diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 21e73ed2b69..9535c608462 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ stages:
 
       - job: Linux
         container:
-          image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:ubuntu-14.04-cross-0cd4667-20170319080304
+          image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:centos-7-20210714125435-9b5bbc2
           options: --init # This ensures all the stray defunct processes are reaped.
         pool:
           ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public') }}:
diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 4ae5caa0e47..66fa562c879 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
       <Uri>https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_git/dotnet-runtime</Uri>
       <Sha>3a25a7f1cc446b60678ed25c9d829420d6321eba</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="7.0.0-beta.22171.2">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="7.0.0-beta.22262.8">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>c8a95297e2622251c125aa5c0ef7c822275a792d</Sha>
+      <Sha>b7796f653e48e001123963f17387c052891b48e6</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 6f35cc3474f..e0c84a0f0ee 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- Versioning for assemblies/packages -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <MajorVersion>6</MajorVersion>
+    <MajorVersion>7</MajorVersion>
     <MinorVersion>0</MinorVersion>
     <PatchVersion>0</PatchVersion>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel>preview</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
-    <PreReleaseVersionIteration>5</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
+    <PreReleaseVersionIteration>1</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
     <!--
         When StabilizePackageVersion is set to 'true', this branch will produce stable outputs for 'Shipping' packages
     -->
     <StabilizePackageVersion Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == ''">false</StabilizePackageVersion>
     <DotNetFinalVersionKind Condition="'$(StabilizePackageVersion)' == 'true'">release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
-    <DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>net6.0</DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>
-    <DefaultNetCoreWindowsTargetFramework>net6.0-windows</DefaultNetCoreWindowsTargetFramework>
+    <DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>net7.0</DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>
+    <DefaultNetCoreWindowsTargetFramework>net7.0-windows</DefaultNetCoreWindowsTargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!--
     Versioning for tooling releases.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     <StreamJsonRpcPackageVersion>2.11.35</StreamJsonRpcPackageVersion>
     <SystemRuntimeInteropServicesRuntimePackageVersion>4.3.0</SystemRuntimeInteropServicesRuntimePackageVersion>
     <Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisAnalyzersPackageVersion>3.3.3</Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisAnalyzersPackageVersion>
-    <Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisNetAnalyzersPackageVersion>6.0.0-preview3.21158.1</Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisNetAnalyzersPackageVersion>
+    <Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisNetAnalyzersPackageVersion>7.0.0-preview1.22116.1</Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisNetAnalyzersPackageVersion>
     <Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisExternalAccessRazorPackageVersion>$(RoslynPackageVersion)</Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisExternalAccessRazorPackageVersion>
     <Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisExternalAccessOmniSharpCSharpPackageVersion>$(RoslynPackageVersion)</Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisExternalAccessOmniSharpCSharpPackageVersion>
     <Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpFeaturesPackageVersion>$(RoslynPackageVersion)</Tooling_MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpFeaturesPackageVersion>
diff --git a/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh b/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
index e784c9c005a..5a59dcff28f 100755
--- a/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
+++ b/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ set -e
 
 usage()
 {
-    echo "Usage: $0 [BuildArch] [CodeName] [lldbx.y] [--skipunmount] --rootfsdir <directory>]"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [BuildArch] [CodeName] [lldbx.y] [llvmx[.y]] [--skipunmount] --rootfsdir <directory>]"
     echo "BuildArch can be: arm(default), armel, arm64, x86"
     echo "CodeName - optional, Code name for Linux, can be: xenial(default), zesty, bionic, alpine, alpine3.13 or alpine3.14. If BuildArch is armel, LinuxCodeName is jessie(default) or tizen."
     echo "                              for FreeBSD can be: freebsd12, freebsd13"
     echo "                              for illumos can be: illumos."
     echo "lldbx.y - optional, LLDB version, can be: lldb3.9(default), lldb4.0, lldb5.0, lldb6.0 no-lldb. Ignored for alpine and FreeBSD"
+    echo "llvmx[.y] - optional, LLVM version for LLVM related packages."
     echo "--skipunmount - optional, will skip the unmount of rootfs folder."
     echo "--use-mirror - optional, use mirror URL to fetch resources, when available."
     exit 1
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ __AlpinePackages+=" gettext-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" icu-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" libunwind-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" lttng-ust-dev"
+__AlpinePackages+=" compiler-rt-static"
 
