dotnet-1.18.1-rc

Changes:

• 09190d0 .Net: [Feature Branch] .Net: Increase RC package version to 1.18.1 (#8400)
• 4d4e3ad .Net: OpenAI V2 Version Update and Adjustments (#8392)
• c262d99 Resolve merge from main
• c93a56a Namespace in sample
• 5774c73 Sync new sample
• 3b95272 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• ac038d2 Resolve sync with main
• 86e1df6 .Net: OpenAI V2 - Prompty UT Fix (#8277)
• f673b55 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai

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• 45169b9 .Net: AzureOpenAI - Enable package validation (#8097) [ #7558 ]
• 9e59698 .Net Agents - Assistant V2 Migration (#7126)
• 8be28e1 .Net: OpenAI V2 - Small fix (#8015)
• 73319b1 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 196cadd Update base package version
• a18953f .Net: Enable code coverage for OpenAi connectors (#7970)
• e8ace92 .Net: Allow chat history mutation from auto-function invocation filters (#7952)
• eeef023 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 77fefb9 Fix namespace order
• 84aece3 Fix Azure namespace
• 092992b Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel into feature-connectors-openai
• d492d84 .Net: [Feature branch] Added release candidate suffix for production packages (#7623)
• 65bfdf8 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• c31269f Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• a7e8c94 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 6aa0d26 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• f0c97df Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 719cce3 .Net: OpenAI V2 Migration - Small fixes (#7532)
• 4135c51 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 8dbba0f Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 93bfab4 .Net: OpenAI V2 Migration - Apply recommendations (#7471) [ #7346 ]
• 8f26ee7 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 718505f .Net: OpenAI V2 -> OpenAI Renaming - Phase 03 (#7454) [ #6870 ]
• 6c6bc5c .Net: OpenAI V2 IntegrationTests Merge - Phase 02 (#7453)
• 21a905f Merge new agent samples
• 12925ab Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 61328ec Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 3117d3c .Net: OpenAI V2 Migration - Decomission V1 Phase 01 (#7446) [ #6870 ]
• 2f4785e Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 497f225 .Net: Net: OpenAI v2 Reusability (#7427) [ #7430 ]
• 89773be Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• ecd3fee .Net: OpenAI V2 Optional Settings (#7409) [ #7111 ]
• dd0e4fa Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 6044fbb Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 974dc99 .Net: OpenAI V2 - Demos Migration (#7384) [ #6876 ]
• c03cc7f .Net: Migrate remaining samples to new {Azure}OpenAI services (#7353)
• d436430 .Net: Test execution settings compatibility (#7337)
• 3b8e54f .Net: Refactor samples to use new {Azure}OpenAI connectors (#7334)
• 8797fc9 Fix merge (exclude new concept sample and demo)
• 7f98d4f Resolve merge from main
• fd79d99 Merge branch 'feature-connectors-openai' of https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel into feature-connectors-openai
• f356b9d .Net: Chat history serialization test + bug fix (#7305)
• c425b78 .Net: OpenAI V2 - Concepts Migration - Phase 2.0 (#7233)
• 44f27a2 .Net: Cleanup (#7266)
• 4c6b99b .Net: Minimize *prompt execution settings duplication (#7265)
• 3851576 .Net: Remove unnecessary azure chat message content classes (#7259)
• 9fae258 .Net Remove Azure* redundant function calling classes (#7236)
• 66a9f24 Merge branch 'feature-connectors-openai' of https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel into feature-connectors-openai
