diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 56a50a8..cc273f4 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
   <ProductDependencies>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20256.5">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20261.9">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>8547938aefa24475a04877285553f0b2663ae249</Sha>
+      <Sha>898e51ed5fdcc4871087ac5754ca9056e58e575d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20256.5">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20261.9">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>8547938aefa24475a04877285553f0b2663ae249</Sha>
+      <Sha>898e51ed5fdcc4871087ac5754ca9056e58e575d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/common/build.ps1 b/eng/common/build.ps1
index 813d440..67ee6d2 100644
--- a/eng/common/build.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/build.ps1
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Param(
   [switch] $publish,
   [switch] $clean,
   [switch][Alias('bl')]$binaryLog,
+  [switch][Alias('nobl')]$excludeCIBinarylog,
   [switch] $ci,
   [switch] $prepareMachine,
   [switch] $help,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ function Print-Usage() {
   Write-Host "Advanced settings:"
   Write-Host "  -projects <value>       Semi-colon delimited list of sln/proj's to build. Globbing is supported (*.sln)"
   Write-Host "  -ci                     Set when running on CI server"
+  Write-Host "  -excludeCIBinarylog     Don't output binary log (short: -nobl)"
   Write-Host "  -prepareMachine         Prepare machine for CI run, clean up processes after build"
   Write-Host "  -warnAsError <value>    Sets warnaserror msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
   Write-Host "  -msbuildEngine <value>  Msbuild engine to use to run build ('dotnet', 'vs', or unspecified)."
@@ -134,7 +136,9 @@ try {
   }
 
   if ($ci) {
-    $binaryLog = $true
+    if (-not $excludeCIBinarylog) {
+      $binaryLog = $true
+    }
     $nodeReuse = $false
   }
 
diff --git a/eng/common/build.sh b/eng/common/build.sh
index 36f9aa0..6d7c5a1 100755
--- a/eng/common/build.sh
+++ b/eng/common/build.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ usage()
   echo "Advanced settings:"
   echo "  --projects <value>       Project or solution file(s) to build"
   echo "  --ci                     Set when running on CI server"
+  echo "  --excludeCIBinarylog     Don't output binary log (short: -nobl)"
   echo "  --prepareMachine         Prepare machine for CI run, clean up processes after build"
   echo "  --nodeReuse <value>      Sets nodereuse msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
   echo "  --warnAsError <value>    Sets warnaserror msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ clean=false
 warn_as_error=true
 node_reuse=true
 binary_log=false
+exclude_ci_binary_log=false
 pipelines_log=false
 
 projects=''
@@ -98,6 +100,9 @@ while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
     -binarylog|-bl)
       binary_log=true
       ;;
+    -excludeCIBinarylog|-nobl)
+      exclude_ci_binary_log=true
+      ;;
     -pipelineslog|-pl)
       pipelines_log=true
       ;;
@@ -156,8 +161,10 @@ done
 
 if [[ "$ci" == true ]]; then
   pipelines_log=true
-  binary_log=true
   node_reuse=false
+  if [[ "$exclude_ci_binary_log" == false ]]; then
+    binary_log=true
+  fi
 fi
 
 . "$scriptroot/tools.sh"
diff --git a/eng/common/native/CommonLibrary.psm1 b/eng/common/native/CommonLibrary.psm1
index 4141686..d7d1a65 100644
--- a/eng/common/native/CommonLibrary.psm1
+++ b/eng/common/native/CommonLibrary.psm1
@@ -145,9 +145,12 @@ function Get-File {
     New-Item -path $DownloadDirectory -force -itemType "Directory" | Out-Null
   }
 