 # CoreFX dependencies
 __UbuntuPackages+=" libcurl4-openssl-dev"
@@ -164,6 +166,15 @@ while :; do
         no-lldb)
             unset __LLDB_Package
             ;;
+        llvm*)
+            version="$(echo "$lowerI" | tr -d '[:alpha:]-=')"
+            parts=(${version//./ })
+            __LLVM_MajorVersion="${parts[0]}"
+            __LLVM_MinorVersion="${parts[1]}"
+            if [[ -z "$__LLVM_MinorVersion" && "$__LLVM_MajorVersion" -le 6 ]]; then
+                __LLVM_MinorVersion=0;
+            fi
+            ;;
         xenial) # Ubuntu 16.04
             if [ "$__CodeName" != "jessie" ]; then
                 __CodeName=xenial
@@ -261,6 +272,10 @@ if [ "$__BuildArch" == "armel" ]; then
 fi
 __UbuntuPackages+=" ${__LLDB_Package:-}"
 
+if [ ! -z "$__LLVM_MajorVersion" ]; then
+    __UbuntuPackages+=" libclang-common-${__LLVM_MajorVersion}${__LLVM_MinorVersion:+.$__LLVM_MinorVersion}-dev"
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$__RootfsDir" ] && [ ! -z "$ROOTFS_DIR" ]; then
     __RootfsDir=$ROOTFS_DIR
 fi
diff --git a/eng/common/dotnet-install.sh b/eng/common/dotnet-install.sh
index 5c94e98632a..abd045a3247 100755
--- a/eng/common/dotnet-install.sh
+++ b/eng/common/dotnet-install.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ done
 # Use uname to determine what the CPU is, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname#Examples
 cpuname=$(uname -m)
 case $cpuname in
-  aarch64)
+  arm64|aarch64)
     buildarch=arm64
     ;;
   loongarch64)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ case $cpuname in
   armv*l)
     buildarch=arm
     ;;
-  i686)
+  i[3-6]86)
     buildarch=x86
     ;;
   *)
diff --git a/eng/common/init-tools-native.ps1 b/eng/common/init-tools-native.ps1
index db830c00a6f..24a5e65de1b 100644
--- a/eng/common/init-tools-native.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/init-tools-native.ps1
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Wait time between retry attempts in seconds
 .PARAMETER GlobalJsonFile
 File path to global.json file
 
+.PARAMETER PathPromotion
+Optional switch to enable either promote native tools specified in the global.json to the path (in Azure Pipelines)
+or break the build if a native tool is not found on the path (on a local dev machine)
+
 .NOTES
 #>
 [CmdletBinding(PositionalBinding=$false)]
@@ -41,7 +45,8 @@ Param (
   [switch] $Force = $False,
   [int] $DownloadRetries = 5,
   [int] $RetryWaitTimeInSeconds = 30,
-  [string] $GlobalJsonFile
+  [string] $GlobalJsonFile,
+  [switch] $PathPromotion
 )
 
