:

[BryanWilhite]

adding this build step:

- task: DotNetCoreInstaller@0
  displayName: 'Use .NET Core sdk 2.2.102'
  inputs:
    version: 2.2.102

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[BryanWilhite]