Add PowerShell Hello Cities sample for Durable Functions

[hhunter-ms]

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Pull request overview

Adds a new PowerShell “Hello Cities” Durable Functions sample to the repo’s sample catalog, intended to demonstrate basic orchestration patterns against the Durable Task Scheduler backend.

Changes:

• Extend the samples catalog (samples/README.md) to include PowerShell under Durable Functions and add a PowerShell section.
• Add a new PowerShell samples index (samples/durable-functions/powershell/README.md).
• Add a new PowerShell Durable Functions app sample (samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities) implementing chaining + fan-out/fan-in.

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File	Description
samples/README.md	Adds PowerShell to the Durable Functions matrix and adds a PowerShell section entry for Hello Cities.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/README.md	Introduces a PowerShell samples landing page.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/.gitignore	Ignores managed dependency modules folder.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/README.md	Documents how to run the PowerShell Hello Cities sample locally and against Azure.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/host.json	Configures Durable Task Scheduler backend/provider for the function app.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/profile.ps1	Adds PowerShell cold-start profile and Managed Identity login behavior.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/requirements.psd1	Declares required PowerShell modules (Az.Accounts).
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/ChainingOrchestration/function.json	Declares the orchestration trigger binding for chaining.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/ChainingOrchestration/run.ps1	Implements the chaining orchestrator logic.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/FanOutFanInOrchestration/function.json	Declares the orchestration trigger binding for fan-out/fan-in.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/FanOutFanInOrchestration/run.ps1	Implements fan-out/fan-in orchestration logic.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/SayHello/function.json	Declares the activity trigger binding.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/SayHello/run.ps1	Implements the SayHello activity.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/StartChaining/function.json	Declares the HTTP starter + durableClient bindings for chaining.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/StartChaining/run.ps1	Implements the HTTP starter for chaining.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/StartFanOutFanIn/function.json	Declares the HTTP starter + durableClient bindings for fan-out/fan-in.
samples/durable-functions/powershell/HelloCities/StartFanOutFanIn/run.ps1	Implements the HTTP starter for fan-out/fan-in.

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Copilot reviewed 17 out of 17 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 17 out of 17 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.