 if (!$GlobalJsonFile) {
@@ -77,53 +82,98 @@ try {
                     ConvertFrom-Json |
                     Select-Object -Expand 'native-tools' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
   if ($NativeTools) {
-    $NativeTools.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
-      $ToolName = $_.Name
-      $ToolVersion = $_.Value
-      $LocalInstallerArguments =  @{ ToolName = "$ToolName" }
-      $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ InstallPath = "$InstallBin" }
-      $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ BaseUri = "$BaseUri" }
-      $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ CommonLibraryDirectory = "$EngCommonBaseDir" }
-      $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ Version = "$ToolVersion" }
-
-      if ($Verbose) {
-        $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ Verbose = $True }
-      }
-      if (Get-Variable 'Force' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') {
-        if($Force) {
-          $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ Force = $True }
-        }
-      }
-      if ($Clean) {
-        $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ Clean = $True }
-      }
-
-      Write-Verbose "Installing $ToolName version $ToolVersion"
-      Write-Verbose "Executing '$InstallerPath $($LocalInstallerArguments.Keys.ForEach({"-$_ '$($LocalInstallerArguments.$_)'"}) -join ' ')'"
-      & $InstallerPath @LocalInstallerArguments
-      if ($LASTEXITCODE -Ne "0") {
-        $errMsg = "$ToolName installation failed"
-        if ((Get-Variable 'DoNotAbortNativeToolsInstallationOnFailure' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') -and $DoNotAbortNativeToolsInstallationOnFailure) {
-            $showNativeToolsWarning = $true
-            if ((Get-Variable 'DoNotDisplayNativeToolsInstallationWarnings' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') -and $DoNotDisplayNativeToolsInstallationWarnings) {
-                $showNativeToolsWarning = $false
+    if ($PathPromotion -eq $True) {
+      if ($env:SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECT) { # check to see if we're in an Azure pipelines build
+        $NativeTools.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
+          $ToolName = $_.Name
+          $ToolVersion = $_.Value
+
+          if ((Get-Command "$ToolName" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) {
+            if ($ToolVersion -eq "latest") {
+              $ToolVersion = ""
+            }
+            $ArcadeToolsDirectory = "C:\arcade-tools"
+            if (-not (Test-Path $ArcadeToolsDirectory)) {
+              Write-Error "Arcade tools directory '$ArcadeToolsDirectory' was not found; artifacts were not properly installed."
+              exit 1
             }
-            if ($showNativeToolsWarning) {
-                Write-Warning $errMsg
+            $ToolDirectory = (Get-ChildItem -Path "$ArcadeToolsDirectory" -Filter "$ToolName-$ToolVersion*" | Sort-Object -Descending)[0]
+            if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($ToolDirectory)) {
+              Write-Error "Unable to find directory for $ToolName $ToolVersion; please make sure the tool is installed on this image."
+              exit 1
             }
-            $toolInstallationFailure = $true
-        } else {
-            # We cannot change this to Write-PipelineTelemetryError because of https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/issues/4482
-            Write-Host $errMsg
-            exit 1
+            $BinPathFile = "$($ToolDirectory.FullName)\binpath.txt"
+            if (-not (Test-Path -Path "$BinPathFile")) {
+              Write-Error "Unable to find binpath.txt in '$($ToolDirectory.FullName)' ($ToolName $ToolVersion); artifact is either installed incorrectly or is not a bootstrappable tool."
+              exit 1
+            }
+            $BinPath = Get-Content "$BinPathFile"
+            $ToolPath = Convert-Path -Path $BinPath
+            Write-Host "Adding $ToolName to the path ($ToolPath)..."
+            Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]$ToolPath"
+          }
+        }
+        exit 0
+      } else {
+        $NativeTools.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
+          $ToolName = $_.Name
+          $ToolVersion = $_.Value
+
+          if ((Get-Command "$ToolName" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) {
+            Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'NativeToolsBootstrap' -Message "$ToolName not found on path. Please install $ToolName $ToolVersion before proceeding."
+          }
         }
+        exit 0
+      }
+    } else {
+      $NativeTools.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
+        $ToolName = $_.Name
+        $ToolVersion = $_.Value
+        $LocalInstallerArguments =  @{ ToolName = "$ToolName" }
+        $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ InstallPath = "$InstallBin" }
+        $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ BaseUri = "$BaseUri" }
+        $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ CommonLibraryDirectory = "$EngCommonBaseDir" }
+        $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ Version = "$ToolVersion" }
+  
+        if ($Verbose) {
+          $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ Verbose = $True }
+        }
+        if (Get-Variable 'Force' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') {
+          if($Force) {
+            $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ Force = $True }
+          }
+        }
+        if ($Clean) {
+          $LocalInstallerArguments += @{ Clean = $True }
+        }
+  
+        Write-Verbose "Installing $ToolName version $ToolVersion"
