diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/templates/jobs/ci-code-coverage-job.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/templates/jobs/ci-code-coverage-job.yml
index 51e309ce13..f246d803cc 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/templates/jobs/ci-code-coverage-job.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/templates/jobs/ci-code-coverage-job.yml
@@ -3,67 +3,94 @@
 # The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.          #
 # See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.                #
 #################################################################################
+
+# This job processes code coverage reports generated during test runs,
+# merges them, generates code coverage reports, publishes them to the
+# pipeline, and uploads them to CodeCov.
+
 parameters:
+  
+  # True to include debug steps.
   - name: debug
     type: boolean
     default: false
 
-  - name: upload
+  # The pool image to use.
+  - name: image
     type: string
-    default: $(ci_var_uploadTestResult)
 
-  - name: poolName
+  # The agent pool name.
+  - name: pool
     type: string
-    default: $(defaultHostedPoolName)
 
-  - name: image
-    type: string
-    default: 'windows-2022'
-  
-  - name: downloadArtifactsSteps
-    type: stepList
-    default: []
+  # Array of target frameworks to process code coverage for:
+  #
+  #   e.g. [net462, net8.0, net9.0]
+  #
+  - name: targetFrameworks
+    type: object
+
+  # True to upload code coverage results to CodeCov.
+  - name: upload
+    type: boolean
+    default: true
 
 jobs:
   - job: CodeCoverage
-    displayName: 'Merge Code Coverage'
+    displayName: Publish Code Coverage
 
-    variables:
-      uploadTestResult: ${{ parameters.upload }}
+    pool:
+      name: ${{ parameters.pool }}
+      ${{ if eq(parameters.pool, 'Azure Pipelines') }}:
+        vmImage: ${{ parameters.image }}
+      ${{ else }}:
+        demands:
+        - imageOverride -equals ${{ parameters.image }}
 
-    pool: 
-      name: '${{ parameters.poolName }}'
-      vmImage: ${{ parameters.image }}
+    variables:
+      netFxDir: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetFx
+      netCoreDir: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetCore
 
     steps:
 
-      # We don't need the source code for this job, so suppress checkout.
-      - checkout: none
-
       - ${{if eq(parameters.debug, true)}}:
-        - pwsh: |
-            Get-ChildItem env: | Sort-Object Name
-          displayName: 'List Environment Variables [debug]'
+        - pwsh: Get-Volume
+          displayName: '[Debug] Show Disk Usage'
+
+        - pwsh: 'Get-ChildItem env: | Sort-Object Name'
+          displayName: '[Debug] List Environment Variables'
 
       - template: ../steps/ensure-dotnet-version.yml@self
         parameters:
-            packageType: 'sdk'
-            version: '10.0'
+            packageType: sdk
+            version: '9.0'
 
-      - ${{ parameters.downloadArtifactsSteps }}
+      - pwsh: |
+          dotnet tool install --global dotnet-coverage
+          dotnet tool install --global dotnet-reportgenerator-globaltool
+        displayName: Install dotnet tools
+          
+      - ${{ each targetFramework in parameters.targetFrameworks }}:
+        - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
+          displayName: 'Download Coverage Reports [${{ targetFramework }}]'
+          inputs:
+            itemPattern: '**\${{ targetFramework }}*'
+            ${{ if startsWith(targetFramework, 'net4') }}:
+              targetPath: $(netFxDir)
+            ${{ else }}:
+              targetPath: $(netCoreDir)
 
-      - ${{ if eq(parameters.debug, true)}}:
-        - pwsh: |
-            Get-ChildItem $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetFx\ -Recurse -File -Filter *.coverage
-          displayName: 'List coverageNetFx files [debug]'
+      - ${{if eq(parameters.debug, true)}}:
+        - pwsh: Get-Volume
+          displayName: '[Debug] Show Disk Usage'
 
-        - pwsh: |
-            Get-ChildItem $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetCore\ -Recurse -File -Filter *.coverage
-          displayName: 'List coverageNetCore files [debug]'
+        - pwsh: Get-ChildItem $(netFxDir) -Recurse -File -Filter *.coverage
+          displayName: '[Debug] List coverageNetFx files'
 