+  $TempPath = "$Path.tmp"
   if (Test-Path -IsValid -Path $Uri) {
-    Write-Verbose "'$Uri' is a file path, copying file to '$Path'"
-    Copy-Item -Path $Uri -Destination $Path
+    Write-Verbose "'$Uri' is a file path, copying temporarily to '$TempPath'"
+    Copy-Item -Path $Uri -Destination $TempPath
+    Write-Verbose "Moving temporary file to '$Path'"
+    Move-Item -Path $TempPath -Destination $Path
     return $?
   }
   else {
@@ -157,8 +160,10 @@ function Get-File {
     while($Attempt -Lt $DownloadRetries)
     {
       try {
-        Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $Uri -OutFile $Path
-        Write-Verbose "Downloaded to '$Path'"
+        Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $Uri -OutFile $TempPath
+        Write-Verbose "Downloaded to temporary location '$TempPath'"
+        Move-Item -Path $TempPath -Destination $Path
+        Write-Verbose "Moved temporary file to '$Path'"
         return $True
       }
       catch {
@@ -359,16 +364,21 @@ function Expand-Zip {
         return $False
       }
     }
-    if (-Not (Test-Path $OutputDirectory)) {
-      New-Item -path $OutputDirectory -Force -itemType "Directory" | Out-Null
+
+    $TempOutputDirectory = Join-Path "$(Split-Path -Parent $OutputDirectory)" "$(Split-Path -Leaf $OutputDirectory).tmp"
+    if (Test-Path $TempOutputDirectory) {
+      Remove-Item $TempOutputDirectory -Force -Recurse
     }
+    New-Item -Path $TempOutputDirectory -Force -ItemType "Directory" | Out-Null
 
     Add-Type -assembly "system.io.compression.filesystem"
-    [io.compression.zipfile]::ExtractToDirectory("$ZipPath", "$OutputDirectory")
+    [io.compression.zipfile]::ExtractToDirectory("$ZipPath", "$TempOutputDirectory")
     if ($? -Eq $False) {
       Write-Error "Unable to extract '$ZipPath'"
       return $False
     }
+
+    Move-Item -Path $TempOutputDirectory -Destination $OutputDirectory
   }
   catch {
     Write-Host $_
diff --git a/eng/common/performance/perfhelixpublish.proj b/eng/common/performance/perfhelixpublish.proj
index cf5941e..1db5e8a 100644
--- a/eng/common/performance/perfhelixpublish.proj
+++ b/eng/common/performance/perfhelixpublish.proj
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <Python>py -3</Python>
     <CoreRun>%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\Core_Root\CoreRun.exe</CoreRun>
     <BaselineCoreRun>%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\Baseline_Core_Root\CoreRun.exe</BaselineCoreRun>
+    
     <HelixPreCommands>$(HelixPreCommands);call %HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\performance\tools\machine-setup.cmd;set PYTHONPATH=%HELIX_WORKITEM_PAYLOAD%\scripts%3B%HELIX_WORKITEM_PAYLOAD%</HelixPreCommands>
     <ArtifactsDirectory>%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\artifacts\BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts</ArtifactsDirectory>
     <BaselineArtifactsDirectory>%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\artifacts\BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts_Baseline</BaselineArtifactsDirectory>
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@
     <XMLResults>$HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT/testResults.xml</XMLResults>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MonoDotnet)' == 'true' and '$(AGENT_OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
+    <CoreRunArgument>--corerun %HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\dotnet-mono\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\5.0.0\corerun.exe</CoreRunArgument>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MonoDotnet)' == 'true' and '$(AGENT_OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">
+    <CoreRunArgument>--corerun $(BaseDirectory)/dotnet-mono/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/5.0.0/corerun</CoreRunArgument>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(UseCoreRun)' == 'true'">
     <CoreRunArgument>--corerun $(CoreRun)</CoreRunArgument>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.ps1 b/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.ps1
index f5e6ca6..31a99e4 100644
--- a/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.ps1
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ Param(
     [string] $RunCategories="Libraries Runtime",
     [string] $Csproj="src\benchmarks\micro\MicroBenchmarks.csproj",
     [string] $Kind="micro",
+    [switch] $LLVM,
+    [switch] $MonoInterpreter,
+    [switch] $MonoAOT, 
     [switch] $Internal,
     [switch] $Compare,
+    [string] $MonoDotnet="",
     [string] $Configurations="CompilationMode=$CompilationMode RunKind=$Kind"
 )
 
@@ -50,6 +54,21 @@ if ($Internal) {
     $HelixSourcePrefix = "official"
 }
 
+if($MonoDotnet -ne "")
+{
+    $Configurations += " LLVM=$LLVM MonoInterpreter=$MonoInterpreter MonoAOT=$MonoAOT"
+    if($ExtraBenchmarkDotNetArguments -eq "")
+    {
+        #FIX ME: We need to block these tests as they don't run on mono for now
+        $ExtraBenchmarkDotNetArguments = "--exclusion-filter *Perf_Image* *Perf_NamedPipeStream*"
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        #FIX ME: We need to block these tests as they don't run on mono for now
+        $ExtraBenchmarkDotNetArguments += " --exclusion-filter *Perf_Image* *Perf_NamedPipeStream*"
+    }
+}
+
 # FIX ME: This is a workaround until we get this from the actual pipeline
 $CommonSetupArguments="--channel master --queue $Queue --build-number $BuildNumber --build-configs $Configurations --architecture $Architecture"
 $SetupArguments = "--repository https://github.com/$Repository --branch $Branch --get-perf-hash --commit-sha $CommitSha $CommonSetupArguments"
@@ -70,6 +89,13 @@ else {
     git clone --branch master --depth 1 --quiet https://github.com/dotnet/performance $PerformanceDirectory
 }
 