+        Write-Verbose "Executing '$InstallerPath $($LocalInstallerArguments.Keys.ForEach({"-$_ '$($LocalInstallerArguments.$_)'"}) -join ' ')'"
+        & $InstallerPath @LocalInstallerArguments
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE -Ne "0") {
+          $errMsg = "$ToolName installation failed"
+          if ((Get-Variable 'DoNotAbortNativeToolsInstallationOnFailure' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') -and $DoNotAbortNativeToolsInstallationOnFailure) {
+              $showNativeToolsWarning = $true
+              if ((Get-Variable 'DoNotDisplayNativeToolsInstallationWarnings' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') -and $DoNotDisplayNativeToolsInstallationWarnings) {
+                  $showNativeToolsWarning = $false
+              }
+              if ($showNativeToolsWarning) {
+                  Write-Warning $errMsg
+              }
+              $toolInstallationFailure = $true
+          } else {
+              # We cannot change this to Write-PipelineTelemetryError because of https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/issues/4482
+              Write-Host $errMsg
+              exit 1
+          }
+        }
+      }
+  
+      if ((Get-Variable 'toolInstallationFailure' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') -and $toolInstallationFailure) {
+          # We cannot change this to Write-PipelineTelemetryError because of https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/issues/4482
+          Write-Host 'Native tools bootstrap failed'
+          exit 1
       }
-    }
-
-    if ((Get-Variable 'toolInstallationFailure' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') -and $toolInstallationFailure) {
-        # We cannot change this to Write-PipelineTelemetryError because of https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/issues/4482
-        Write-Host 'Native tools bootstrap failed'
-        exit 1
     }
   }
   else {
@@ -139,7 +189,7 @@ try {
     Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]$(Convert-Path -Path $InstallBin)"
     return $InstallBin
   }
-  else {
+  elseif (-not ($PathPromotion)) {
     Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'NativeToolsBootstrap' -Message 'Native tools install directory does not exist, installation failed'
     exit 1
   }
diff --git a/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj b/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
index beb9c4648ea..7f5ce6d6081 100644
--- a/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
+++ b/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Clear references, the SDK may add some depending on UsuingToolXxx settings, but we only want to restore the following -->
     <PackageReference Remove="@(PackageReference)"/>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ManifestTool.CrossPlatform" Version="$(MicrosoftManifestToolCrossPlatformVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudioEng.MicroBuild.Core" Version="$(MicrosoftVisualStudioEngMicroBuildCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudioEng.MicroBuild.Plugins.SwixBuild" Version="$(MicrosoftVisualStudioEngMicroBuildPluginsSwixBuildVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.IBCMerge" Version="$(MicrosoftDotNetIBCMergeVersion)" Condition="'$(UsingToolIbcOptimization)' == 'true'" />
     <PackageReference Include="Drop.App" Version="$(DropAppVersion)" ExcludeAssets="all" Condition="'$(UsingToolVisualStudioIbcTraining)' == 'true'"/>
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/eng/common/sdk-task.ps1 b/eng/common/sdk-task.ps1
index b1bca63ab1d..119a6c660d1 100644
--- a/eng/common/sdk-task.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/sdk-task.ps1
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ try {
       $GlobalJson.tools | Add-Member -Name "vs" -Value (ConvertFrom-Json "{ `"version`": `"16.5`" }") -MemberType NoteProperty
     }
     if( -not ($GlobalJson.tools.PSObject.Properties.Name -match "xcopy-msbuild" )) {
-      $GlobalJson.tools | Add-Member -Name "xcopy-msbuild" -Value "16.10.0-preview2" -MemberType NoteProperty
+      $GlobalJson.tools | Add-Member -Name "xcopy-msbuild" -Value "17.1.0" -MemberType NoteProperty
     }
     if ($GlobalJson.tools."xcopy-msbuild".Trim() -ine "none") {
         $xcopyMSBuildToolsFolder = InitializeXCopyMSBuild $GlobalJson.tools."xcopy-msbuild" -install $true
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/job/onelocbuild.yml b/eng/common/templates/job/onelocbuild.yml
index 9d1e3042d8a..3bcd243c46b 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/job/onelocbuild.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/job/onelocbuild.yml
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ jobs:
         lclSource: ${{ parameters.LclSource }}
         lclPackageId: ${{ parameters.LclPackageId }}
         isCreatePrSelected: ${{ parameters.CreatePr }}
+        isAutoCompletePrSelected: ${{ parameters.AutoCompletePr }}
         ${{ if eq(parameters.CreatePr, true) }}:
-          isAutoCompletePrSelected: ${{ parameters.AutoCompletePr }}
           isUseLfLineEndingsSelected: ${{ parameters.UseLfLineEndings }}
           ${{ if eq(parameters.RepoType, 'gitHub') }}:
             isShouldReusePrSelected: ${{ parameters.ReusePr }}
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/job/publish-build-assets.yml b/eng/common/templates/job/publish-build-assets.yml
index d91bf914711..1cbb6a0c560 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/job/publish-build-assets.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/job/publish-build-assets.yml
@@ -23,23 +23,33 @@ parameters:
   # Optional: whether the build's artifacts will be published using release pipelines or direct feed publishing
   publishUsingPipelines: false
 