-      - pwsh: |
-          dotnet tool install --global dotnet-coverage
+        - pwsh: Get-ChildItem $(netCoreDir) -Recurse -File -Filter *.coverage
+          displayName: '[Debug] List coverageNetCore files'
 
+      - pwsh: |
           function MergeFiles {
             param(
             [string]$InputDirectoryPath,
@@ -103,39 +130,35 @@ jobs:
             }
           }
 
-          MergeFiles -InputDirectoryPath "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetFx\" -OutputDirectoryName "coverageNetFxXml"
-          MergeFiles -InputDirectoryPath "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetCore\" -OutputDirectoryName "coverageNetCoreXml"
+          MergeFiles -InputDirectoryPath "$(netFxDir)" -OutputDirectoryName "coverageNetFxXml"
+          MergeFiles -InputDirectoryPath "$(netCoreDir)" -OutputDirectoryName "coverageNetCoreXml"
           
-          # dir coverageNetFxXml\
-          # dir coverageNetCoreXml\
-
-          Write-Host "Clean up disk ... [removing coverageNetFx & coverageNetCore]"
-
-          Remove-Item $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetFx -Recurse -Force
-          Remove-Item $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetCore -Recurse -Force
+          Write-Host "Removing original coverage files..."
+          Remove-Item $(netFxDir) -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+          Remove-Item $(netCoreDir) -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        displayName: Convert coverage files to xml
 
-        displayName: 'Convert coverage files to xml'
+      - ${{if eq(parameters.debug, true)}}:
+        - pwsh: Get-Volume
+          displayName: '[Debug] Show Disk Usage'
 
-      - ${{ if eq(parameters.debug, true)}}:
         - pwsh: |
             dir coverageNetFxXml\
             dir coverageNetCoreXml\
-          displayName: 'List converted files [debug]'
+          displayName: '[Debug] List converted files'
 
       - pwsh: |
-          dotnet tool install dotnet-reportgenerator-globaltool --tool-path tools
-
           $jobs = @()
           $jobs += Start-ThreadJob -ScriptBlock { 
-              & tools\reportgenerator "-reports:coverageNetFxXml\*.coveragexml" "-targetdir:coveragereportNetFx" "-reporttypes:Cobertura;" "-assemblyfilters:+microsoft.data.sqlclient.dll" "-sourcedirs:$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\netfx\src;$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\src" "-classfilters:+Microsoft.Data.*"
+              & reportgenerator "-reports:coverageNetFxXml\*.coveragexml" "-targetdir:coveragereportNetFx" "-reporttypes:Cobertura;" "-assemblyfilters:+microsoft.data.sqlclient.dll" "-sourcedirs:$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\netfx\src;$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\src" "-classfilters:+Microsoft.Data.*"
           }
 
           $jobs += Start-ThreadJob -ScriptBlock { 
-              & tools\reportgenerator "-reports:coverageNetCoreXml\*.coveragexml" "-targetdir:coveragereportAddOns" "-reporttypes:Cobertura;" "-assemblyfilters:+microsoft.data.sqlclient.alwaysencrypted.azurekeyvaultprovider.dll" "-sourcedirs:$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\add-ons\AzureKeyVaultProvider" "-classfilters:+Microsoft.Data.*"
+              & reportgenerator "-reports:coverageNetCoreXml\*.coveragexml" "-targetdir:coveragereportNetCore" "-reporttypes:Cobertura;" "-assemblyfilters:+microsoft.data.sqlclient.dll" "-sourcedirs:$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\netcore\src;$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\src" "-classfilters:+Microsoft.Data.*"
           }
 
           $jobs += Start-ThreadJob -ScriptBlock { 
-              & tools\reportgenerator "-reports:coverageNetCoreXml\*.coveragexml" "-targetdir:coveragereportNetCore" "-reporttypes:Cobertura;" "-assemblyfilters:+microsoft.data.sqlclient.dll" "-sourcedirs:$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\netcore\src;$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\src" "-classfilters:+Microsoft.Data.*"
+              & reportgenerator "-reports:coverageNetCoreXml\*.coveragexml" "-targetdir:coveragereportAddOns" "-reporttypes:Cobertura;" "-assemblyfilters:+microsoft.data.sqlclient.alwaysencrypted.azurekeyvaultprovider.dll" "-sourcedirs:$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient\add-ons\AzureKeyVaultProvider" "-classfilters:+Microsoft.Data.*"
           }
 
