diff --git a/tools/devops/automation/templates/main-stage.yml b/tools/devops/automation/templates/main-stage.yml
index fbac343cd7..23135555c0 100644
--- a/tools/devops/automation/templates/main-stage.yml
+++ b/tools/devops/automation/templates/main-stage.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ parameters:
   type: boolean
   default: false # only to be used when testing the CI and we do not need a signed pkg
 
+- name: skipInsertion
+  type: boolean
+  default: false # just to be skipped by the unified pipeline.
+
 - name: isPR
   type: boolean
 
@@ -255,18 +259,19 @@ stages:
         repositoryAlias: ${{ parameters.repositoryAlias }}
         commit: ${{ parameters.commit }}
 
-# .NET Release Prep and VS Insertion Stages, only execute them when the build comes from an official branch and is not a schedule build from OneLoc
-# setting the stage at this level makes the graph of the UI look better, else the lines overlap and is not clear.
-# Got to disable the lint check because azp yaml template engine does not allow use to do a multiline if :/ 
-# yamllint disable-line rule: line-length
-- ${{ if and(ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Schedule'), or(eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/release/'), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/release-test/'), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/net7.0'), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/net8.0'), eq(parameters.forceInsertion, true))) }}:
-  - template: ./release/vs-insertion-prep.yml
-    parameters:
-      dependsOn:
-      - sign_notarize_dotnet
-      isPR: ${{ parameters.isPR }}
-      repositoryAlias: ${{ parameters.repositoryAlias }}
-      commit: ${{ parameters.commit }}
+- ${{ if eq(parameters.skipInsertion, false) }}:
+  # .NET Release Prep and VS Insertion Stages, only execute them when the build comes from an official branch and is not a schedule build from OneLoc
+  # setting the stage at this level makes the graph of the UI look better, else the lines overlap and is not clear.
+  # Got to disable the lint check because azp yaml template engine does not allow use to do a multiline if :/ 
+  # yamllint disable-line rule: line-length
+  - ${{ if and(ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Schedule'), or(eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/release/'), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/release-test/'), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/net7.0'), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/net8.0'), eq(parameters.forceInsertion, true))) }}:
+    - template: ./release/vs-insertion-prep.yml
+      parameters:
+        dependsOn:
+        - sign_notarize_dotnet
+        isPR: ${{ parameters.isPR }}
+        repositoryAlias: ${{ parameters.repositoryAlias }}
+        commit: ${{ parameters.commit }}
 
 - stage: funnel
   displayName: '${{ parameters.stageDisplayNamePrefix }}Collect signed artifacts'