+if($MonoDotnet -ne "")
+{
+    $UsingMono = "true"
+    $MonoDotnetPath = (Join-Path $PayloadDirectory "dotnet-mono")
+    Move-Item -Path $MonoDotnet -Destination $MonoDotnetPath
+}
+
 if ($UseCoreRun) {
     $NewCoreRoot = (Join-Path $PayloadDirectory "Core_Root")
     Move-Item -Path $CoreRootDirectory -Destination $NewCoreRoot
@@ -105,6 +131,7 @@ Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'UseCoreRun' -Value "$UseCoreRun" -IsMultiJobVar
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'UseBaselineCoreRun' -Value "$UseBaselineCoreRun" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'RunFromPerfRepo' -Value "$RunFromPerformanceRepo" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'Compare' -Value "$Compare" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
+Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'MonoDotnet' -Value "$UsingMono" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
 
 # Helix Arguments
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'Creator' -Value "$Creator" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
diff --git a/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.sh b/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.sh
index 34eed8b..9409e4d 100755
--- a/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.sh
+++ b/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.sh
@@ -12,13 +12,18 @@ commit_sha=$BUILD_SOURCEVERSION
 build_number=$BUILD_BUILDNUMBER
 internal=false
 compare=false
+mono_dotnet=
 kind="micro"
+llvm=false
+monointerpreter=false
+monoaot=false
 run_categories="Libraries Runtime"
 csproj="src\benchmarks\micro\MicroBenchmarks.csproj"
 configurations="CompliationMode=$compilation_mode RunKind=$kind"
 run_from_perf_repo=false
 use_core_run=true
 use_baseline_core_run=true
+using_mono=false
 
 while (($# > 0)); do
   lowerI="$(echo $1 | awk '{print tolower($0)}')"
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
       ;;
     --kind)
       kind=$2
+      configurations="CompliationMode=$compilation_mode RunKind=$kind"
       shift 2
       ;;
     --runcategories)
@@ -79,6 +85,22 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
       internal=true
       shift 1
       ;;
+    --llvm)
+      llvm=true
+      shift 1
+      ;;
+    --monointerpreter)
+      monointerpreter=true
+      shift 1
+      ;;
+    --monoaot)
+      monoaot=true
+      shift 1
+      ;;
+    --monodotnet)
+      mono_dotnet=$2
+      shift 2
+      ;;
     --compare)
       compare=true
       shift 1
@@ -107,6 +129,7 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
       echo "  --kind <value>                 Related to csproj. The kind of benchmarks that should be run. Defaults to micro"
       echo "  --runcategories <value>        Related to csproj. Categories of benchmarks to run. Defaults to \"coreclr corefx\""
       echo "  --internal                     If the benchmarks are running as an official job."
+      echo "  --monodotnet                   Pass the path to the mono dotnet for mono performance testing."
       echo ""
       exit 0
       ;;
@@ -164,6 +187,10 @@ if [[ "$internal" == true ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+if [[ "$mono_dotnet" != "" ]]; then
+    configurations="$configurations LLVM=$llvm MonoInterpreter=$monointerpreter MonoAOT=$monoaot"
+fi
+
 common_setup_arguments="--channel master --queue $queue --build-number $build_number --build-configs $configurations --architecture $architecture"
 setup_arguments="--repository https://github.com/$repository --branch $branch --get-perf-hash --commit-sha $commit_sha $common_setup_arguments"
 
