diff --git a/NuGet.config b/NuGet.config
index e61874f3..1f2f9537 100644
--- a/NuGet.config
+++ b/NuGet.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <configuration>
   <packageSources>
     <clear />
diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index e2732230..537a9d19 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Dependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="7.0.0-beta.22114.7">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="7.0.0-beta.22117.2">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>6d977266bcc193caedb60a27ae44d14d9a11a040</Sha>
+      <Sha>49750c02e63d0ad3a77d035bba7498a0b1acd218</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/common/retain-build.ps1 b/eng/common/retain-build.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e08fc227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/retain-build.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+
+Param(
+[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][int] $buildId,
+[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $azdoOrgUri, 
+[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $azdoProject,
+[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $token
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+Set-StrictMode -Version 2.0
+. $PSScriptRoot\tools.ps1
+
+
+function Get-AzDOHeaders(
+    [string] $token)
+{
+    $base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(":${token}"))
+    $headers = @{"Authorization"="Basic $base64AuthInfo"}
+    return $headers
+}
+
+function Update-BuildRetention(
+    [string] $azdoOrgUri,
+    [string] $azdoProject,
+    [int] $buildId,
+    [string] $token)
+{
+    $headers = Get-AzDOHeaders -token $token
+    $requestBody = "{
+        `"keepForever`": `"true`"
+    }"
+
+    $requestUri = "${azdoOrgUri}/${azdoProject}/_apis/build/builds/${buildId}?api-version=6.0"
+    write-Host "Attempting to retain build using the following URI: ${requestUri} ..."
+
+    try {
+        Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method Patch -Body $requestBody -Header $headers -contentType "application/json"
+        Write-Host "Updated retention settings for build ${buildId}."
+    }
+    catch {
+        Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category "Build" -Message "Failed to update retention settings for build: $_.Exception.Response.StatusDescription"
+        ExitWithExitCode 1
+    }
+}
+
+Update-BuildRetention -azdoOrgUri $azdoOrgUri -azdoProject $azdoProject -buildId $buildId -token $token
+ExitWithExitCode 0
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/jobs/jobs.yml b/eng/common/templates/jobs/jobs.yml
index 69763308..554e71cf 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/jobs/jobs.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/jobs/jobs.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ parameters:
   # Optional: Enable publishing using release pipelines
   enablePublishUsingPipelines: false
 
-  # Optional: Disable component governance detection. In general, component governance
-  # should be on for all jobs. Use only in the event of issues.
-  disableComponentGovernance: false
-
   # Optional: Enable running the source-build jobs to build repo from source
   enableSourceBuild: false
 
@@ -41,11 +37,6 @@ parameters:
 # Internal resources (telemetry, microbuild) can only be accessed from non-public projects,
 # and some (Microbuild) should only be applied to non-PR cases for internal builds.
 
-# Sbom related params
-  enableSbom: true
-  PackageVersion: 7.0.0
-  BuildDropPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/artifacts'
-
 jobs:
 - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
   - template: ../job/job.yml
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/steps/retain-build.yml b/eng/common/templates/steps/retain-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83d97a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/templates/steps/retain-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+parameters:
+  # Optional azure devops PAT with build execute permissions for the build's organization,
+  # only needed if the build that should be retained ran on a different organization than 
+  # the pipeline where this template is executing from
+  Token: ''
+  # Optional BuildId to retain, defaults to the current running build
+  BuildId: ''
+  # Azure devops Organization URI for the build in the https://dev.azure.com/<organization> format.
+  # Defaults to the organization the current pipeline is running on
+  AzdoOrgUri: '$(System.CollectionUri)'
+  # Azure devops project for the build. Defaults to the project the current pipeline is running on
+  AzdoProject: '$(System.TeamProject)'
+
+steps:
+  - task: powershell@2
+    inputs:
+      targetType: 'filePath'
+      filePath: eng/common/retain-build.ps1
+      pwsh: true
+      arguments: >
+        -AzdoOrgUri: ${{parameters.AzdoOrgUri}}
+        -AzdoProject ${{parameters.AzdoProject}}
+        -Token ${{coalesce(parameters.Token, '$env:SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN') }}
+        -BuildId ${{coalesce(parameters.BuildId, '$env:BUILD_ID')}}
+    displayName: Enable permanent build retention
+    env:
+      SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
+      BUILD_ID: $(Build.BuildId)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 10682407..f1c46e74 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "dotnet": "6.0.101"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "7.0.0-beta.22114.7"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "7.0.0-beta.22117.2"
   },
   "sdk": {
     "version": "6.0.101",