           Write-Host "Running ReportGenerator..."
@@ -144,20 +167,28 @@ jobs:
           foreach ($job in $jobs) {
               Receive-Job -Job $job -Wait -AutoRemoveJob
           }
-        displayName: 'Run ReportGenerator'
+
+          Write-Host "Removing merged XML files..."
+          Remove-Item coverageNetFxXml -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+          Remove-Item coverageNetCoreXml -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        displayName: Run ReportGenerator
+
+      - ${{if eq(parameters.debug, true)}}:
+        - pwsh: Get-Volume
+          displayName: '[Debug] Show Disk Usage'
 
       - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@2
-        displayName: 'Publish code coverage from netcore'
+        displayName: Publish code coverage results
         inputs:
           summaryFileLocation: '*\Cobertura.xml'
 
-      - pwsh: |
-          #download Codecov CLI
-          $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' 
-          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://cli.codecov.io/latest/windows/codecov.exe -Outfile codecov.exe
-          
-          ./codecov --verbose upload-process --fail-on-error -t $(CODECOV_TOKEN) -f "coveragereportNetFx\Cobertura.xml" -F netfx
-          ./codecov --verbose upload-process --fail-on-error -t $(CODECOV_TOKEN)  -f "coveragereportNetCore\Cobertura.xml" -F netcore
-          ./codecov --verbose upload-process --fail-on-error -t $(CODECOV_TOKEN)  -f "coveragereportAddOns\Cobertura.xml" -F addons
-        displayName: 'Upload to CodeCov'
-        condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['uploadTestResult'], 'true'))
+      - ${{if eq(parameters.upload, true)}}:
+        - pwsh: |
+            #download Codecov CLI
+            $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' 
+            Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://cli.codecov.io/latest/windows/codecov.exe -Outfile codecov.exe
+            
+            ./codecov --verbose upload-process --fail-on-error -t $(CODECOV_TOKEN) -f "coveragereportNetFx\Cobertura.xml" -F netfx
+            ./codecov --verbose upload-process --fail-on-error -t $(CODECOV_TOKEN) -f "coveragereportNetCore\Cobertura.xml" -F netcore
+            ./codecov --verbose upload-process --fail-on-error -t $(CODECOV_TOKEN) -f "coveragereportAddOns\Cobertura.xml" -F addons
+          displayName: Upload to CodeCov
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/dotnet-sqlclient-ci-core.yml b/eng/pipelines/dotnet-sqlclient-ci-core.yml
index 23605e3e22..8a32af9d06 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/dotnet-sqlclient-ci-core.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/dotnet-sqlclient-ci-core.yml
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ variables:
   - name: artifactName
     value: Artifacts
 
-  - name: defaultHostedPoolName
-    value: 'Azure Pipelines'
-
 stages:
   - stage: build_nugets
     displayName: 'Build NuGet Packages'
@@ -161,16 +158,9 @@ stages:
         - template: common/templates/jobs/ci-code-coverage-job.yml@self
           parameters:
             debug: ${{ parameters.debug }}
-            downloadArtifactsSteps:
-              - ${{ each targetFramework in parameters.codeCovTargetFrameworks }}:
-                - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
-                  displayName: 'Download Coverage Reports [${{ targetFramework }}]'
-                  inputs:
-                    itemPattern: '**\${{ targetFramework }}*'
-                    ${{ if contains(targetFramework, 'net4') }}:
-                      targetPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetFx'
-                    ${{ else }}:
-                      targetPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\coverageNetCore'
+            image: ADO-MMS22-CodeCov
+            pool: ${{ parameters.defaultPoolName }}
+            targetFrameworks: ${{ parameters.codeCovTargetFrameworks }}
 
 # test stages configurations
   # self hosted SQL Server on Windows
@@ -524,7 +514,7 @@ stages:
 
         # Self hosted SQL Server on Mac
         mac_sql_22:
-          pool: $(defaultHostedPoolName)
+          pool: Azure Pipelines
           hostedPool: true
           images:
             MacOSLatest_Sql22: macos-latest