MSFT_SPInstallPrereqs.psm1 missing MSVCRT142 in the Results array

[Maurikrm]

Problem description

For SPSE the Desired State test for MSVCRT142 is failing because the check for MSVCRT142 = $MSVCRT142 in the results array in the MSFT_SPInstallPrereqs.psm1 module is missing

Verbose logs

{"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:26.242+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]: LCM:  [ Start  Resource ]  [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs]  "},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:26.273+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]: LCM:  [ Start  Test     ]  [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs]  "},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.732+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Testing installation status of SharePoint prerequisites"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Getting installation status of SharePoint prerequisites"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Check if InstallerPath folder exists"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Checking file status of \\\\ServerName\\SPSources\\SE\\Install\\prerequisiteinstaller.exe"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Checking status now"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] File not blocked, continuing."},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Version: SharePoint Server Subscription Edition"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Getting installed windows features"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] OS Version: Windows Server 2022"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] The operation 'Get-WindowsFeature' started: NET-WCF-Pipe-Activation45,NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,NET-WCF-TCP-Activation45,Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-Common-Http,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-App-Dev,Web-Asp-Net45,Web-Net-Ext45,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Health,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Security,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Performance,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,WAS,WAS-Process-Model,WAS-Config-APIs,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Mgmt-Tools"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] The operation 'Get-WindowsFeature' succeeded: Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-Common-Http,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-Static-Content,Web-Health,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Performance,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,Web-Security,Web-Filtering,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-App-Dev,Web-Net-Ext45,Web-Asp-Net45,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Console,NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,NET-WCF-Pipe-Activation45,NET-WCF-TCP-Activation45,WAS,WAS-Process-Model,WAS-Config-APIs"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Windows feature Web-Mgmt-Console is not installed"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Checking windows packages from the registry"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Current Values: AppFabric=; DotNet472=; DotNet48=\\\\ServerName\\SPSources\\SE\\prerequisiteinstallerfiles\\ndp48-web.exe; DotNetFx=; Ensure=Absent; IDFX=; IDFX11=; InstallerPath=\\\\ServerName\\SPSources\\SE\\Install\\prerequisiteinstaller.exe; IsSingleInstance=Yes; KB2671763=; KB3092423=; MSIPCClient=; MSVCRT11=; MSVCRT14=; MSVCRT141=; NETFX=; ODBC=; OnlineMode=False; PowerShell=; SQLNCli=; SXSpath=; Sync=; WCFDataServices=; WCFDataServices56="},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Target Values: DotNet48=\\\\ServerName\\SPSources\\SE\\prerequisiteinstallerfiles\\ndp48-web.exe; Ensure=Present; InstallerPath=\\\\ServerName\\SPSources\\SE\\Install\\prerequisiteinstaller.exe; IsSingleInstance=Yes; MSVCRT142=\\\\ServerName\\SPSources\\SE\\prerequisiteinstallerfiles\\VC_redist.x64.exe; OnlineMode=False; Verbose=True"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.748+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]:                            [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] Test-TargetResource returned False"},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.763+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]: LCM:  [ End    Test     ]  [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs] False in 1.4900 seconds."},
  {"time": "2025-03-19T13:27:27.763+00:00", "type": "verbose", "message": "[ServerName]: LCM:  [ End    Resource ]  [[SPInstallPrereqs]Install_SP_Prereqs]  "},

DSC configuration

SPInstallPrereqs 'Install_SP_Prereqs'
            {
                IsSingleInstance     = 'Yes'
                InstallerPath        = (Join-Path -Path $installSPFolder -ChildPath 'prerequisiteinstaller.exe')
                OnlineMode           = $false
                DotNET48             = (Join-Path -Path $installSPPrereqFolder -ChildPath 'ndp48-web.exe')
                MSVCRT142            = (Join-Path -Path $installSPPrereqFolder -ChildPath 'VC_redist.x64.exe')
                Ensure               = 'Present'
                PSDscRunAsCredential = $InstallAccount

Suggested solution

Add MSVCRT142 = $MSVCRT142 to the results array in the MSFT_SPInstallPrereqs.psm1 module

SharePoint version and build

SharePoint Subscription Edition - 16.0.18526.20080

Operating system the target node is running

Windows Server 2022 Core

PowerShell version and build the target node is running

PowerShell 5

SharePointDsc version

5.6.1