[ci]Proper workaround for the vc tools version check (#37130)

* Revert "[ci]Remove vc tools version workaround (#37098)"

This reverts commit 2c069ce.

* Adopt the same workaround as in Terminal

.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml

@@ -204,6 +204,13 @@ jobs:
   - ${{ if eq(parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK, false)}}:
     - template: .\steps-restore-nuget.yml
 
+  - pwsh: |-
+      & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1"
+    displayName: Work around DD-1541167 (VCToolsVersion)
+    ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+      env:
+        VCWhereExtraVersionTarget: '-prerelease'
+
   - pwsh: |-
       & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\installWiX.ps1"
     displayName: Download and install WiX 3.14 development build

.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+$VSInstances = ([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -include packages -format xml))
+$VSPackages = $VSInstances.instances.instance.packages.package
+$LatestVCPackage = ($VSInstances.instances.instance.packages.package | ? { $_.id -eq "Microsoft.VisualCpp.Tools.Core" })
+$LatestVCToolsVersion = $LatestVCPackage.version;
+Write-Output "Latest VCToolsVersion: $LatestVCToolsVersion"
+Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job"
+Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion"