chore: kiota is downloaded instead of built during generation

.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

.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
+- bash: dotnet tool install Microsoft.OpenApi.Kiota --tool-path $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+  displayName: 'Install latest Kiota from NuGet'

.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 }}

.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