diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 27cc54dff..7cbfcb13a 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@
     </Dependency>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20153.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20154.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>421b20fb860907c45673de791177e3fd61402197</Sha>
+      <Sha>5d8c586ca1bed15f630ba7d2ed16f591be06eafd</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/common/SigningValidation.proj b/eng/common/SigningValidation.proj
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d0ac80af..000000000
--- a/eng/common/SigningValidation.proj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information. -->
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <!--
-    This MSBuild file is intended to be used as the body of the default 
-    publishing release pipeline. The release pipeline will use this file
-    to invoke the SignCheck tool to validate that packages about to
-    be published are correctly signed.
-  
-    Parameters:
-  
-      - PackageBasePath   : Directory containing all files that need to be validated.
-      - SignCheckVersion  : Version of SignCheck package to be used.
-      - SignValidationExclusionList   : ItemGroup containing exclusion list to be forwarded to SignCheck.
-      - EnableJarSigningCheck    : Whether .jar files should be validated.
-      - EnableStrongNameCheck    : Whether strong name check should be performed.
-  -->
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!--
-    From 'Signing.props' we import $(SignValidationExclusionList)
-  -->
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Signing.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Signing.props')" />
-
-  <Target Name="ValidateSigning">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <SignCheckToolPath>$(NuGetPackageRoot)Microsoft.DotNet.SignCheck\$(SignCheckVersion)\tools\Microsoft.DotNet.SignCheck.exe</SignCheckToolPath>
-
-      <SignCheckInputDir>$(PackageBasePath)</SignCheckInputDir>
-      <SignCheckLog>signcheck.log</SignCheckLog>
-      <SignCheckErrorLog>signcheck.errors.log</SignCheckErrorLog>
-      <SignCheckExclusionsFile>signcheck.exclusions.txt</SignCheckExclusionsFile>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <!--
-        Documentation for these arguments is available here:
-        https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/tree/master/src/SignCheck
-      -->
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--recursive" />
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--traverse-subfolders" />
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--file-status AllFiles" />
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--log-file $(SignCheckLog)" />
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--error-log-file $(SignCheckErrorLog)" />
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--input-files $(SignCheckInputDir)" />
-      
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--exclusions-file $(SignCheckExclusionsFile)" Condition="'@(SignValidationExclusionList)' != ''" />
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--verify-jar" Condition="'$(EnableJarSigningCheck)' == 'true'" />
-      <SignCheckArgs Include="--verify-strongname" Condition="'$(EnableStrongNameCheck)' == 'true'" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-   
-    <WriteLinesToFile 
-      File="$(SignCheckExclusionsFile)"
-      Lines="@(SignValidationExclusionList)"
-      Condition="'@(SignValidationExclusionList)' != ''"
-      Overwrite="true"
-      Encoding="Unicode"/>
-    
-    <!--
-      IgnoreExitCode='true' because the tool doesn't return '0' on success.
-    -->
-    <Exec 
-      Command="&quot;$(SignCheckToolPath)&quot; @(SignCheckArgs, ' ')"
-      IgnoreExitCode='true' 
-      ConsoleToMsBuild="false" 
-      StandardErrorImportance="high" />
-
-    <Error 
-      Text="Signing validation failed. Check $(SignCheckErrorLog) for more information." 
-      Condition="Exists($(SignCheckErrorLog)) and '$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($(SignCheckErrorLog)))' != ''" />
-
-    <Message
-      Text="##vso[artifact.upload containerfolder=LogFiles;artifactname=LogFiles]{SignCheckErrorLog}"
-      Condition="Exists($(SignCheckErrorLog)) and '$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($(SignCheckErrorLog)))' != ''" />
-    
-  </Target>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.SignCheck" Version="$(SignCheckVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/eng/common/darc-init.ps1 b/eng/common/darc-init.ps1
index 2a30ccfd7..435e76413 100644
--- a/eng/common/darc-init.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/darc-init.ps1
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ param (
 
 . $PSScriptRoot\tools.ps1
 
-function InstallDarcCli ($darcVersion) {
+function InstallDarcCli ($darcVersion, $toolpath) {
   $darcCliPackageName = 'microsoft.dotnet.darc'
 