@@ -186,6 +213,12 @@ else
     mv $docs_directory $workitem_directory
 fi
 
+if [[ "$mono_dotnet" != "" ]]; then
+    using_mono=true
+    mono_dotnet_path=$payload_directory/dotnet-mono
+    mv $mono_dotnet $mono_dotnet_path
+fi
+
 if [[ "$use_core_run" = true ]]; then
     new_core_root=$payload_directory/Core_Root
     mv $core_root_directory $new_core_root
@@ -221,3 +254,4 @@ Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "HelixSourcePrefix" -value "$helix_source_prefix
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "Kind" -value "$kind" -is_multi_job_variable false
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "_BuildConfig" -value "$architecture.$kind.$framework" -is_multi_job_variable false
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "Compare" -value "$compare" -is_multi_job_variable false
+Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "MonoDotnet" -value "$using_mono" -is_multi_job_variable false
diff --git a/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1 b/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
index 22eeb26..8e95271 100644
--- a/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ param(
   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $InputPath,              # Full path to directory where NuGet packages to be checked are stored
   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $ExtractPath,            # Full path to directory where the packages will be extracted during validation
   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $DotnetSymbolVersion,    # Version of dotnet symbol to use
-  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][switch] $ContinueOnError        # If we should keep checking symbols after an error
+  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][switch] $ContinueOnError,       # If we should keep checking symbols after an error
+  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][switch] $Clean                  # Clean extracted symbols directory after checking symbols
 )
 
 function FirstMatchingSymbolDescriptionOrDefault {
@@ -81,7 +82,14 @@ function CountMissingSymbols {
   $ExtractPath = Join-Path -Path $ExtractPath -ChildPath $PackageGuid
   $SymbolsPath = Join-Path -Path $ExtractPath -ChildPath 'Symbols'
   
-  [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($PackagePath, $ExtractPath)
+  try {
+    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($PackagePath, $ExtractPath)
+  }
+  catch {
+    Write-Host "Something went wrong extracting $PackagePath"
+    Write-Host $_
+    return -1
+  }
 
   Get-ChildItem -Recurse $ExtractPath |
     Where-Object {$RelevantExtensions -contains $_.Extension} |
@@ -116,6 +124,10 @@ function CountMissingSymbols {
       }
     }
   
+  if ($Clean) {
+    Remove-Item $ExtractPath -Recurse -Force
+  }
+  
   Pop-Location
 
   return $MissingSymbols
@@ -151,7 +163,7 @@ function CheckSymbolsAvailable {
 
       if ($Status -ne 0) {
         Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'CheckSymbols' -Message "Missing symbols for $Status modules in the package $FileName"
-
+        
         if ($ContinueOnError) {
           $TotalFailures++
         }
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml b/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
index 47be0be..b51bc53 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ parameters:
   Net5Preview3ChannelId: 739
   Net5Preview4ChannelId: 856
   Net5Preview5ChannelId: 857
+  NetCoreSDK313xxChannelId: 759
+  NetCoreSDK313xxInternalChannelId: 760
   NetCoreSDK314xxChannelId: 921
   NetCoreSDK314xxInternalChannelId: 922
   
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ stages:
         inputs:
           filePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/common/post-build/check-channel-consistency.ps1
           arguments: -PromoteToChannels "$(TargetChannels)"
-            -AvailableChannelIds ${{parameters.NetEngLatestChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngValidationChannelId}},${{parameters.NetDev5ChannelId}},${{parameters.GeneralTestingChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreToolingDevChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreToolingReleaseChannelId}},${{parameters.NETInternalToolingChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreExperimentalChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngServicesIntChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngServicesProdChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview3ChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview4ChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview5ChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK314xxChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK314xxInternalChannelId}}
+            -AvailableChannelIds ${{parameters.NetEngLatestChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngValidationChannelId}},${{parameters.NetDev5ChannelId}},${{parameters.GeneralTestingChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreToolingDevChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreToolingReleaseChannelId}},${{parameters.NETInternalToolingChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreExperimentalChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngServicesIntChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngServicesProdChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview3ChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview4ChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview5ChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK313xxChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK313xxInternalChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK314xxChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK314xxInternalChannelId}}
 