+  # Optional: whether the build's artifacts will be published using release pipelines or direct feed publishing
+  publishAssetsImmediately: false
+
+  artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters: ''
+
+  signingValidationAdditionalParameters: ''
+
 jobs:
 - job: Asset_Registry_Publish
 
   dependsOn: ${{ parameters.dependsOn }}
 
-  displayName: Publish to Build Asset Registry
+  ${{ if eq(parameters.publishAssetsImmediately, 'true') }}:
+    displayName: Publish Assets
+  ${{ else }}:
+    displayName: Publish to Build Asset Registry
 
   pool: ${{ parameters.pool }}
 
   variables:
   - ${{ if and(eq(parameters.runAsPublic, 'false'), ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public'), notin(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')) }}:
-    - name: _BuildConfig
-      value: ${{ parameters.configuration }}
     - group: Publish-Build-Assets
     - group: AzureDevOps-Artifact-Feeds-Pats
     - name: runCodesignValidationInjection
       value: false
+    - ${{ if eq(parameters.publishAssetsImmediately, 'true') }}:
+      - template: /eng/common/templates/post-build/common-variables.yml
 
   steps:
   - ${{ if and(eq(parameters.runAsPublic, 'false'), ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public'), notin(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')) }}:
@@ -52,14 +62,13 @@ jobs:
       condition: ${{ parameters.condition }}
       continueOnError: ${{ parameters.continueOnError }}
     
-    - ${{ if and(eq(parameters.runAsPublic, 'false'), ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public'), notin(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')) }}:
-      - task: NuGetAuthenticate@0
+    - task: NuGetAuthenticate@0
 
-      - task: PowerShell@2 
-        displayName: Enable cross-org NuGet feed authentication 
-        inputs: 
-          filePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/common/enable-cross-org-publishing.ps1 
-          arguments: -token $(dn-bot-all-orgs-artifact-feeds-rw) 
+    - task: PowerShell@2 
+      displayName: Enable cross-org NuGet feed authentication 
+      inputs: 
+        filePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/common/enable-cross-org-publishing.ps1 
+        arguments: -token $(dn-bot-all-orgs-artifact-feeds-rw) 
 
