Very slow downloads of modules where need to download the Az modules from the PowerShell Gallery

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Prerequisites

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Steps to reproduce

• Running the AzurePowerShell@5 task in Azure DevOps using a Azure PowerShell version that IS NOT installed on the agents.

Expected behavior

Download takes 2-5 minutes

Actual behavior

Download taking upwards of 50 minutes

Error details

No error - Just taking far too long

Environment data

N/A

Version

5.257.0

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