   - job:
     displayName: NuGet Validation
@@ -408,3 +410,29 @@ stages:
     transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
     shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal/nuget/v3/index.json'
     symbolsFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal-symbols/nuget/v3/index.json' 
+
+- template: \eng\common\templates\post-build\channels\generic-public-channel.yml
+  parameters:
+    artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+    dependsOn: ${{ parameters.publishDependsOn }}
+    publishInstallersAndChecksums: ${{ parameters.publishInstallersAndChecksums }}
+    symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+    stageName: 'NETCore_SDK_313xx_Publishing'
+    channelName: '.NET Core SDK 3.1.3xx'
+    channelId: ${{ parameters.NetCoreSDK313xxChannelId }}
+    transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet3.1-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
+    shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet3.1/nuget/v3/index.json'
+    symbolsFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet3.1-symbols/nuget/v3/index.json'
+
+- template: \eng\common\templates\post-build\channels\generic-internal-channel.yml
+  parameters:
+    artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+    dependsOn: ${{ parameters.publishDependsOn }}
+    publishInstallersAndChecksums: ${{ parameters.publishInstallersAndChecksums }}
+    symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+    stageName: 'NETCore_SDK_313xx_Internal_Publishing'
+    channelName: '.NET Core SDK 3.1.3xx Internal'
+    channelId: ${{ parameters.NetCoreSDK313xxInternalChannelId }}
+    transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
+    shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal/nuget/v3/index.json'
+    symbolsFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal-symbols/nuget/v3/index.json' 
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index f31377a..d8dfc5e 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 # Build configuration. Common values include 'Debug' and 'Release', but the repository may use other names.
 [string]$configuration = if (Test-Path variable:configuration) { $configuration } else { 'Debug' }
 
+# Set to true to opt out of outputting binary log while running in CI
+[bool]$excludeCIBinarylog = if (Test-Path variable:excludeCIBinarylog) { $excludeCIBinarylog } else { $false }
+
 # Set to true to output binary log from msbuild. Note that emitting binary log slows down the build.
-# Binary log must be enabled on CI.
-[bool]$binaryLog = if (Test-Path variable:binaryLog) { $binaryLog } else { $ci }
+[bool]$binaryLog = if (Test-Path variable:binaryLog) { $binaryLog } else { $ci -and !$excludeCIBinarylog }
 
 # Set to true to use the pipelines logger which will enable Azure logging output.
 # https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/blob/master/docs/authoring/commands.md
@@ -55,10 +57,8 @@ set-strictmode -version 2.0
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
 
-function Create-Directory([string[]] $path) {
-  if (!(Test-Path $path)) {
-    New-Item -path $path -force -itemType 'Directory' | Out-Null
-  }
+function Create-Directory ([string[]] $path) {
+    New-Item -Path $path -Force -ItemType 'Directory' | Out-Null
 }
 
 function Unzip([string]$zipfile, [string]$outpath) {
@@ -605,8 +605,8 @@ function MSBuild() {
 #
 function MSBuild-Core() {
   if ($ci) {
-    if (!$binaryLog) {
-      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'Build' -Message 'Binary log must be enabled in CI build.'
+    if (!$binaryLog -and !$excludeCIBinarylog) {
+      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'Build' -Message 'Binary log must be enabled in CI build, or explicitly opted-out from with the -excludeCIBinarylog switch.'
       ExitWithExitCode 1
     }
 
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.sh b/eng/common/tools.sh
index a9dff44..e94fce2 100755
--- a/eng/common/tools.sh
+++ b/eng/common/tools.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,17 @@ fi
 # Build configuration. Common values include 'Debug' and 'Release', but the repository may use other names.
 configuration=${configuration:-'Debug'}
 
+# Set to true to opt out of outputting binary log while running in CI
+exclude_ci_binary_log=${exclude_ci_binary_log:-false}
+
+if [[ "$ci" == true && "$exclude_ci_binary_log" == false ]]; then
+  binary_log_default=true
+else
+  binary_log_default=false
+fi
+
 # Set to true to output binary log from msbuild. Note that emitting binary log slows down the build.
-# Binary log must be enabled on CI.
-binary_log=${binary_log:-$ci}
+binary_log=${binary_log:-$binary_log_default}
 
 # Turns on machine preparation/clean up code that changes the machine state (e.g. kills build processes).
 prepare_machine=${prepare_machine:-false}
@@ -404,8 +412,8 @@ function MSBuild {
 
 function MSBuild-Core {
   if [[ "$ci" == true ]]; then
-    if [[ "$binary_log" != true ]]; then
-      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -category 'Build'  "Binary log must be enabled in CI build."
+    if [[ "$binary_log" != true && "$exclude_ci_binary_log" != true ]]; then
+      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -category 'Build'  "Binary log must be enabled in CI build, or explicitly opted-out from with the -noBinaryLog switch."
       ExitWithExitCode 1
     fi
 
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 9a8496a..e48e4ca 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     }
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20256.5",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20256.5"
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