     - task: PowerShell@2
       displayName: Publish Build Assets
@@ -70,7 +79,6 @@ jobs:
           /p:BuildAssetRegistryToken=$(MaestroAccessToken)
           /p:MaestroApiEndpoint=https://maestro-prod.westus2.cloudapp.azure.com
           /p:PublishUsingPipelines=${{ parameters.publishUsingPipelines }}
-          /p:Configuration=$(_BuildConfig)
           /p:OfficialBuildId=$(Build.BuildNumber)
       condition: ${{ parameters.condition }}
       continueOnError: ${{ parameters.continueOnError }}
@@ -114,7 +122,25 @@ jobs:
         PathtoPublish: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/SymbolPublishingExclusionsFile.txt'
         PublishLocation: Container
         ArtifactName: ReleaseConfigs
-        
+
+    - ${{ if eq(parameters.publishAssetsImmediately, 'true') }}:
+      - template: /eng/common/templates/post-build/setup-maestro-vars.yml
+        parameters:
+          BARBuildId: ${{ parameters.BARBuildId }}
+          PromoteToChannelIds: ${{ parameters.PromoteToChannelIds }}
+
+      - task: PowerShell@2
+        displayName: Publish Using Darc
+        inputs:
+          filePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/common/post-build/publish-using-darc.ps1
+          arguments: -BuildId $(BARBuildId) 
+            -PublishingInfraVersion 3
+            -AzdoToken '$(publishing-dnceng-devdiv-code-r-build-re)'
+            -MaestroToken '$(MaestroApiAccessToken)'
+            -WaitPublishingFinish true
+            -ArtifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters '${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}'
+            -SymbolPublishingAdditionalParameters '${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}'
+
     - ${{ if eq(parameters.enablePublishBuildArtifacts, 'true') }}:
       - template: /eng/common/templates/steps/publish-logs.yml
         parameters:
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/job/source-index-stage1.yml b/eng/common/templates/job/source-index-stage1.yml
index 4af724eb1a9..c2d51098d35 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/job/source-index-stage1.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/job/source-index-stage1.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ parameters:
   binlogPath: artifacts/log/Debug/Build.binlog
   condition: ''
   dependsOn: ''
+  pool: ''
 
 jobs:
 - job: SourceIndexStage1
@@ -22,13 +23,17 @@ jobs:
   - ${{ if and(eq(parameters.runAsPublic, 'false'), ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public'), notin(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')) }}:
     - group: source-dot-net stage1 variables
 
-  pool:
-    ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public') }}:
-      name: NetCore1ESPool-Public
-      demands: ImageOverride -equals Build.Server.Amd64.VS2019.Open
-    ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'internal') }}:
-      name: NetCore1ESPool-Internal
-      demands: ImageOverride -equals Build.Server.Amd64.VS2019
+  ${{ if ne(parameters.pool, '') }}:
+    pool: ${{ parameters.pool }}
+  ${{ if eq(parameters.pool, '') }}:
+    pool:
+      ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public') }}:
+        name: NetCore1ESPool-Public
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals Build.Server.Amd64.VS2019.Open
+      ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'internal') }}:
+        name: NetCore1ESPool-Internal
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals Build.Server.Amd64.VS2019
+
   steps:
   - ${{ each preStep in parameters.preSteps }}:
     - ${{ preStep }}
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/jobs/jobs.yml b/eng/common/templates/jobs/jobs.yml
index 554e71cfc43..2cca53c2d1d 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/jobs/jobs.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/jobs/jobs.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ parameters:
   # Optional: Override automatically derived dependsOn value for "publish build assets" job
   publishBuildAssetsDependsOn: ''
 
+  # Optional: Publish the assets as soon as the publish to BAR stage is complete, rather doing so in a separate stage.
+  publishAssetsImmediately: false
+
+  # Optional: If using publishAssetsImmediately and additional parameters are needed, can be used to send along additional parameters (normally sent to post-build.yml)
+  artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters: ''
+  signingValidationAdditionalParameters: ''
+
   # Optional: should run as a public build even in the internal project
   #           if 'true', the build won't run any of the internal only steps, even if it is running in non-public projects.
   runAsPublic: false
@@ -68,7 +75,6 @@ jobs:
         ${{ parameter.key }}: ${{ parameter.value }}
 
