diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index e1a8fa352..dd1eef404 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@
   <ProductDependencies>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="1.0.0-beta.19229.8">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="1.0.0-beta.19256.12">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>a7a250e9c13147134543c35fef2fb81f19592edf</Sha>
+      <Sha>c31fac9f6899094226cb5cd77c85b8f60ecafa3d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" Version="1.0.0-beta.19229.8">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" Version="1.0.0-beta.19256.12">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>a7a250e9c13147134543c35fef2fb81f19592edf</Sha>
+      <Sha>c31fac9f6899094226cb5cd77c85b8f60ecafa3d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Packaging" Version="1.0.0-beta.19229.8">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Build.Tasks.Packaging" Version="1.0.0-beta.19256.12">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>a7a250e9c13147134543c35fef2fb81f19592edf</Sha>
+      <Sha>c31fac9f6899094226cb5cd77c85b8f60ecafa3d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.CodeAnalysis" Version="1.0.0-beta.19229.8">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.CodeAnalysis" Version="1.0.0-beta.19256.12">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>a7a250e9c13147134543c35fef2fb81f19592edf</Sha>
+      <Sha>c31fac9f6899094226cb5cd77c85b8f60ecafa3d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI" Version="1.0.0-beta.19229.8">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI" Version="1.0.0-beta.19256.12">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>a7a250e9c13147134543c35fef2fb81f19592edf</Sha>
+      <Sha>c31fac9f6899094226cb5cd77c85b8f60ecafa3d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <PinnedDependency Name="NETStandard.Library" Version="2.0.3">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/standard</Uri>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 5dc97dea0..5bebf05b6 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
     <NetStandardLibraryPackage>netstandard.library</NetStandardLibraryPackage>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatPackageVersion>1.0.0-beta.19229.8</MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksPackagingPackageVersion>1.0.0-beta.19229.8</MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksPackagingPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetCodeAnalysisPackageVersion>1.0.0-beta.19229.8</MicrosoftDotNetCodeAnalysisPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>1.0.0-beta.19229.8</MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatPackageVersion>1.0.0-beta.19256.12</MicrosoftDotNetApiCompatPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksPackagingPackageVersion>1.0.0-beta.19256.12</MicrosoftDotNetBuildTasksPackagingPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetCodeAnalysisPackageVersion>1.0.0-beta.19256.12</MicrosoftDotNetCodeAnalysisPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>1.0.0-beta.19256.12</MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>
     <!-- This is the LKG stable version of NetStandard.Library from myget.org. Please don't edit this version -->
     <NetStandardLibraryPackageVersion>2.0.3</NetStandardLibraryPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/eng/common/build.ps1 b/eng/common/build.ps1
index d0147db4b..d7e3799eb 100644
--- a/eng/common/build.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/build.ps1
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ try {
     . $configureToolsetScript
   }
 
+  if (($restore) -and ($null -eq $env:DisableNativeToolsetInstalls)) {
+    InitializeNativeTools
+  }
+
   Build
 }
 catch {
diff --git a/eng/common/build.sh b/eng/common/build.sh
index 96841331f..7cc716872 100755
--- a/eng/common/build.sh
+++ b/eng/common/build.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ usage()
   echo "  --nodeReuse <value>      Sets nodereuse msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
   echo "  --warnAsError <value>    Sets warnaserror msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
   echo ""
-  echo "Command line arguments starting with '/p:' are passed through to MSBuild."
+  echo "Command line arguments not listed above are passed thru to msbuild."
   echo "Arguments can also be passed in with a single hyphen."
 }
 
@@ -137,22 +137,8 @@ while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
       node_reuse=$2
       shift
       ;;
-    -p:*|/p:*)
-      properties="$properties $1"
-      ;;
-    -m:*|/m:*)
-      properties="$properties $1"
-      ;;
-    -bl:*|/bl:*)
-      properties="$properties $1"
-      ;;
-    -dl:*|/dl:*)
-      properties="$properties $1"
-      ;;
     *)
-      echo "Invalid argument: $1"
-      usage
-      exit 1
+      properties="$properties $1"
       ;;
   esac
 
@@ -218,4 +204,8 @@ if [[ -n "${useInstalledDotNetCli:-}" ]]; then
   use_installed_dotnet_cli="$useInstalledDotNetCli"
 fi
 
