From 1c28afd2df73799caf07e7aefc97d72e805de824 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramsessanchez <63934382+ramsessanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:38:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] chore: kiota is now downloaded from nuget rather than
 built locally during pipeline

---
 .azure-pipelines/generation-pipeline.yml        |  6 ------
 .../build-and-publish-kiota.yml                 | 17 +++--------------
 .../generation-templates/download-kiota.yml     |  5 -----
 .../language-generation-kiota.yml               |  2 +-
 .../set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml             |  5 ++++-
 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .azure-pipelines/generation-templates/download-kiota.yml

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-pipeline.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-pipeline.yml
index 39280ede9..cf9d1baa6 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-pipeline.yml
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ resources:
     type: github
     endpoint: microsoftgraph (22)
     name: microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-docs
-  - repository: kiota
-    type: github
-    endpoint: microsoftkiota
-    name: microsoft/kiota
   - repository: Agents-M365Copilot
     type: github
     endpoint: microsoftkiota
@@ -175,8 +171,6 @@ extends:
   parameters:
     sdl:
       sourceRepositoriesToScan:
-        include:
-        - repository: kiota
         exclude:
         - repository: msgraph-sdk-dotnet
         - repository: msgraph-beta-sdk-dotnet
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
index 1a5a996a1..90a52a2b5 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
 steps:
 - template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/use-dotnet-sdk.yml@self
   parameters:
-    version: "10.x" #kiota uses a net10 target
+    version: "10.x"
 
-- checkout: kiota
-  displayName: checkout kiota
-  fetchDepth: 1
-
-- pwsh: dotnet build $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/src/kiota/kiota.csproj --configuration $(buildConfiguration)
-  displayName: 'Build Kiota'
-
-- task: CopyFiles@2
-  inputs:
-    sourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/src/kiota/bin/$(BuildConfiguration)/net10.0'
-    contents: '**/*'
-    targetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
-  displayName: Copy Kiota executable
\ No newline at end of file
+- bash: dotnet tool install Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota --tool-path $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+  displayName: 'Install latest Kiota from NuGet'
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/download-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/download-kiota.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ec33e096..000000000
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/download-kiota.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# This Yaml Document has been converted by ESAI Yaml Pipeline Conversion Tool.
-# Please make sure to check all the converted content, it is your team's responsibility to make sure that the pipeline is still valid and functions as expected.
-# The 'DownloadBuildArtifacts@0' tasks have been converted to inputs within the `templateContext` section of each job.
-steps:
-- bash: chmod +x $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/kiota/kiota
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml
index aedeb6c82..847fda7b0 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ steps:
         Write-Warning "Kiota directory not found: $(kiotaDirectory)"
     }
   displayName: 'List files in Kiota directory'
-- pwsh: '& "$(kiotaDirectory)/kiota.exe" generate --openapi "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/msgraph-metadata/${{ parameters.cleanMetadataFolder }}/openapi.yaml" --language "${{ parameters.language }}" -o "$(kiotaDirectory)/output" -n "${{ parameters.targetNamespace }}" -c "${{ parameters.targetClassName }}" ${{ parameters.customArguments }} ${{ parameters.pathExclusionArguments }}'
+- pwsh: '& "$(kiotaDirectory)/kiota" generate --openapi "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/msgraph-metadata/${{ parameters.cleanMetadataFolder }}/openapi.yaml" --language "${{ parameters.language }}" -o "$(kiotaDirectory)/output" -n "${{ parameters.targetNamespace }}" -c "${{ parameters.targetClassName }}" ${{ parameters.customArguments }} ${{ parameters.pathExclusionArguments }}'
   displayName: 'Run Kiota for ${{ parameters.language }} ${{ parameters.version }}'
   env:
     KIOTA_GENERATION:EXPORTPUBLICAPI: ${{ parameters.exportDom }}
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
index 980cad008..91682461c 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ steps:
 - template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-user-config.yml@self
 - template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/use-dotnet-sdk.yml@self
   parameters:
-    version: "10.x" #kiota uses a net10 target
+    version: "10.x"
+
+- bash: chmod +x $(kiotaDirectory)/kiota
+  displayName: 'Make Kiota executable'
 
