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can you try run `C:\Users\[REDACTED]\.pulumi\plugins\resource-azure-v3.45.0\pulumi-resource-azure.exe -version`

interesting, I get the same exception stack trace as when pulumi calls it,

looks like this is the root problem and its related to AV:
<https://pulumi-community.slack.com/archives/C84L4E3N1/p1612401818293100?thread_ts=1610460979.276800&amp;cid=C84L4E3N1>