Add release-please configuration

.github/release-please.yml

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+manifest: true
+primaryBranch: master
+handleGHRelease: true

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

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+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+     - main
+
+permissions:
+ contents: write
+ pull-requests: write
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # optional. customize path to release-please-config.json
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          # optional. customize path to .release-please-manifest.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+

.release-please-manifest.json

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+{
+  ".": "3.1.14"
+}

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 Some things to note about this project:
 
+## Commit message format
+To support our automated release process, pull requests are required to follow the [Conventional Commit](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/)
+format.
+
+Each commit message consists of a **header**, an optional **body** and an optional **footer**. The header is the first line of the commit and
+MUST have a **type** (see below for a list of types) and a **description**. An optional **scope** can be added to the header to give extra context.
+
+```
+<type>[optional scope]: <short description>
+<BLANK LINE>
+<optional body>
+<BLANK LINE>
+<optional footer(s)>
+```
+
+The recommended commit types used are:
+
+ - **feat** for feature updates (increments the _minor_ version)
+ - **fix** for bug fixes (increments the _patch_ version)
+ - **perf** for performance related changes e.g. optimizing an algorithm
+ - **refactor** for code refactoring changes
+ - **test** for test suite updates e.g. adding a test or fixing a test
+ - **style** for changes that don't affect the meaning of code. e.g. formatting changes
+ - **docs** for documentation updates e.g. ReadMe update or code documentation updates
+ - **build** for build system changes (gradle updates, external dependency updates)
+ - **ci** for CI configuration file changes e.g. updating a pipeline
+ - **chore** for miscallaneous non-sdk changesin the repo e.g. removing an unused file
+
+Adding a footer with the prefix **BREAKING CHANGE:** will cause an increment of the _major_ version.
+
 ### How the library is built
 The .Net client library has a handwritten set of core files and two folders of generated models and request builders. These models and request builders are generated using the [MSGraph SDK Code Generator](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/MSGraph-SDK-Code-Generator). **Changes made to the ```Models``` and ```Requests``` folders will be overwritten** the next time the generator is run. 
 

pipelines/productionBuild.yml

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             script: |
               echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=JAVA_HOME]$(JAVA_HOME_11_X64)"
               echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PATH]$(JAVA_HOME_11_X64)\bin;$(PATH)"
-        - task: PowerShell@2
-          displayName: 'Validate updated version'
-          inputs:
-            targetType: filePath
-            filePath: 'scripts\ValidateUpdatedNugetVersion.ps1'
-            arguments: '-packageName "$(PACKAGE_NAME)" -projectPath "$(PROJECT_PATH)"'
-            pwsh: true
-          enabled: true
         - powershell: |
             dotnet workload install android macos ios maccatalyst 
           displayName: 'Install needed dotnet workloads'

release-please-config.json

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+{
+  "bootstrap-sha": "9903e0c129683979234f287d59f7468ca5cd7341",
+  "exclude-paths": [
+    ".git",
+    ".idea",
+    ".github",
+    ".vscode"
+  ],
+  "release-type": "dotnet",
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "src/Microsoft.Graph.Core/",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "extra-files": [
+        "src/Microsoft.Graph.Core/Microsoft.Graph.Core.csproj",
+        "README.md"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}