 # checkout metadata repo if capture and clean step is skipped
 - checkout: msgraph-metadata

From 3eef546c9ebbb3862f8e4360447cc7feb65bf13b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramsessanchez <63934382+ramsessanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:29:27 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] download binaries from github releases

---
 .../generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
index 90a52a2b5..3a34ede19 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 steps:
-- template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/use-dotnet-sdk.yml@self
-  parameters:
-    version: "10.x"
-
-- bash: dotnet tool install Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota --tool-path $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-  displayName: 'Install latest Kiota from NuGet'
+- bash: |
+    LATEST_TAG=$(curl -sL -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective}" "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/latest" | rev | cut -d'/' -f1 | rev)
+    echo "Downloading Kiota $LATEST_TAG"
+    curl -L "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/download/${LATEST_TAG}/linux-x64.zip" -o kiota.zip
+    unzip kiota.zip -d $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+  displayName: 'Download latest Kiota from GitHub'

From 009eca402008aaad8caa1b29e3b28a688888bbec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramsessanchez <63934382+ramsessanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:22:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] get kiota binary download link

---
 .../build-and-publish-kiota.yml                     | 13 ++++++++++---
 submodules/vipr                                     |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
index 3a34ede19..6b3dfde7d 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 steps:
 - bash: |
-    LATEST_TAG=$(curl -sL -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective}" "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/latest" | rev | cut -d'/' -f1 | rev)
+    RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/kiota/releases/latest")
+    LATEST_TAG=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.tag_name')
+    ASSET_URL=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | test("linux-x64")) | .browser_download_url')
     echo "Downloading Kiota $LATEST_TAG"
-    curl -L "https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases/download/${LATEST_TAG}/linux-x64.zip" -o kiota.zip
-    unzip kiota.zip -d $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+    echo "Asset URL: $ASSET_URL"
+    curl -L "$ASSET_URL" -o kiota_download
+    if [[ "$ASSET_URL" == *.zip ]]; then
+      unzip kiota_download -d $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+    else
+      tar -xzf kiota_download -C $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+    fi
   displayName: 'Download latest Kiota from GitHub'
diff --git a/submodules/vipr b/submodules/vipr
index 0921e5504..c5c220440 160000
--- a/submodules/vipr
+++ b/submodules/vipr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0921e550479b18d11ccccc4f21ce4c72c8170b9b
+Subproject commit c5c2204400b27503a3b9fb75a36b5a3cf9ed90f0

From 3fa9fcedb4d81ec601ec4785b45e4626f533d8b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramsessanchez <63934382+ramsessanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:43:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] extract kiota to correct directory

---
 .../generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml   | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
index 6b3dfde7d..562744cb1 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ steps:
     echo "Downloading Kiota $LATEST_TAG"
     echo "Asset URL: $ASSET_URL"
     curl -L "$ASSET_URL" -o kiota_download
+    mkdir -p /tmp/kiota_extract
     if [[ "$ASSET_URL" == *.zip ]]; then
-      unzip kiota_download -d $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+      unzip kiota_download -d /tmp/kiota_extract
     else
-      tar -xzf kiota_download -C $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+      tar -xzf kiota_download -C /tmp/kiota_extract
     fi
+    echo "=== Extracted contents ==="
+    find /tmp/kiota_extract -type f
+    KIOTA_BIN=$(find /tmp/kiota_extract -name kiota -type f | head -1)
+    echo "Found Kiota binary at: $KIOTA_BIN"
+    cp "$KIOTA_BIN" $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/kiota
   displayName: 'Download latest Kiota from GitHub'

From 77326825b9c1d862076473105c712042a902d57a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramsessanchez <63934382+ramsessanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:20:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] swith to pwsh