+if [[ "$restore" == true && -z ${DisableNativeToolsetInstalls:-} ]]; then
+  InitializeNativeTools
+fi
+
 Build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/dotnet-install.cmd b/eng/common/dotnet-install.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1c2642e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/dotnet-install.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@echo off
+powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -NoProfile -command "& """%~dp0dotnet-install.ps1""" %*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/dotnet-install.ps1 b/eng/common/dotnet-install.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5987943fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/dotnet-install.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[CmdletBinding(PositionalBinding=$false)]
+Param(
+  [string] $verbosity = "minimal",
+  [string] $architecture = "",
+  [string] $version = "Latest",
+  [string] $runtime = "dotnet"
+)
+
+. $PSScriptRoot\tools.ps1
+
+try {
+  $dotnetRoot = Join-Path $RepoRoot ".dotnet"
+  InstallDotNet $dotnetRoot $version $architecture $runtime $true
+} 
+catch {
+  Write-Host $_
+  Write-Host $_.Exception
+  Write-Host $_.ScriptStackTrace
+  ExitWithExitCode 1
+}
+
+ExitWithExitCode 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/dotnet-install.sh b/eng/common/dotnet-install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3072c958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/dotnet-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+# resolve $source until the file is no longer a symlink
+while [[ -h "$source" ]]; do
+  scriptroot="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$source" )" && pwd )"
+  source="$(readlink "$source")"
+  # if $source was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the
+  # symlink file was located
+  [[ $source != /* ]] && source="$scriptroot/$source"
+done
+scriptroot="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$source" )" && pwd )"
+
+version='Latest'
+architecture=''
+runtime='dotnet'
+while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
+  opt="$(echo "$1" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')"
+  case "$opt" in
+    -version|-v)
+      shift
+      version="$1"
+      ;;
+    -architecture|-a)
+      shift
+      architecture="$1"
+      ;;
+    -runtime|-r)
+      shift
+      runtime="$1"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Invalid argument: $1"
+      usage
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+. "$scriptroot/tools.sh"
+dotnetRoot="$repo_root/.dotnet"
+InstallDotNet $dotnetRoot $version "$architecture" $runtime true || {
+  local exit_code=$?
+  echo "dotnet-install.sh failed (exit code '$exit_code')." >&2
+  ExitWithExitCode $exit_code
+}
+
+ExitWithExitCode 0
diff --git a/eng/common/init-tools-native.ps1 b/eng/common/init-tools-native.ps1
index 495a563a7..a4306bd37 100644
--- a/eng/common/init-tools-native.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/init-tools-native.ps1
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ Param (
   [switch] $Force = $False,
   [int] $DownloadRetries = 5,
   [int] $RetryWaitTimeInSeconds = 30,
-  [string] $GlobalJsonFile = "$PSScriptRoot\..\..\global.json"
+  [string] $GlobalJsonFile
 )
 
+if (!$GlobalJsonFile) {
+  $GlobalJsonFile = Join-Path (Get-Item $PSScriptRoot).Parent.Parent.FullName "global.json"
+}
+
 Set-StrictMode -version 2.0
 $ErrorActionPreference="Stop"
 
diff --git a/eng/common/init-tools-native.sh b/eng/common/init-tools-native.sh
index 54b70f678..fc72d1394 100644
--- a/eng/common/init-tools-native.sh
+++ b/eng/common/init-tools-native.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ clean=false
 force=false
 download_retries=5
 retry_wait_time_seconds=30
-global_json_file="${scriptroot}/../../global.json"
+global_json_file="$(dirname "$(dirname "${scriptroot}")")/global.json"
 declare -A native_assets
 
 . $scriptroot/native/common-library.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ function ReadGlobalJsonNativeTools {
   local native_tools_list=$(echo $native_tools_section | awk -F"[{}]" '{print $2}')
   native_tools_list=${native_tools_list//[\" ]/}
   native_tools_list=${native_tools_list//,/$'\n'}
+  native_tools_list="$(echo -e "${native_tools_list}" | tr -d '[:space:]')"
 
   local old_IFS=$IFS
   while read -r line; do
@@ -116,8 +117,6 @@ else
       installer_command+=" --clean"
     fi
 
-    echo "Installing $tool version $tool_version"
-    echo "Executing '$installer_command'"
     $installer_command
 
     if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
@@ -127,19 +126,16 @@ else
   done
 fi
 
-if [[ ! -z $clean ]]; then
+if [[ $clean = true ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
 if [[ -d $install_bin ]]; then
   echo "Native tools are available from $install_bin"
-  if [[ !-z BUILD_BUILDNUMBER ]]; then
-    echo "##vso[task.prependpath]$install_bin"
-  fi
+  echo "##vso[task.prependpath]$install_bin"
 else
   echo "Native tools install directory does not exist, installation failed" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
 exit 0
-
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml b/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
index 7839b70bb..1814e0ab6 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ jobs:
     timeoutInMinutes: ${{ parameters.timeoutInMinutes }}
 
   variables:
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.enableTelemetry, 'true') }}:
+    - name: DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_PROFILE
+      value: '$(Build.Repository.Uri)'
   - ${{ each variable in parameters.variables }}:
     # handle name-value variable syntax
     # example:
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index 5c4a129c8..d86eef1e3 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli([bool]$install) {
   }
 