   $dotnetRoot = InitializeDotNetCli -install:$true
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ function InstallDarcCli ($darcVersion) {
     Write-Host "'$dotnet' tool install $darcCliPackageName --version $darcVersion --add-source '$arcadeServicesSource' -v $verbosity -g"
     & "$dotnet" tool install $darcCliPackageName --version $darcVersion --add-source "$arcadeServicesSource" -v $verbosity -g
   }else {
-    Write-Host "'$dotnet' tool install $darcCliPackageName --version $darcVersion --add-source '$arcadeServicesSource' -v $verbosity -g --tool-path '$toolpath'"
+    Write-Host "'$dotnet' tool install $darcCliPackageName --version $darcVersion --add-source '$arcadeServicesSource' -v $verbosity --tool-path '$toolpath'"
     & "$dotnet" tool install $darcCliPackageName --version $darcVersion --add-source "$arcadeServicesSource" -v $verbosity --tool-path "$toolpath"
   }
 }
 
 try {
-  InstallDarcCli $darcVersion
+  InstallDarcCli $darcVersion $toolpath
 }
 catch {
   Write-Host $_.ScriptStackTrace
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/post-build/channels/generic-public-channel.yml b/eng/common/templates/post-build/channels/generic-public-channel.yml
index 29bc1a941..08853ec45 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/post-build/channels/generic-public-channel.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/post-build/channels/generic-public-channel.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ parameters:
   transportFeed: ''
   shippingFeed: ''
   symbolsFeed: ''
+  # If the channel name is empty, no links will be generated
+  akaMSChannelName: ''
 
 stages:
 - stage: ${{ parameters.stageName }}
@@ -161,6 +163,9 @@ stages:
             /p:AzureDevOpsStaticTransportFeedKey='$(dn-bot-dnceng-artifact-feeds-rw)'
             /p:AzureDevOpsStaticSymbolsFeed='${{ parameters.symbolsFeed }}'
             /p:AzureDevOpsStaticSymbolsFeedKey='$(dn-bot-dnceng-artifact-feeds-rw)'
+            /p:LatestLinkShortUrlPrefix=dotnet/'${{ parameters.akaMSChannelName }}'
+            /p:AkaMSClientId=$(akams-client-id)
+            /p:AkaMSClientSecret=$(akams-client-secret)
             ${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
 
       - template: ../../steps/publish-logs.yml
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml b/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
index 05ff3561f..7be5b0bfa 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ stages:
     symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
     stageName: 'NetCore_Dev5_Publish'
     channelName: '.NET Core 5 Dev'
+    akaMSChannelName: 'net5/dev'
     channelId: ${{ parameters.NetCoreDev5ChannelId }}
     transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
     shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5/nuget/v3/index.json'
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ stages:
     symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
     stageName: 'Net5_Preview1_Publish'
     channelName: '.NET 5 Preview 1'
+    akaMSChannelName: 'net5/preview1'
     channelId: ${{ parameters.Net5Preview1ChannelId }}
     transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
     shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5/nuget/v3/index.json'
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ stages:
     symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
     stageName: 'Net5_Preview2_Publish'
     channelName: '.NET 5 Preview 2'
+    akaMSChannelName: 'net5/preview2'
     channelId: ${{ parameters.Net5Preview2ChannelId }}
     transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
     shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5/nuget/v3/index.json'
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ stages:
     symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
     stageName: 'Net_Eng_Latest_Publish'
     channelName: '.NET Eng - Latest'
+    akaMSChannelName: 'eng/daily'
     channelId: ${{ parameters.NetEngLatestChannelId }}
     transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/index.json'
     shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/index.json'
@@ -251,6 +255,7 @@ stages:
     symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
     stageName: 'Net_Eng_Validation_Publish'
     channelName: '.NET Eng - Validation'
+    akaMSChannelName: 'eng/validation'
     channelId: ${{ parameters.NetEngValidationChannelId }}
     transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/index.json'
     shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/index.json'
@@ -264,6 +269,7 @@ stages:
     symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
     stageName: 'General_Testing_Publish'
     channelName: 'General Testing'
+    akaMSChannelName: 'generaltesting'
     channelId: ${{ parameters.GeneralTestingChannelId }}
     transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/general-testing/nuget/v3/index.json'
     shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/general-testing/nuget/v3/index.json'
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index b0d7f720f..4069e5446 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
     }
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20153.1"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20154.1"
   }
 }