---
 .../build-and-publish-kiota.yml               | 40 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
index 562744cb1..50e447b75 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 steps:
-- bash: |
-    RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/kiota/releases/latest")
-    LATEST_TAG=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.tag_name')
-    ASSET_URL=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | test("linux-x64")) | .browser_download_url')
-    echo "Downloading Kiota $LATEST_TAG"
-    echo "Asset URL: $ASSET_URL"
-    curl -L "$ASSET_URL" -o kiota_download
-    mkdir -p /tmp/kiota_extract
-    if [[ "$ASSET_URL" == *.zip ]]; then
-      unzip kiota_download -d /tmp/kiota_extract
-    else
-      tar -xzf kiota_download -C /tmp/kiota_extract
-    fi
-    echo "=== Extracted contents ==="
-    find /tmp/kiota_extract -type f
-    KIOTA_BIN=$(find /tmp/kiota_extract -name kiota -type f | head -1)
-    echo "Found Kiota binary at: $KIOTA_BIN"
-    cp "$KIOTA_BIN" $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/kiota
+- pwsh: |
+    $releaseJson = Invoke-RestMethod "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/kiota/releases/latest"
+    $latestTag = $releaseJson.tag_name
+    $platform = if ($IsLinux) { "linux-x64" } elseif ($IsMacOS) { "osx-x64" } else { "win-x64" }
+    $asset = $releaseJson.assets | Where-Object { $_.name -match $platform } | Select-Object -First 1
+    Write-Host "Downloading Kiota $latestTag"
+    Write-Host "Asset URL: $($asset.browser_download_url)"
+    $tmpDir = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
+    $downloadPath = Join-Path $tmpDir "kiota_download"
+    $extractPath = Join-Path $tmpDir "kiota_extract"
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $extractPath | Out-Null
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $asset.browser_download_url -OutFile $downloadPath
+    if ($asset.name -match "\.zip$") {
+      Expand-Archive -Path $downloadPath -DestinationPath $extractPath -Force
+    } else {
+      tar -xzf $downloadPath -C $extractPath
+    }
+    $kiotaBin = Get-ChildItem -Path $extractPath -Filter "kiota" -Recurse -File | Select-Object -First 1
+    Write-Host "Found Kiota binary at: $($kiotaBin.FullName)"
+    $stagingDir = "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)"
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $stagingDir | Out-Null
+    Copy-Item -Path $kiotaBin.FullName -Destination (Join-Path $stagingDir "kiota")
   displayName: 'Download latest Kiota from GitHub'

From 8b3417c4323721811c80a5aba680a503c1a276e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramsessanchez <63934382+ramsessanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:55:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] revert to bash, ensure correct extraction path

---
 .../generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml          | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
index 50e447b75..fa510b580 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ steps:
     } else {
       tar -xzf $downloadPath -C $extractPath
     }
-    $kiotaBin = Get-ChildItem -Path $extractPath -Filter "kiota" -Recurse -File | Select-Object -First 1
+    # Match 'kiota' or 'kiota.exe' via BaseName
+    $kiotaBin = Get-ChildItem -Path $extractPath -Recurse -File | Where-Object { $_.BaseName -eq "kiota" } | Select-Object -First 1
     Write-Host "Found Kiota binary at: $($kiotaBin.FullName)"
     $stagingDir = "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)"
     New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $stagingDir | Out-Null
+    # Always copy as 'kiota' (no extension) so downstream steps are platform-agnostic
     Copy-Item -Path $kiotaBin.FullName -Destination (Join-Path $stagingDir "kiota")
   displayName: 'Download latest Kiota from GitHub'

From 49c19f689056f5af6267c2acc109bf800f1c641f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramsessanchez <63934382+ramsessanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:55:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] revert to bash

