Feature: bump to .NET 6

[gautamdsheth]

Type

• Bug Fix
• New Feature
• Sample

Related Issues?

NA

What is in this Pull Request ?

Updates the project to support .NET 6 since .NET core 3.1 is getting out of support

[KoenZomers]

Compiles in VS Code, compiles in VS20212
Works in Azure Functions when setting it to PowerShell 7.2, does not work under PowerShell 7.0
Does not currently work in Azure Automation Runbooks

[gautamdsheth]

@KoenZomers - can you give it a try whenever you have sometime on Azure runbooks and functions ? Added some backward compatibility so that it continues to work on older runtimes. Will also have to edit the build-nightly.ps1 file as well to update the path.

[KoenZomers]

As discussed, this one will be merged shortly after the 1.12 release as the current Azure Functions, even v4, even PS7.2, are using an old, deprecated DLL which prevent us from making this version work under it.

[KoenZomers]

Works well on Azure Functions with PowerShell 7.2 support which are to be release in January.
Works almost well on Azure Runbooks with PowerShell 7,2. Still some last quirks to iron out.

[jebalert]

Have implications been considered when it comes to running this in an Azure Function in other environments outside of the commercial space? E.g., Gov Clouds