PR Summary

This pull request includes several changes to pipeline configurations and templates to improve the build and release processes. The most important changes are grouped by theme and listed below.

Pipeline Configuration Updates:

• .pipelines/PowerShell-Release-Official.yml: Disabled credential scanning in the Linux package job and updated the PMC publish job to useapprovalJob.yml template with new parameters for better clarity and control.[1][2]

Template Enhancements:

• .pipelines/templates/release-create-msix.yml: Replaced Azure PowerShell task for installingmakeappx tool with inline PowerShell script to handle module installation and tool discovery more robustly.[1][2]
• .pipelines/templates/release-validate-fxdpackages.yml: Changed parameter definitions to use named parameters with types and defaults, and added a new parameterenableCredScan to control credential scanning.[1][2]

Security and Compliance:

• .pipelines/templates/uploadToAzure.yml: Enabled SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) generation by default for better compliance tracking and adjusted file filtering to exclude files with-gc in their names from GitHub release packages.[1][2]

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