Azure DevOps PowerShell Tasks Fail with NativeCommandError RemoteException

If you run into the error mentioned with the Hosted Build Agents on Windows - I've seen this with the Windows-2019 images -- and you're truly not using PowerShell remoting - a simple switch to the PowerShell core version of the task works - pwsh

CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:String) [], RemoteException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

So, the following

  steps:
  - checkout: curl
  - powershell: |

Becomes:

  steps:
  - checkout: curl
  - pwsh: |

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Copy a Hyper-V VM with - "The key protector could not be unwrapped. Details are included in the HostGuardianService-Client event log"

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Start with the basics... 1. Do people know what they need to work on? 2. Do they know how it will all fit together? 3. Do they know what success looks like? 4. Do they know the tech needed to do it? 5. Do I (as the SM/team lead/

So, the following

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