diff --git a/.ado/Brewfile b/.ado/Brewfile
index c94fbdf002..78fe5e50f1 100644
--- a/.ado/Brewfile
+++ b/.ado/Brewfile
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 brew "watchman"
 brew "xcbeautify"
+# macOS 12 doesn't have `realpath` but macOS 13 does. Remove this line when Azure Pipelines supports macOS 13 images.
+brew "coreutils"
diff --git a/.ado/apple-pr.yml b/.ado/apple-pr.yml
index 85acbd8b71..681c754343 100644
--- a/.ado/apple-pr.yml
+++ b/.ado/apple-pr.yml
@@ -223,3 +223,52 @@ jobs:
       - template: templates/react-native-macos-init.yml
         parameters:
           configuration: $(configuration)
+
+  - job: NPMPublishDryRun
+    displayName: NPM Publish Dry Run
+    pool:
+      vmImage: $(VmImageApple)
+    timeoutInMinutes: 60 # how long to run the job before automatically cancelling
+    cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 5 # how much time to give 'run always even if cancelled tasks' before killing them
+    steps:
+      - checkout: self # self represents the repo where the initial Pipelines YAML file was found
+        clean: true # whether to fetch clean each time
+        # fetchDepth: 2 # the depth of commits to ask Git to fetch
+        lfs: false # whether to download Git-LFS files
+        submodules: recursive # set to 'true' for a single level of submodules or 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
+        persistCredentials: true # set to 'true' to leave the OAuth token in the Git config after the initial fetch
+
+      - template: templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
+
+      - template: templates/apple-install-dependencies.yml
+
+      - task: CmdLine@2
+        displayName: Set next version if release branch
+        inputs:
+          script: |
+            VERSION=$(node .ado/get-next-semver-version.js)
+            echo "Set Version to: $VERSION"
+        condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Build.TargetBranchName'], 'main'))
+
+
+      - task: CmdLine@2
+        displayName: Prepare package for release
+        inputs:
+          script: |
+            if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+              VERSION=$(grep '"version"' package.json | cut -d '"' -f 4 | head -1)
+              echo "Using the version from the package.json: $VERSION"
+            fi
+            node ./scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js -v "$VERSION" -l false --dry-run true
+
+      - task: CmdLine@2
+        displayName: NPM Publish Dry Run
+        inputs:
+          script: |
+            node ./scripts/publish-npm.js --dry-run
+
+      - task: CmdLine@2
+        displayName: Print tarball output
+        inputs:
+          script: |
+            npm publish --dry-run
diff --git a/.ado/bumpFileVersions.js b/.ado/bumpFileVersions.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 11a520ff5f..0000000000
--- a/.ado/bumpFileVersions.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// @ts-check
-const {updateVersionsInFiles} = require('./versionUtils');
-updateVersionsInFiles();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ado/versionUtils.js b/.ado/get-next-semver-version.js
similarity index 56%
rename from .ado/versionUtils.js
rename to .ado/get-next-semver-version.js
index 29c7d21279..67b7336599 100644
--- a/.ado/versionUtils.js
+++ b/.ado/get-next-semver-version.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function gatherVersionInfo() {
     return {pkgJson, releaseVersion, branchVersionSuffix};
 }
 
-function updateVersionsInFiles(patchVersionPrefix) {
+function getNextVersion(patchVersionPrefix) {
 
     let {pkgJson, releaseVersion, branchVersionSuffix} = gatherVersionInfo();
 
@@ -42,34 +42,9 @@ function updateVersionsInFiles(patchVersionPrefix) {
     }
  
     pkgJson.version = releaseVersion;
-    console.log(`Bumping files to version ${releaseVersion}`);
-    execSync(`node ./scripts/set-rn-version.js --rnmpublish --to-version ${releaseVersion}`, {stdio: 'inherit', env: process.env});
 
