diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 4cfe9cc372a760b32ec2334b9f91e6ea8553770e..03ad09bc5c9de9ffbb7758c6ba2b008a9019fbaa 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Dependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23058.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23061.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>53026f034f7b8abfb9362ed018519423d81c9abb</Sha>
+      <Sha>3fe02df1711aaea339407d53a5f59448ddb74802</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23058.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="8.0.0-beta.23061.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>53026f034f7b8abfb9362ed018519423d81c9abb</Sha>
+      <Sha>3fe02df1711aaea339407d53a5f59448ddb74802</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI" Version="8.0.0-beta.23058.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI" Version="8.0.0-beta.23061.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>53026f034f7b8abfb9362ed018519423d81c9abb</Sha>
+      <Sha>3fe02df1711aaea339407d53a5f59448ddb74802</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
   <!-- ProductDependencies -->
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index bdcd56df17bf2a9800ecd635dab1a84799c2503d..106a2435c6bcbe640e4580c3d5cf13d60aba8ba4 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <!-- Disabling the check for End of live TFMs since we still target netcoreapp 2.1 -->
     <CheckEolTargetFramework>false</CheckEolTargetFramework>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel>prerelease</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>8.0.0-beta.23058.1</MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>8.0.0-beta.23061.1</MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>
     <!-- dotnet/corefx dependencies -->
     <SystemDrawingCommonPackageVersion>5.0.3</SystemDrawingCommonPackageVersion>
     <SystemIOPortsPackageVersion>5.0.1</SystemIOPortsPackageVersion>
diff --git a/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh b/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
index b04d3b3806575fd531cedc779ca63860d6e15236..6650bf5407ee1debbb3293120caae0ab126c66dd 100755
--- a/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
+++ b/eng/common/cross/build-rootfs.sh
@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ __UbuntuPackages+=" symlinks"
 __UbuntuPackages+=" libicu-dev"
 __UbuntuPackages+=" liblttng-ust-dev"
 __UbuntuPackages+=" libunwind8-dev"
+__UbuntuPackages+=" libnuma-dev"
 
 __AlpinePackages+=" gettext-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" icu-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" libunwind-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" lttng-ust-dev"
 __AlpinePackages+=" compiler-rt-static"
+__AlpinePackages+=" numactl-dev"
 
 # runtime libraries' dependencies
 __UbuntuPackages+=" libcurl4-openssl-dev"
diff --git a/eng/common/generate-locproject.ps1 b/eng/common/generate-locproject.ps1
index dbf2ab4ee7d17bb425bdfda0bb66af3016fc98db..69e65eeae7de04d048f8ef50adbac675752b145d 100644
--- a/eng/common/generate-locproject.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/generate-locproject.ps1
@@ -34,6 +34,25 @@ $jsonTemplateFiles | ForEach-Object {
 $jsonWinformsTemplateFiles = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "$SourcesDirectory" | Where-Object { $_.FullName -Match "en\\strings\.json" } # current winforms pattern
 
 $wxlFiles = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "$SourcesDirectory" | Where-Object { $_.FullName -Match "\\.+\.wxl" -And -Not( $_.Directory.Name -Match "\d{4}" ) } # localized files live in four digit lang ID directories; this excludes them
+if (-not $wxlFiles) {
+    $wxlEnFiles = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "$SourcesDirectory" | Where-Object { $_.FullName -Match "\\1033\\.+\.wxl" } #  pick up en files (1033 = en) specifically so we can copy them to use as the neutral xlf files
+    if ($wxlEnFiles) {
+      $wxlFiles = @()
+      $wxlEnFiles | ForEach-Object {
+        $destinationFile = "$($_.Directory.Parent.FullName)\$($_.Name)"
+        $wxlFiles += Copy-Item "$($_.FullName)" -Destination $destinationFile -PassThru
+      }
+    }
+}
+
+$macosHtmlEnFiles = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "$SourcesDirectory" | Where-Object { $_.FullName -Match "en\.lproj\\.+\.html" } # add installer HTML files
+$macosHtmlFiles = @()
+if ($macosHtmlEnFiles) {
+    $macosHtmlEnFiles | ForEach-Object {
+        $destinationFile = "$($_.Directory.Parent.FullName)\$($_.Name)"
+        $macosHtmlFiles += Copy-Item "$($_.FullName)" -Destination $destinationFile -PassThru
+    }
+}
 
