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CreateAppHost task fails within Nano Server containers in 3.0

See original GitHub issue

Using SDK version 3.0.100-preview-009734

Start with a microsoft/nanoserver container with dotnet 3.0 SDK installed (e.g. microsoft/dotnet-nightly:3.0-sdk Dockerfile)
mkdir app
cd app
dotnet new
dotnet build

Results:

C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.RuntimeIdentifierInference.targets(142,5): message NETSDK1057: You are using a preview version of .NET Core. See: https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-preview [C:\app\app.csproj]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(293,5): error MSB4018: The "CreateAppHost" task failed unexpectedly. [C:\app\app.csproj]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(293,5): error MSB4018: System.EntryPointNotFoundException: Unable to find an entry point named 'BeginUpdateResource' in DLL 'Kernel32'. [C:\app\app.csproj]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(293,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResourceUpdater.Kernel32.BeginUpdateResource(String pFileName, Boolean bDeleteExistingResources) [C:\app\app.csproj]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(293,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.AppHost.Create(String appHostSourceFilePath, String appHostDestinationFilePath, String appBinaryFilePath, Boolean windowsGraphicalUserInterface, String intermediateAssembly, Logger log) in /_/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/AppHost.cs:line 82 [C:\app\app.csproj]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(293,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.CreateAppHost.ExecuteCore() in /_/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/CreateAppHost.cs:line 38 [C:\app\app.csproj]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(293,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute() in /_/src/Tasks/Common/TaskBase.cs:line 35 [C:\app\app.csproj]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(293,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute() [C:\app\app.csproj]
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.0.100-preview-009734\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(293,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask(ITaskExecutionHost taskExecutionHost, TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, TaskHost taskHost, ItemBucket bucket, TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask) [C:\app\app.csproj]

Build FAILED.