     return {releaseVersion, branchVersionSuffix};
 }
 
-const workspaceJsonPath = path.resolve(require('os').tmpdir(), 'rnpkg.json');
-
-function removeWorkspaceConfig() {
-  let {pkgJson} = gatherVersionInfo();
-  fs.writeFileSync(workspaceJsonPath, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2));
-  delete pkgJson.private;
-  delete pkgJson.workspaces;
-  fs.writeFileSync(pkgJsonPath, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2));
-  console.log(`Removing workspace config from package.json to prepare to publish.`);
-}
-
-function restoreWorkspaceConfig() {
-  let pkgJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(workspaceJsonPath, "utf8"));
-  fs.writeFileSync(pkgJsonPath, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2));
-  console.log(`Restoring workspace config from package.json`);
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-    gatherVersionInfo,
-    publishBranchName,
-    pkgJsonPath,
-    removeWorkspaceConfig,
-    restoreWorkspaceConfig,
-    updateVersionsInFiles
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+const nextVersion = getNextVersion().releaseVersion;
+console.log(nextVersion);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ado/get-release-type.js b/.ado/get-release-type.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..019c9d70b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ado/get-release-type.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// @ts-check
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+const semver = require('semver');
+const {execSync} = require('child_process');
+
+const pkgJsonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../package.json");
+let publishBranchName = '';
+try {
+  publishBranchName = process.env.BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH.match(/refs\/heads\/(.*)/)[1];
+} catch (error) {}
+
+if (publishBranchName === 'main') {
+  console.log('nightly');
+} else if (publishBranchName.endsWith('-stable')) {
+  console.log('release');
+} else {
+  process.exit(1);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ado/gitTagRelease.js b/.ado/gitTagRelease.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 75c96ccc08..0000000000
--- a/.ado/gitTagRelease.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-// @ts-check
-// Used to apply the package updates: the git tag for the published release.
-
-const execSync = require("child_process").execSync;
-const {pkgJsonPath, publishBranchName, gatherVersionInfo} = require('./versionUtils');
-
-function exec(command) {
-  try {
-    console.log(`Running command: ${command}`);
-    return execSync(command, {
-      stdio: "inherit"
-    });
-  } catch (err) {
-    process.exitCode = 1;
-    console.log(`Failure running: ${command}`);
-    throw err;
-  }
-}
-
-function doPublish() {
-  console.log(`Target branch to publish to: ${publishBranchName}`);
-
-  const {releaseVersion} = gatherVersionInfo()
-
-  const tempPublishBranch = `publish-temp-${Date.now()}`;
-  exec(`git checkout -b ${tempPublishBranch}`);
-
-  exec(`git config --global user.email "53619745+rnbot@users.noreply.github.com"`);
-  exec(`git config --global user.name "React-Native Bot"`);
-
-  exec(`git add .`);
-  exec(`git commit -m "Applying package update to ${releaseVersion} ***NO_CI***"`);
-  exec(`git tag v${releaseVersion}`);
-  exec(`git push origin HEAD:${tempPublishBranch} --follow-tags --verbose`);
-  exec(`git push origin tag v${releaseVersion}`);
-
-  exec(`git checkout ${publishBranchName}`);
-  exec(`git pull origin ${publishBranchName}`);
-  exec(`git merge ${tempPublishBranch} --no-edit`);
-  exec(
-    `git push origin HEAD:${publishBranchName} --follow-tags --verbose`
-  );
-  exec(`git branch -d ${tempPublishBranch}`);
-  exec(`git push origin --delete -d ${tempPublishBranch}`);  
-}
-
-doPublish();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ado/publish.yml b/.ado/publish.yml
index 896f51df9a..67a71a16f7 100644
--- a/.ado/publish.yml
+++ b/.ado/publish.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ trigger:
     include:
       - main
       - 0.68-stable
+      - 0.71-stable
   paths:
     exclude:
       - package.json
@@ -43,79 +44,63 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive # set to 'true' for a single level of submodules or 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
         persistCredentials: true # set to 'true' to leave the OAuth token in the Git config after the initial fetch
 
-      - script: exit 1
-        displayName: Validate variables
-        condition: eq(variables.latestStableBranch, '')
-
-      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=npmDistTag]latest"
-        displayName: Set dist-tag to latest
-        condition: eq(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], variables.latestStableBranch)
-
-      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=npmDistTag]canary"
-        displayName: Set dist-tag to canary
-        condition: eq(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main')
-
-      - bash: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=npmDistTag]v${{variables['Build.SourceBranchName']}}"
-        displayName: Set dist-tag to v0.x-stable
-        condition: and(ne(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main'), ne(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], variables.latestStableBranch))
-
       - template: templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
 
