The powershell out-file creates by default an unicode file (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/out-file?view=powershell-6). For usage on azure-devops/appveyor it would be easier when MPC could handle an unicode default.features file.
As note, out-file is also used for the > redirect, so using this redirect in a powershell script will create an unicode default.features.