diff --git a/NuGet.config b/NuGet.config
index fd12114faa5c..220bbc493b99 100644
--- a/NuGet.config
+++ b/NuGet.config
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <!--  Begin: Package sources from dotnet-runtime -->
     <!--  End: Package sources from dotnet-runtime -->
     <!--  Begin: Package sources from dotnet-templating -->
-    <add key="darc-pub-dotnet-templating-60c0235" value="https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/darc-pub-dotnet-templating-60c0235b/nuget/v3/index.json" />
+    <add key="darc-pub-dotnet-templating-ca95ce3" value="https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/darc-pub-dotnet-templating-ca95ce39/nuget/v3/index.json" />
     <!--  End: Package sources from dotnet-templating -->
     <!--  Begin: Package sources from dotnet-windowsdesktop -->
     <!--  End: Package sources from dotnet-windowsdesktop -->
diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 8c4db2215448..acab3aaf6a08 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
   <ProductDependencies>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Abstractions" Version="8.0.123">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/templating</Uri>
-      <Sha>60c0235b29a158b4ea57b440bfa498ebed6641ff</Sha>
+      <Sha>ca95ce39a1d1c189a275bb5e3b8c78434d2cca48</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Mocks" Version="8.0.123-servicing.25566.2">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Mocks" Version="8.0.123-servicing.25602.3">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/templating</Uri>
-      <Sha>60c0235b29a158b4ea57b440bfa498ebed6641ff</Sha>
+      <Sha>ca95ce39a1d1c189a275bb5e3b8c78434d2cca48</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.templating" Version="8.0.123-servicing.25566.2">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.SourceBuild.Intermediate.templating" Version="8.0.123-servicing.25602.3">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/templating</Uri>
-      <Sha>60c0235b29a158b4ea57b440bfa498ebed6641ff</Sha>
+      <Sha>ca95ce39a1d1c189a275bb5e3b8c78434d2cca48</Sha>
       <SourceBuild RepoName="templating" ManagedOnly="true" />
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref" Version="8.0.22">
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 893d31eb95b4..8c4069c5a5a2 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <MicrosoftTemplateEngineUtilsPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftTemplateEngineAbstractionsPackageVersion)</MicrosoftTemplateEngineUtilsPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftTemplateSearchCommonPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftTemplateEngineAbstractionsPackageVersion)</MicrosoftTemplateSearchCommonPackageVersion>
     <!-- test dependencies -->
-    <MicrosoftTemplateEngineMocksPackageVersion>8.0.123-servicing.25566.2</MicrosoftTemplateEngineMocksPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftTemplateEngineMocksPackageVersion>8.0.123-servicing.25602.3</MicrosoftTemplateEngineMocksPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftTemplateEngineTestHelperPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftTemplateEngineMocksPackageVersion)</MicrosoftTemplateEngineTestHelperPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftTemplateEngineAuthoringTemplateVerifierVersion>$(MicrosoftTemplateEngineAbstractionsPackageVersion)</MicrosoftTemplateEngineAuthoringTemplateVerifierVersion>
     <MicrosoftTemplateSearchTemplateDiscoveryPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftTemplateEngineMocksPackageVersion)</MicrosoftTemplateSearchTemplateDiscoveryPackageVersion>
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index bb048ad125a8..6764bdedbf05 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ function InstallDotNet([string] $dotnetRoot,
     if ($runtime -eq "aspnetcore") { $runtimePath = $runtimePath + "\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" }
     if ($runtime -eq "windowsdesktop") { $runtimePath = $runtimePath + "\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App" }
     $runtimePath = $runtimePath + "\" + $version
-  
+
     $dotnetVersionLabel = "runtime toolset '$runtime/$architecture v$version'"
 
     if (Test-Path $runtimePath) {
@@ -545,19 +545,25 @@ function LocateVisualStudio([object]$vsRequirements = $null){
     })
   }
 
-  if (!$vsRequirements) { $vsRequirements = $GlobalJson.tools.vs }
+  if (!$vsRequirements) {
+    if (Get-Member -InputObject $GlobalJson.tools -Name 'vs' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+      $vsRequirements = $GlobalJson.tools.vs
+    } else {
+      $vsRequirements = $null
+    }
+  }
   $args = @('-latest', '-format', 'json', '-requires', 'Microsoft.Component.MSBuild', '-products', '*')
 
   if (!$excludePrereleaseVS) {
     $args += '-prerelease'
   }
 
-  if (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'version') {
+  if ($vsRequirements -and (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'version' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
     $args += '-version'
     $args += $vsRequirements.version
   }
 
-  if (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'components') {
+  if ($vsRequirements -and (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'components' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
     foreach ($component in $vsRequirements.components) {
       $args += '-requires'
       $args += $component
@@ -954,4 +960,4 @@ function Enable-Nuget-EnhancedRetry() {
       Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'NUGET_ENHANCED_NETWORK_RETRY_DELAY_MILLISECONDS' -Value '1000'
       Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'NUGET_RETRY_HTTP_429' -Value 'true'
     }
-}
+}
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