-      - task: CmdLine@2
-        displayName: yarn install
-        inputs:
-          script: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+      - template: templates/apple-install-dependencies.yml
+
+      - template: templates/apple-release-setup.yml
 
       - task: CmdLine@2
-        displayName: Bump stable package version
+        displayName: Set next version if release branch
         inputs:
-          script: node .ado/bumpFileVersions.js
+          script: |
+            VERSION=$(node .ado/get-next-semver-version.js)
+            echo "Set version to: $VERSION"
         condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main'))
 
       - task: CmdLine@2
-        displayName: Set canary package version
+        displayName: Set release type
         inputs:
-          script: node scripts/set-rn-version.js --nightly --autogenerateVersionNumber
-        condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main'))
-
-      # Publish will fail if package.json is marked as private
+          script: |
+            RELEASE_TYPE=$(node .ado/get-next-release-type.js)
+            echo "Set release type to: $RELEASE_TYPE"
+  
       - task: CmdLine@2
-        displayName: Remove workspace config from package.json
+        displayName: Set latest tag if latest stable branch
         inputs:
-          script: node .ado/removeWorkspaceConfig.js
+          script: |
+            LATEST=true
+            echo "Set latest to: $LATEST"
+        condition: eq(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], $(latest_stable_branch))
+
+      - task: CmdLine@2
+        displayName: Prepare package for release
+        inputs:
+          script: |
+            if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+              VERSION=$(grep '"version"' package.json | cut -d '"' -f 4 | head -1)
+              echo "Using the version from the package.json: $VERSION"
+            fi
+            node ./scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js -v "$VERSION" -l $LATEST
+        condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main'))
 
       - task: AzureArtifacts.manifest-generator-task.manifest-generator-task.ManifestGeneratorTask@0
         displayName: 📒 Generate Manifest
         inputs:
           BuildDropPath: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)
 
+      - task: CmdLine@2
+        displayName: NPM Publish
+        inputs:
+          script: |
+            node ./scripts/publish-npm.js --$RELEASE_TYPE
+
       - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
         displayName: 📒 Publish Manifest
         inputs:
           artifactName: SBom-RNGithubNpmJSPublish-$(System.JobAttempt)
           targetPath: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/_manifest
 
-      - script: npm publish --tag $(npmDistTag) --registry https://registry.npmjs.org/ --//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$(npmAuthToken)
-        displayName: Publish react-native-macos to npmjs.org
-
-      # Put the private flag back so that the removal does not get committed by the tag release step
-      - task: CmdLine@2
-        displayName: Restore package.json workspace config
-        inputs:
-          script: node .ado/restoreWorkspaceConfig.js
-
-      - task: CmdLine@2
-        displayName: 'Tag published release'
-        inputs:
-          script: node .ado/gitTagRelease.js
-        env:
-          BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY: $(Build.StagingDirectory)
-          BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH: $(Build.SourceBranch)
-          SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
-          githubApiToken: $(githubAuthToken)
-        condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main'))
-
-
   - job: RNMacOSInitNpmJSPublish
     displayName: react-native-macos-init Publish to npmjs.org
     pool: cxeiss-ubuntu-20-04-large
@@ -132,17 +117,14 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive # set to 'true' for a single level of submodules or 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
         persistCredentials: true # set to 'true' to leave the OAuth token in the Git config after the initial fetch
 
-      - template: templates/configure-git.yml
+      - template: templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
+
+      - template: templates/apple-install-dependencies.yml
+
+      - template: templates/apple-release-setup.yml
 
