Update main branch for the v2024.12.05 release

Update main branch for the v2024.12.04 release

Release 1.6 which supports salt user and group introduced with Salt 3…

…006.0

Release 1.5 which support Salt 3006.0

Release 1.4 tagged version of Linux and Windows scripts for VM Tools

Release 1.3 tagged version of Linux and Windows scripts for VM Tools

Release 1.2

Second tagged version for release 1.1 of Linux and Windows scripts fo…

…r VM Tools

Initial tagged version for release 1.0 of Linux and Windows scripts f…

…or VM Tools