   # Find the first path on %PATH% that contains the dotnet.exe
-  if ($useInstalledDotNetCli -and ($env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR -eq $null)) {
+  if ($useInstalledDotNetCli -and (-not $globalJsonHasRuntimes) -and ($env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR -eq $null)) {
     $dotnetCmd = Get-Command "dotnet.exe" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     if ($dotnetCmd -ne $null) {
       $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR = Split-Path $dotnetCmd.Path -Parent
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli([bool]$install) {
 
   # Use dotnet installation specified in DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR if it contains the required SDK version,
   # otherwise install the dotnet CLI and SDK to repo local .dotnet directory to avoid potential permission issues.
-  if (($env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR -ne $null) -and (Test-Path(Join-Path $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR "sdk\$dotnetSdkVersion"))) {
+  if ((-not $globalJsonHasRuntimes) -and ($env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR -ne $null) -and (Test-Path(Join-Path $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR "sdk\$dotnetSdkVersion"))) {
     $dotnetRoot = $env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR
   } else {
     $dotnetRoot = Join-Path $RepoRoot ".dotnet"
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli([bool]$install) {
 }
 
 function GetDotNetInstallScript([string] $dotnetRoot) {
-  $installScript = "$dotnetRoot\dotnet-install.ps1"
+  $installScript = Join-Path $dotnetRoot "dotnet-install.ps1"
   if (!(Test-Path $installScript)) {
     Create-Directory $dotnetRoot
     Invoke-WebRequest "https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1" -OutFile $installScript
@@ -162,9 +162,21 @@ function GetDotNetInstallScript([string] $dotnetRoot) {
 }
 
 function InstallDotNetSdk([string] $dotnetRoot, [string] $version, [string] $architecture = "") {
+  InstallDotNet $dotnetRoot $version $architecture
+}
+
+function InstallDotNet([string] $dotnetRoot, [string] $version, [string] $architecture = "", [string] $runtime = "", [bool] $skipNonVersionedFiles = $false) {  $installScript = GetDotNetInstallScript $dotnetRoot
   $installScript = GetDotNetInstallScript $dotnetRoot
-  $archArg = if ($architecture) { $architecture } else { "<auto>" }
-  & $installScript -Version $version -InstallDir $dotnetRoot -Architecture $archArg
+  $installParameters = @{
+    Version = $version
+    InstallDir = $dotnetRoot
+  }
+
+  if ($architecture) { $installParameters.Architecture = $architecture }
+  if ($runtime) { $installParameters.Runtime = $runtime }
+  if ($skipNonVersionedFiles) { $installParameters.SkipNonVersionedFiles = $skipNonVersionedFiles }
+
+  & $installScript @installParameters
   if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) {
     Write-Host "Failed to install dotnet cli (exit code '$lastExitCode')." -ForegroundColor Red
     ExitWithExitCode $lastExitCode
@@ -391,6 +403,16 @@ function GetSdkTaskProject([string]$taskName) {
   return Join-Path (Split-Path (InitializeToolset) -Parent) "SdkTasks\$taskName.proj"
 }
 
+function InitializeNativeTools() {
+  if (Get-Member -InputObject $GlobalJson -Name "native-tools") {
+    $nativeArgs=""
+    if ($ci) {
+      $nativeArgs = "-InstallDirectory $ToolsDir"
+    }
+    Invoke-Expression "& `"$PSScriptRoot/init-tools-native.ps1`" $nativeArgs"
+  }
+}
+
 function InitializeToolset() {
   if (Test-Path variable:global:_ToolsetBuildProj) {
     return $global:_ToolsetBuildProj
@@ -419,6 +441,7 @@ function InitializeToolset() {
   $bl = if ($binaryLog) { "/bl:" + (Join-Path $LogDir "ToolsetRestore.binlog") } else { "" }
 
   '<Project Sdk="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk"/>' | Set-Content $proj
+
   MSBuild $proj $bl /t:__WriteToolsetLocation /clp:ErrorsOnly`;NoSummary /p:__ToolsetLocationOutputFile=$toolsetLocationFile
 
   $path = Get-Content $toolsetLocationFile -TotalCount 1
@@ -512,6 +535,8 @@ $ToolsDir = Join-Path $RepoRoot ".tools"
 $LogDir = Join-Path (Join-Path $ArtifactsDir "log") $configuration
 $TempDir = Join-Path (Join-Path $ArtifactsDir "tmp") $configuration
 $GlobalJson = Get-Content -Raw -Path (Join-Path $RepoRoot "global.json") | ConvertFrom-Json
+# true if global.json contains a "runtimes" section
+$globalJsonHasRuntimes = if ($GlobalJson.tools.PSObject.Properties.Name -Match 'runtimes') { $true } else { $false }
 