       - task: CmdLine@2
-        displayName: yarn install
-        inputs:
-          script: |
-            cd packages/react-native-macos-init
-            yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-
-      - task: CmdLine@2
-        displayName: yarn build
+        displayName: Build react-native-macos-init
         inputs:
           script: |
             cd packages/react-native-macos-init
diff --git a/.ado/removeWorkspaceConfig.js b/.ado/removeWorkspaceConfig.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b6969e2841..0000000000
--- a/.ado/removeWorkspaceConfig.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// @ts-check
-const {removeWorkspaceConfig} = require('./versionUtils');
-removeWorkspaceConfig(); 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ado/restoreWorkspaceConfig.js b/.ado/restoreWorkspaceConfig.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cd779e9954..0000000000
--- a/.ado/restoreWorkspaceConfig.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// @ts-check
-const {restoreWorkspaceConfig} = require('./versionUtils');
-restoreWorkspaceConfig(); 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ado/templates/apple-install-dependencies.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-install-dependencies.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77b38323cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ado/templates/apple-install-dependencies.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+steps:
+  - task: CmdLine@2
+    displayName: yarn install
+    inputs:
+      script: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+
+  - task: CmdLine@2
+    displayName: bundle install
+    inputs:
+      script: |
+        cd packages/rn-tester
+        bundle install
diff --git a/.ado/templates/configure-git.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-release-setup.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from .ado/templates/configure-git.yml
rename to .ado/templates/apple-release-setup.yml
index ed6e71d08c..1472d4b0a7 100644
--- a/.ado/templates/configure-git.yml
+++ b/.ado/templates/apple-release-setup.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-
 steps:
-
   - task: CmdLine@2
     displayName: Configure git
     inputs:
       script: |
         git config --global user.email "53619745+rnbot@users.noreply.github.com"
         git config --global user.name "React-Native Bot"
+
+  - task: CmdLine@2
+    displayName: Set NPM Auth Token
+    inputs:
+      script: |
+        echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${npmAuthToken}" > ~/.npmrc
diff --git a/.ado/templates/apple-tools-setup.yml b/.ado/templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
index 7358364138..fec6bd715a 100644
--- a/.ado/templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
+++ b/.ado/templates/apple-tools-setup.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSource: 'fromFile' # 'spec' | 'fromFile'. Required. Source of version. Default: spec.
+      versionSource: 'fromFile'
       versionFilePath: '.node-version'
 
   - task: UseRubyVersion@0
diff --git a/.ado/templates/react-native-macos-init.yml b/.ado/templates/react-native-macos-init.yml
index b1fecda78f..1f2410961d 100644
--- a/.ado/templates/react-native-macos-init.yml
+++ b/.ado/templates/react-native-macos-init.yml
@@ -52,24 +52,12 @@ steps:
   - task: CmdLine@2
     displayName: Set package version
     inputs:
-      script: node scripts/set-rn-version.js --nightly -v 0.0.1000
-
-  # Publish will fail if package.json is marked as private
-  - task: CmdLine@2
-    displayName: Remove workspace config from package.json
-    inputs:
-      script: node .ado/removeWorkspaceConfig.js
+      script: node scripts/set-rn-version.js -b dry-run -v 1000.0.0
 
   - script: |
       npm publish --registry http://localhost:4873
     displayName: Publish react-native-macos to verdaccio
 
-  # Put the private flag back
-  - task: CmdLine@2
-    displayName: Restore package.json workspace config
-    inputs:
-      script: node .ado/restoreWorkspaceConfig.js
-
   - script: |
       npx beachball publish --branch origin/$(System.PullRequest.TargetBranch) --no-push --registry http://localhost:4873 --yes --access public
     displayName: Publish react-native-macos-init to verdaccio
@@ -77,7 +65,7 @@ steps:
   - task: CmdLine@2
     displayName: Init new project
     inputs:
-      script: npx --yes react-native@0.71.4 init testcli --template react-native@0.71.4 --skip-install
+      script: npx --yes react-native@0.71.5 init testcli --template react-native@0.71.5 --skip-install
       workingDirectory: $(Agent.BuildDirectory)
 
   - task: CmdLine@2
diff --git a/.ado/variables/vars.yml b/.ado/variables/vars.yml
index 77104d18c4..1e0cbacd73 100644
--- a/.ado/variables/vars.yml
+++ b/.ado/variables/vars.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ variables:
   VmImageApple: internal-macos12
   slice_name: 'Xcode_14.2'
   xcode_version: '/Applications/Xcode_14.2.app'
+  latest_stable_branch: '0.71-stable'
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js b/scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js
index 2a61023cae..376bccd91b 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js
+++ b/scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ const argv = yargs
     default: false,
   }).argv;
 