---
 .../build-and-publish-kiota.yml               | 41 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
index fa510b580..8790df160 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,19 @@
 steps:
-- pwsh: |
-    $releaseJson = Invoke-RestMethod "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/kiota/releases/latest"
-    $latestTag = $releaseJson.tag_name
-    $platform = if ($IsLinux) { "linux-x64" } elseif ($IsMacOS) { "osx-x64" } else { "win-x64" }
-    $asset = $releaseJson.assets | Where-Object { $_.name -match $platform } | Select-Object -First 1
-    Write-Host "Downloading Kiota $latestTag"
-    Write-Host "Asset URL: $($asset.browser_download_url)"
-    $tmpDir = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
-    $downloadPath = Join-Path $tmpDir "kiota_download"
-    $extractPath = Join-Path $tmpDir "kiota_extract"
-    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $extractPath | Out-Null
-    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $asset.browser_download_url -OutFile $downloadPath
-    if ($asset.name -match "\.zip$") {
-      Expand-Archive -Path $downloadPath -DestinationPath $extractPath -Force
-    } else {
-      tar -xzf $downloadPath -C $extractPath
-    }
-    # Match 'kiota' or 'kiota.exe' via BaseName
-    $kiotaBin = Get-ChildItem -Path $extractPath -Recurse -File | Where-Object { $_.BaseName -eq "kiota" } | Select-Object -First 1
-    Write-Host "Found Kiota binary at: $($kiotaBin.FullName)"
-    $stagingDir = "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)"
-    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $stagingDir | Out-Null
-    # Always copy as 'kiota' (no extension) so downstream steps are platform-agnostic
-    Copy-Item -Path $kiotaBin.FullName -Destination (Join-Path $stagingDir "kiota")
+- bash: |
+    RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/kiota/releases/latest")
+    LATEST_TAG=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.tag_name')
+    ASSET_URL=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | test("linux-x64")) | .browser_download_url')
+    echo "Downloading Kiota $LATEST_TAG"
+    echo "Asset URL: $ASSET_URL"
+    curl -L "$ASSET_URL" -o kiota_download
+    mkdir -p /tmp/kiota_extract
+    if [[ "$ASSET_URL" == *.zip ]]; then
+      unzip kiota_download -d /tmp/kiota_extract
+    else
+      tar -xzf kiota_download -C /tmp/kiota_extract
+    fi
+    KIOTA_BIN=$(find /tmp/kiota_extract -name kiota -type f | head -1)
+    echo "Found Kiota binary at: $KIOTA_BIN"
+    mkdir -p "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)"
+    cp "$KIOTA_BIN" "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/kiota"
   displayName: 'Download latest Kiota from GitHub'

From 7e8aaa5547644bf4fe4c7a6c4cd900b3bc1ea42b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramsessanchez <63934382+ramsessanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:38:51 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] make kiota exe path resillient

---
 .../language-generation-kiota.yml                    |  2 +-
 .../set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml                  | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml
index 847fda7b0..3c122c707 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ steps:
         Write-Warning "Kiota directory not found: $(kiotaDirectory)"
     }
   displayName: 'List files in Kiota directory'
-- pwsh: '& "$(kiotaDirectory)/kiota" generate --openapi "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/msgraph-metadata/${{ parameters.cleanMetadataFolder }}/openapi.yaml" --language "${{ parameters.language }}" -o "$(kiotaDirectory)/output" -n "${{ parameters.targetNamespace }}" -c "${{ parameters.targetClassName }}" ${{ parameters.customArguments }} ${{ parameters.pathExclusionArguments }}'
+- pwsh: '& "$(kiotaExecutable)" generate --openapi "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/msgraph-metadata/${{ parameters.cleanMetadataFolder }}/openapi.yaml" --language "${{ parameters.language }}" -o "$(kiotaDirectory)/output" -n "${{ parameters.targetNamespace }}" -c "${{ parameters.targetClassName }}" ${{ parameters.customArguments }} ${{ parameters.pathExclusionArguments }}'
   displayName: 'Run Kiota for ${{ parameters.language }} ${{ parameters.version }}'
   env:
     KIOTA_GENERATION:EXPORTPUBLICAPI: ${{ parameters.exportDom }}
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
index 91682461c..525ed1edd 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,17 @@ steps:
   parameters:
     version: "10.x"
 
-- bash: chmod +x $(kiotaDirectory)/kiota
+- bash: |
+    KIOTA_BIN=$(find "$(kiotaDirectory)" -name "kiota" -type f | head -1)
+    if [ -z "$KIOTA_BIN" ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: kiota binary not found under $(kiotaDirectory)"
+      echo "Directory contents:"
+      ls -laR "$(kiotaDirectory)" || echo "Directory does not exist"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    chmod +x "$KIOTA_BIN"
+    echo "Kiota binary ready at: $KIOTA_BIN"
+    echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=kiotaExecutable]$KIOTA_BIN"
   displayName: 'Make Kiota executable'
 
 # checkout metadata repo if capture and clean step is skipped