• 5b30e33 .Net: Remove unnecessary breaking changes (#7235)
• a3145a2 .Net: Preparing grounds for Concepts OpenAI V2 migration (#7229)
• 49ff10f .Net: Rollback unnecessary breaking change (#7222)
• f0b2757 .Net: Remove time stamp granularities (#7214)
• 80c8518 Merge branch 'feature-connectors-openai' of https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel into feature-connectors-openai
• 89c2096 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• 5dadd59 Merge branch 'main' into feature-connectors-openai
• a10e9f2 .Net: Align metadata names with underlying library ones (#7207)
• 64120d3 .Net: OpenAI V2 Removing LogActivity Extra Implementation (#7205)
• bd4dde0 .Net: Remove AzureOpenAIFileService (#7195)
• 3325773 .Net: OpenAI V2 - Reverting all avoidable Breaking Changes - Phase 08 (#7203)
• f7e7e29 .Net: OpenAI V2 - FileService Obsolescence (#7184)
• f5b9bdc .Net: OpenAI V2 Connector - ChatCompletion + FC - Phase 06 (#7138)
• 13a9318 .Net: Copy OpenAI file service to the Connectors.AzureOpenAI project (#7148)
• 9238604 .Net: AzureOpenAI services cleanup (#7140)
• d230cce .Net: OpenAI V2 - Audio to Text - Response Format as Enum conversion for format (#7141)
• 7b21ee8 .Net: Migrate AzureOpenAIAudioToTextService to Azure.AI.OpenAI SDK v2 (#7130)
• b458a74 .Net: Migrate AzureOpenAITextToAudioService to Azure.AI.OpenAI SDK v2 (#7102)
• ba1df51 .Net: Prepare AzureOpenAIAudioToTextService for migration to the Azure.AI.OpenAI SDK V2 (#7112)
• 5eefea7 .Net: Clean-up (#7107)
• 6d7434f .Net: Migrate AzureOpenAITextToImageService to Azure.AI.OpenAI SDK v2 (#7097)
• 965fe63 .Net: Copy AzureOpenAITextToAudioService related code to AzureOpenAI project (#7099)
• caed23a .Net: OpenAI V2 - Migrated FileService - Phase 05 (#7076)
• 48eb9c3 .Net: Migrate AzureOpenAITextToImageService to Azure.AI.OpenAI v2 (#7093)
• 43d7ecb Add connector unit tests: Qdrant, Redis
• c54127a Merge from main
• 47676ae .Net: Copy OpenAITextToImageService related code to AzureOpenAI project (#7077)
• 1f16875 .Net: Split service collection and kernel builder extension methods into separate classes. (#7078)
• d3cf959 .Net: Remove exception utility duplicate (#7074)
• edb7442 .Net: Tidying up AzureOpenAIChatCompletionService (#7073)
• f266504 .Net: Split ClientCore class (#7060)
• 3ebe6ef .Net: OpenAI V2 - Migrate Audio Services Phase 04 (#7029)
• 5bc3a78 .Net: Move AzureOpenAIChatCompletionService to the Services folder (#7048)
• 2941245 .Net: Migrate AzureOpenAITextEmbeddingGenerationService to Azure AI SDK v2 (#7030)
• c4c1878 .Net: AzureOpenAIChatCompletionService Functionality Cleanup (#7024)
• 05374c8 .Net: Copy AzureOpenAITextEmbeddingGenerationService to Connectors.AzureOpenAI project (#7022)
• 6af09e2 .Net: Extension methods & integration tests for AzureOpenAIChatCompletionService v2 (#7003)
• f8a22b8 .Net: Migrate Azure Chat Completion Service to AzureOpenAI SDK v2 (#6984)
• c8d9ade .Net OpenAI V2 - Internal Utilities - Phase 03 (#6970)
• c967a24 .Net OpenAI V2 - Text to Image Service - Phase 02 (#6951) [ #6916 ]
• 6729af1 .Net: Copy code related to AzureChatCompletionSeervice from Connectors.OpenAI to Connectors.AzureOpenAI (#6906)
• af19aa7 .Net OpenAI SDK V2 - Phase 01 Embeddings + ClientCore (Feature Branch) (#6898)
• e7632f0 .Net: Empty projects for the new AzureOpenAI connector (#6900)
• 5852395 fix: publish configuration for the OpenAIV2 project
• 5cd0a28 fix: temporarily disable package validation
• 00f80bc feat: add empty AzureOpenAI and AzureOpenAI.UnitTests projects.
• 5f023b5 .Net OpenAI SDK V2 - Phase 00 (Feature Branch) (#6894)

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