-const branch = process.env.CIRCLE_BRANCH;
+// [macOS Use git to get the branch name, rather than relying on CircleCI env vars.
+const branch = exec('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', {
+  silent: true,
+}).stdout.trim();
+// // macOS]
 const remote = argv.remote;
 const releaseVersion = argv.toVersion;
 const isLatest = argv.latest;
@@ -102,7 +106,8 @@ if (exec(`git commit -a -m "[${version}] Bump version numbers"`).code) {
 }
 
 // Add tag v0.21.0-rc.1
-if (exec(`git tag -a v${version} -m "v${version}"`).code) {
+// [macOS] Add "-microsoft" suffix to tag to distinguish from React Native Core.
+if (exec(`git tag -a v${version}-microsoft -m "v${version}-microsoft"`).code) {
   echo(
     `failed to tag the commit with v${version}, are you sure this release wasn't made earlier?`,
   );
diff --git a/scripts/publish-npm.js b/scripts/publish-npm.js
index 89c29a25ec..2aa66aeb35 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-npm.js
+++ b/scripts/publish-npm.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  * This script prepares a release version of react-native and may publish to NPM.
  * It is supposed to run in CI environment, not on a developer's machine.
  *
+ * [macOS] For React Native macOS, we have modified this script to not create Android Artifacts.
+ *
  * For a dry run (commitly), this script will:
  *  * Version the commitly of the form `1000.0.0-<commitSha>`
  *  * Create Android artifacts
@@ -38,15 +40,18 @@ const {
   getCurrentCommit,
   isTaggedLatest,
 } = require('./scm-utils');
+/* [macOS We do not generate Android artifacts for React Native macOS
 const {
   generateAndroidArtifacts,
   publishAndroidArtifactsToMaven,
 } = require('./release-utils');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+macOS] */
 const yargs = require('yargs');
 
-const buildTag = process.env.CIRCLE_TAG;
+// [macOS] Use git to get the tag name, rather than relying on CircleCI environment variables.
+const buildTag = exec('git tag --points-at HEAD');
 const otp = process.env.NPM_CONFIG_OTP;
 
 const argv = yargs
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ const rawVersion =
     nightlyBuild
     ? '0.0.0'
     : // For pre-release and stable releases, we use the git tag of the version we're releasing (set in set-rn-version)
-      buildTag;
+      buildTag.substring(0, str.indexOf('-microsft')); // [macOS] Strip off the "-microsoft" suffix from the tag name.
 
 let version,
   major,
@@ -130,11 +135,13 @@ if (isCommitly) {
   }
 }
 
+/* [macOS We do not generate Android artifacts for React Native macOS
 generateAndroidArtifacts(releaseVersion);
 
 // Write version number to the build folder
 const releaseVersionFile = path.join('build', '.version');
 fs.writeFileSync(releaseVersionFile, releaseVersion);
+macOS] */
 
 if (dryRunBuild) {
   echo('Skipping `npm publish` because --dry-run is set.');
@@ -147,9 +154,11 @@ const isLatest = exitIfNotOnGit(
   'Not in git. We do not want to publish anything',
 );
 
+/* [macOS We do not generate Android artifacts for React Native macOS
 // We first publish on Maven Central all the necessary artifacts.
 // NPM publishing is done just after.
 publishAndroidArtifactsToMaven(releaseVersion, nightlyBuild);
+macOS] */
 
 const releaseBranch = `${major}.${minor}-stable`;
 
diff --git a/scripts/release-utils.js b/scripts/release-utils.js
index 661b55f464..61c73a8375 100644
--- a/scripts/release-utils.js
+++ b/scripts/release-utils.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ function checkIfTagExists(version) {
     throw new Error('Failed to retrieve the list of tags');
   }
   const tags = new Set(stdout.split('\n'));
-  return tags.has(`v${version}`);
+  return tags.has(`v${version}-microsoft`); // [macOS] We append `-microsoft` to the tag
 }
 
 module.exports = {