 - ${{ if and(eq(parameters.runAsPublic, 'false'), ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public'), notin(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')) }}:
-  
   - ${{ if or(eq(parameters.enablePublishBuildAssets, true), eq(parameters.artifacts.publish.manifests, 'true'), ne(parameters.artifacts.publish.manifests, '')) }}:
     - template: ../job/publish-build-assets.yml
       parameters:
@@ -94,4 +100,7 @@ jobs:
 
         runAsPublic: ${{ parameters.runAsPublic }}
         publishUsingPipelines: ${{ parameters.enablePublishUsingPipelines }}
+        publishAssetsImmediately: ${{ parameters.publishAssetsImmediately }}
         enablePublishBuildArtifacts: ${{ parameters.enablePublishBuildArtifacts }}
+        artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+        signingValidationAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.signingValidationAdditionalParameters }}
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml b/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
index 2f176571f02..5a9056f6b2f 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ parameters:
     default:
     - Validate
 
+  # Optional: Call asset publishing rather than running in a separate stage
+  - name: publishAssetsImmediately
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+
 stages:
 - ${{ if or(eq( parameters.enableNugetValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.enableSigningValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.enableSourceLinkValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.SDLValidationParameters.enable, 'true')) }}:
   - stage: Validate
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ stages:
           name: VSEngSS-MicroBuild2022-1ES
           demands: Cmd
         # If it's not devdiv, it's dnceng
-        ${{ if ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'DevDiv') }}:
+        ${{ else }}:
           name: NetCore1ESPool-Internal
           demands: ImageOverride -equals Build.Server.Amd64.VS2019
 
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ stages:
           name: VSEngSS-MicroBuild2022-1ES
           demands: Cmd
         # If it's not devdiv, it's dnceng
-        ${{ if ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'DevDiv') }}:
+        ${{ else }}:
           name: NetCore1ESPool-Internal
           demands: ImageOverride -equals Build.Server.Amd64.VS2019
       steps:
@@ -196,7 +201,7 @@ stages:
           name: VSEngSS-MicroBuild2022-1ES
           demands: Cmd
         # If it's not devdiv, it's dnceng
-        ${{ if ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'DevDiv') }}:
+        ${{ else }}:
           name: NetCore1ESPool-Internal
           demands: ImageOverride -equals Build.Server.Amd64.VS2019
       steps:
@@ -235,43 +240,44 @@ stages:
         artifactNames: ${{ parameters.SDLValidationParameters.artifactNames }}
         downloadArtifacts: ${{ parameters.SDLValidationParameters.downloadArtifacts }}
 