 $xlfFiles = @()
 
@@ -99,8 +118,7 @@ $locJson = @{
                     $outputPath = "$($_.Directory.FullName | Resolve-Path -Relative)\"
                     $continue = $true
                     foreach ($exclusion in $exclusions.Exclusions) {
-                        if ($_.FullName.Contains($exclusion))
-                        {
+                        if ($_.FullName.Contains($exclusion)) {
                             $continue = $false
                         }
                     }
@@ -115,6 +133,29 @@ $locJson = @{
                     }
                 }
             )
+        },
+        @{
+            LanguageSet = $LanguageSet
+            CloneLanguageSet = "VS_macOS_CloneLanguages"
+            LocItems = @(
+                $macosHtmlFiles | ForEach-Object {
+                    $outputPath = "$($_.Directory.FullName | Resolve-Path -Relative)\"
+                    $continue = $true
+                    foreach ($exclusion in $exclusions.Exclusions) {
+                        if ($_.FullName.Contains($exclusion)) {
+                            $continue = $false
+                        }
+                    }
+                    $sourceFile = ($_.FullName | Resolve-Path -Relative)
+                    if ($continue) {
+                        return @{
+                            SourceFile = $sourceFile
+                            CopyOption = "LangIDOnPath"
+                            OutputPath = $outputPath
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            )
         }
     )
 }
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml b/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
index 0549e4c71ce3e040bd5b1e23331a26d027715738..f0af425d9f68a894daba78e3acc4437ff3de39dd 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/job/job.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ jobs:
     - ${{ if ne(variable.group, '') }}:
       - group: ${{ variable.group }}
 
+    # handle template variable syntax
+    # example:
+    # - template: path/to/template.yml
+    #   parameters:
+    #     [key]: [value]
+    - ${{ if ne(variable.template, '') }}:
+      - template: ${{ variable.template }}
+        ${{ if ne(variable.parameters, '') }}:
+          parameters: ${{ variable.parameters }}
+
     # handle key-value variable syntax.
     # example:
     # - [key]: [value]
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/variables/pool-providers.yml b/eng/common/templates/variables/pool-providers.yml
index a7b943c2fa4c1aa4641e66309de65392f7e997a8..1b820b41605779a253f32452f96a5a5c150b4070 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/variables/pool-providers.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/variables/pool-providers.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #  First, import the template in an arcade-ified repo to pick up the variables, e.g.:
 #
 #  variables:
-#  - template: eng/common/templates/variables/pool-providers.yml
+#  - template: /eng/common/templates/variables/pool-providers.yml
 #
 #  ... then anywhere specifying the pool provider use the runtime variables,
 #      $(DncEngInternalBuildPool) and $  (DncEngPublicBuildPool), e.g.:
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ variables:
   - name: DncEngPublicBuildPool
     value: NetCore-Svc-Public
   - name: DncEngInternalBuildPool
-    value: NetCore1ESPool-Svc-Internal
\ No newline at end of file
+    value: NetCore1ESPool-Svc-Internal
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 61c708565c5fc9fa5d0d51c7b074715b616faea5..107a1689c963ec455bcbd70dec86573ea1d5a1ad 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     "version": "8.0.100-alpha.1.23055.1"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23058.1",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23058.1",
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23061.1",
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "8.0.0-beta.23061.1",
     "Microsoft.Build.Traversal": "3.1.6"
   }
 }