diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 446b563be6..00c1e41548 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   <ProductDependencies>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="6.0.0-beta.21253.2">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="6.0.0-beta.21256.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>e9fd640e1ec1890489ea66ad0f59e733448056da</Sha>
+      <Sha>01c1af9f5ead4962e390cfbec92396de34118492</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/common/build.ps1 b/eng/common/build.ps1
index 94a91c0817..8943da242f 100644
--- a/eng/common/build.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/build.ps1
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Param(
   [switch] $prepareMachine,
   [string] $runtimeSourceFeed = '',
   [string] $runtimeSourceFeedKey = '',
+  [switch] $excludePrereleaseVS,
   [switch] $help,
   [Parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)][String[]]$properties
 )
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ function Print-Usage() {
   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)."
+  Write-Host "  -excludePrereleaseVS    Set to exclude build engines in prerelease versions of Visual Studio"
   Write-Host ""
 
   Write-Host "Command line arguments not listed above are passed thru to msbuild."
diff --git a/eng/common/cross/build-android-rootfs.sh b/eng/common/cross/build-android-rootfs.sh
index c29c8267e7..42516bbeeb 100755
--- a/eng/common/cross/build-android-rootfs.sh
+++ b/eng/common/cross/build-android-rootfs.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ __AndroidPackages+=" libandroid-glob"
 __AndroidPackages+=" liblzma"
 __AndroidPackages+=" krb5"
 __AndroidPackages+=" openssl"
-__AndroidPackages+=" openldap"
 
 for path in $(wget -qO- http://termux.net/dists/stable/main/binary-$__AndroidArch/Packages |\
     grep -A15 "Package: \(${__AndroidPackages// /\\|}\)" | grep -v "static\|tool" | grep Filename); do
diff --git a/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh b/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
index 81e641a57b..591d8666a8 100755
--- a/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
+++ b/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
@@ -55,13 +55,11 @@ __UbuntuPackages+=" libcurl4-openssl-dev"
 __UbuntuPackages+=" libkrb5-dev"
 __UbuntuPackages+=" libssl-dev"
 __UbuntuPackages+=" zlib1g-dev"
-__UbuntuPackages+=" libldap2-dev"
 
 __AlpinePackages+=" curl-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" krb5-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" openssl-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" zlib-dev"
-__AlpinePackages+=" openldap-dev"
 
 __FreeBSDBase="12.1-RELEASE"
 __FreeBSDPkg="1.12.0"
@@ -70,13 +68,15 @@ __FreeBSDPackages+=" icu"
 __FreeBSDPackages+=" libinotify"
 __FreeBSDPackages+=" lttng-ust"
 __FreeBSDPackages+=" krb5"
-__FreeBSDPackages+=" libslapi-2.4"
 
 __IllumosPackages="icu-64.2nb2"
 __IllumosPackages+=" mit-krb5-1.16.2nb4"
 __IllumosPackages+=" openssl-1.1.1e"
 __IllumosPackages+=" zlib-1.2.11"
-__IllumosPackages+=" openldap-client-2.4.49"
+
+# ML.NET dependencies
+__UbuntuPackages+=" libomp5"
+__UbuntuPackages+=" libomp-dev"
 
 __UseMirror=0
 
diff --git a/eng/common/msbuild.ps1 b/eng/common/msbuild.ps1
index c640123000..eea19cd845 100644
--- a/eng/common/msbuild.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/msbuild.ps1
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Param(
   [bool] $nodeReuse = $true,
   [switch] $ci,
   [switch] $prepareMachine,
+  [switch] $excludePrereleaseVS,
   [Parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)][String[]]$extraArgs
 )
 
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/job/onelocbuild.yml b/eng/common/templates/job/onelocbuild.yml
index b27d6faf30..958db4064c 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/job/onelocbuild.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/job/onelocbuild.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ parameters:
   SourcesDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
   CreatePr: true
   AutoCompletePr: false
+  UseLfLineEndings: true
   UseCheckedInLocProjectJson: false
   LanguageSet: VS_Main_Languages
   LclSource: lclFilesInRepo
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         isCreatePrSelected: ${{ parameters.CreatePr }}
         ${{ if eq(parameters.CreatePr, true) }}:
           isAutoCompletePrSelected: ${{ parameters.AutoCompletePr }}
+          isUseLfLineEndingsSelected: ${{ parameters.UseLfLineEndings }}
         packageSourceAuth: patAuth
         patVariable: ${{ parameters.CeapexPat }}
         ${{ if eq(parameters.RepoType, 'gitHub') }}:
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index d52467eea1..2d8a74f7d9 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 # True to use global NuGet cache instead of restoring packages to repository-local directory.
 [bool]$useGlobalNuGetCache = if (Test-Path variable:useGlobalNuGetCache) { $useGlobalNuGetCache } else { !$ci }
 
+# True to exclude prerelease versions Visual Studio during build
+[bool]$excludePrereleaseVS = if (Test-Path variable:excludePrereleaseVS) { $excludePrereleaseVS } else { $false }
+
 # An array of names of processes to stop on script exit if prepareMachine is true.
 $processesToStopOnExit = if (Test-Path variable:processesToStopOnExit) { $processesToStopOnExit } else { @('msbuild', 'dotnet', 'vbcscompiler') }
 
@@ -463,7 +466,11 @@ function LocateVisualStudio([object]$vsRequirements = $null){
   }
 
   if (!$vsRequirements) { $vsRequirements = $GlobalJson.tools.vs }
-  $args = @('-latest', '-prerelease', '-format', 'json', '-requires', 'Microsoft.Component.MSBuild', '-products', '*')
+  $args = @('-latest', '-format', 'json', '-requires', 'Microsoft.Component.MSBuild', '-products', '*')
+
+  if (!$excludePrereleaseVS) {
+    $args += '-prerelease'
+  }
 
   if (Get-Member -InputObject $vsRequirements -Name 'version') {
     $args += '-version'
@@ -489,7 +496,13 @@ function LocateVisualStudio([object]$vsRequirements = $null){
 
 function InitializeBuildTool() {
   if (Test-Path variable:global:_BuildTool) {
-    return $global:_BuildTool
+    # If the requested msbuild parameters do not match, clear the cached variables.
+    if($global:_BuildTool.Contains('ExcludePrereleaseVS') -and $global:_BuildTool.ExcludePrereleaseVS -ne $excludePrereleaseVS) {
+      Remove-Item variable:global:_BuildTool 
+      Remove-Item variable:global:_MSBuildExe
+    } else {
+      return $global:_BuildTool
+    }
   }
 
   if (-not $msbuildEngine) {
@@ -517,7 +530,7 @@ function InitializeBuildTool() {
       ExitWithExitCode 1
     }
 
-    $buildTool = @{ Path = $msbuildPath; Command = ""; Tool = "vs"; Framework = "net472" }
+    $buildTool = @{ Path = $msbuildPath; Command = ""; Tool = "vs"; Framework = "net472"; ExcludePrereleaseVS = $excludePrereleaseVS }
   } else {
     Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'InitializeToolset' -Message "Unexpected value of -msbuildEngine: '$msbuildEngine'."
     ExitWithExitCode 1
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 3ab89ac9f7..db43aaf6db 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     "xcopy-msbuild": "16.8.0-preview2.1"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "6.0.0-beta.21253.2"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "6.0.0-beta.21256.1"
   }
 }