-- stage: publish_using_darc
-  ${{ if or(eq(parameters.enableNugetValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.enableSigningValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.enableSourceLinkValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.SDLValidationParameters.enable, 'true')) }}:
-    dependsOn: ${{ parameters.publishDependsOn }}
-  ${{ if and(ne(parameters.enableNugetValidation, 'true'), ne(parameters.enableSigningValidation, 'true'), ne(parameters.enableSourceLinkValidation, 'true'), ne(parameters.SDLValidationParameters.enable, 'true')) }}:
-    dependsOn: ${{ parameters.validateDependsOn }}
-  displayName: Publish using Darc
-  variables:
-    - template: common-variables.yml
-  jobs:
-  - job:
-    displayName: Publish Using Darc
-    timeoutInMinutes: 120
-    pool:
-      # We don't use the collection uri here because it might vary (.visualstudio.com vs. dev.azure.com)
+- ${{ if ne(parameters.publishAssetsImmediately, 'true') }}:
+  - stage: publish_using_darc
+    ${{ if or(eq(parameters.enableNugetValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.enableSigningValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.enableSourceLinkValidation, 'true'), eq(parameters.SDLValidationParameters.enable, 'true')) }}:
+      dependsOn: ${{ parameters.publishDependsOn }}
+    ${{ else }}:
+      dependsOn: ${{ parameters.validateDependsOn }}
+    displayName: Publish using Darc
+    variables:
+      - template: common-variables.yml
+    jobs:
+    - job:
+      displayName: Publish Using Darc
+      timeoutInMinutes: 120
+      pool:
+        # We don't use the collection uri here because it might vary (.visualstudio.com vs. dev.azure.com)
         ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'DevDiv') }}:
           name: VSEngSS-MicroBuild2022-1ES
           demands: Cmd
         # If it's not devdiv, it's dnceng
-        ${{ if ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'DevDiv') }}:
+        ${{ else }}:
           name: NetCore1ESPool-Internal
           demands: ImageOverride -equals Build.Server.Amd64.VS2019
-    steps:
-      - template: setup-maestro-vars.yml
-        parameters:
-          BARBuildId: ${{ parameters.BARBuildId }}
-          PromoteToChannelIds: ${{ parameters.PromoteToChannelIds }}
+      steps:
+        - template: setup-maestro-vars.yml
+          parameters:
+            BARBuildId: ${{ parameters.BARBuildId }}
+            PromoteToChannelIds: ${{ parameters.PromoteToChannelIds }}
 
-      - task: NuGetAuthenticate@0
+        - task: NuGetAuthenticate@0
 
-      - task: PowerShell@2
-        displayName: Publish Using Darc
-        inputs:
-          filePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/common/post-build/publish-using-darc.ps1
-          arguments: -BuildId $(BARBuildId) 
-            -PublishingInfraVersion ${{ parameters.publishingInfraVersion }}
-            -AzdoToken '$(publishing-dnceng-devdiv-code-r-build-re)'
-            -MaestroToken '$(MaestroApiAccessToken)'
-            -WaitPublishingFinish true
-            -ArtifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters '${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}'
-            -SymbolPublishingAdditionalParameters '${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}'
\ No newline at end of file
+        - task: PowerShell@2
+          displayName: Publish Using Darc
+          inputs:
+            filePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/common/post-build/publish-using-darc.ps1
+            arguments: -BuildId $(BARBuildId) 
+              -PublishingInfraVersion ${{ parameters.publishingInfraVersion }}
+              -AzdoToken '$(publishing-dnceng-devdiv-code-r-build-re)'
+              -MaestroToken '$(MaestroApiAccessToken)'
+              -WaitPublishingFinish true
+              -ArtifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters '${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}'
+              -SymbolPublishingAdditionalParameters '${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index f1e1cb53953..797f05292a8 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ function InitializeVisualStudioMSBuild([bool]$install, [object]$vsRequirements =
 
   # If the version of msbuild is going to be xcopied,
   # use this version. Version matches a package here:
-  # https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging?_a=package&feed=dotnet-eng&package=RoslynTools.MSBuild&protocolType=NuGet&version=16.10.0-preview2&view=overview
-  $defaultXCopyMSBuildVersion = '16.10.0-preview2'
+  # https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging?_a=package&feed=dotnet-eng&package=RoslynTools.MSBuild&protocolType=NuGet&version=17.1.0&view=overview
+  $defaultXCopyMSBuildVersion = '17.1.0'
 
   if (!$vsRequirements) { $vsRequirements = $GlobalJson.tools.vs }
   $vsMinVersionStr = if ($vsRequirements.version) { $vsRequirements.version } else { $vsMinVersionReqdStr }
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 4502efbe261..0d6b7ee71b5 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "tools": {
-    "dotnet": "6.0.102",
+    "dotnet": "7.0.100-preview.4.22252.9",
     "runtimes": {
       "dotnet": [
         "2.1.11",
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
     }
   },
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "6.0.100"
+    "version": "7.0.100-preview.4.22252.9"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "7.0.0-beta.22171.2",
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "7.0.0-beta.22262.8",
     "Yarn.MSBuild": "1.22.10"
   }
 }