MSBuild fails for .NET Core SDK Version 2.2.202

Question

After downloading and installing Visual Studio 2019 RC, I cannot run msbuild, and get the following error:

\"Version 2.2.202 of the .NET Core SDK requires a

Answer 1

For people coming here because they have the in Azure DevOps Pipelines - here some pointers for that.

If you have a private agent pool configured (e.g. private build machine), you might want to update your machine to support a more recent MSBuild version. See other answers.

If you don't have configured a build agent and use a default agent pool provided by Azure DevOps itself (e.g. "Hosted" or VS2019), see if there is a newer Hosted one that supports your configuration. See screenshot below where to look.