Backport VS Release Images fix to release/8.0.4xx#51626
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[WIP] Backport VS Release Images changes to 8.0.4xx
Backport VS Release Images fix to release/8.0.4xx
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Backports #51558 to release/8.0.4xx. VS Release images reject preview SDKs by default, causing MSBuild SDK resolver to fail finding internal SDKs during Helix test runs.
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eng/enable-preview-sdks.ps1: Modifies VS user settings to enable preview SDKs by settingUsePreviews=Truein the VS instance-specificsdk.txtfileUpdated
build/RunTestsOnHelix.cmd: Invokes enable-preview-sdks.ps1 before MSBuild path resolution to ensure preview SDKs are enabled during test executionFixed
eng/common/tools.ps1LocateVisualStudiofunction: Safely handles missingvsproperty in global.json to prevent Arcade from failing when VS requirements are undefinedOriginal prompt
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