 Create-Directory $ToolsetDir
 Create-Directory $TempDir
@@ -524,4 +549,4 @@ if ($ci) {
 
   $env:TEMP = $TempDir
   $env:TMP = $TempDir
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.sh b/eng/common/tools.sh
index ecdece1f8..9dc565e29 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.sh
+++ b/eng/common/tools.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli {
   fi
 
   # Find the first path on $PATH that contains the dotnet.exe
-  if [[ "$use_installed_dotnet_cli" == true && -z "${DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR:-}" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$use_installed_dotnet_cli" == true && $global_json_has_runtimes == false && -z "${DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR:-}" ]]; then
     local dotnet_path=`command -v dotnet`
     if [[ -n "$dotnet_path" ]]; then
       ResolvePath "$dotnet_path"
@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli {
 
   # Use dotnet installation specified in DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR if it contains the required SDK version,
   # otherwise install the dotnet CLI and SDK to repo local .dotnet directory to avoid potential permission issues.
-  if [[ -n "${DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR:-}" && -d "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR/sdk/$dotnet_sdk_version" ]]; then
+  if [[ $global_json_has_runtimes == false && -n "${DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR:-}" && -d "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR/sdk/$dotnet_sdk_version" ]]; then
     dotnet_root="$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR"
   else
     dotnet_root="$repo_root/.dotnet"
+
     export DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR="$dotnet_root"
 
     if [[ ! -d "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR/sdk/$dotnet_sdk_version" ]]; then
@@ -149,16 +150,34 @@ function InitializeDotNetCli {
 function InstallDotNetSdk {
   local root=$1
   local version=$2
+  local architecture=""
+  if [[ $# == 3 ]]; then
+    architecture=$3
+  fi
+  InstallDotNet "$root" "$version" $architecture
+}
 
+function InstallDotNet {
+  local root=$1
+  local version=$2
+ 
   GetDotNetInstallScript "$root"
   local install_script=$_GetDotNetInstallScript
 
-  local arch_arg=""
-  if [[ $# == 3 ]]; then
-    arch_arg="--architecture $3"
+  local archArg=''
+  if [[ "$#" -ge "3" ]]; then
+    archArg="--architecture $3"
+  fi
+  local runtimeArg=''
+  if [[ "$#" -ge "4" ]]; then
+    runtimeArg="--runtime $4"
   fi
 
-  bash "$install_script" --version $version --install-dir "$root" $arch_arg || {
+  local skipNonVersionedFilesArg=""
+  if [[ "$#" -ge "5" ]]; then
+    skipNonVersionedFilesArg="--skip-non-versioned-files"
+  fi
+  bash "$install_script" --version $version --install-dir "$root" $archArg $runtimeArg $skipNonVersionedFilesArg || {
     local exit_code=$?
     echo "Failed to install dotnet SDK (exit code '$exit_code')." >&2
     ExitWithExitCode $exit_code
@@ -212,6 +231,17 @@ function GetNuGetPackageCachePath {
   _GetNuGetPackageCachePath=$NUGET_PACKAGES
 }
 
+function InitializeNativeTools() {
+  if grep -Fq "native-tools" $global_json_file
+  then
+    local nativeArgs=""
+    if [[ "$ci" == true ]]; then
+      nativeArgs="-InstallDirectory $tools_dir"
+    fi
+    "$_script_dir/init-tools-native.sh" $nativeArgs
+  fi
+}
+
 function InitializeToolset {
   if [[ -n "${_InitializeToolset:-}" ]]; then
     return
@@ -307,10 +337,17 @@ eng_root=`cd -P "$_script_dir/.." && pwd`
 repo_root=`cd -P "$_script_dir/../.." && pwd`
 artifacts_dir="$repo_root/artifacts"
 toolset_dir="$artifacts_dir/toolset"
+tools_dir="$repo_root/.tools"
 log_dir="$artifacts_dir/log/$configuration"
 temp_dir="$artifacts_dir/tmp/$configuration"
 
 global_json_file="$repo_root/global.json"
+# determine if global.json contains a "runtimes" entry
+global_json_has_runtimes=false
+dotnetlocal_key=`grep -m 1 "runtimes" "$global_json_file"` || true
+if [[ -n "$dotnetlocal_key" ]]; then
+  global_json_has_runtimes=true
+fi
 
 # HOME may not be defined in some scenarios, but it is required by NuGet
 if [[ -z $HOME ]]; then
@@ -325,4 +362,4 @@ mkdir -p "$log_dir"
 if [[ $ci == true ]]; then
   export TEMP="$temp_dir"
   export TMP="$temp_dir"
-fi
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index dbc170eaa..e0e465912 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
     "dotnet": "3.0.100-preview4-011223"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "1.0.0-beta.19229.8"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "1.0.0-beta.19256.12"
   }
 }