How to show Visual Studio Online build task Write-Verbose statements?

Question

Many Visual Studio Online (VSO) build tasks use Write-Verbose for debugging purposes as seen in this example, but how do you turn Write-Verbose on so that the debug statements appear in the output logs?

Answer 1

You need to add the System.Debug variable to your variable on the definition,if you want to get the verbose and debug your statements to show up in your log.