diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/stages/archetype-python-release.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/stages/archetype-python-release.yml
index 04278e6ddbb6..79b9db99e263 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/stages/archetype-python-release.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/stages/archetype-python-release.yml
@@ -249,28 +249,28 @@ stages:
         displayName: Setup DevOpsFeedName
 
       - task: TwineAuthenticate@0
-        displayName: 'Authenticate to feed: $(DevFeedName)'
+        displayName: 'Authenticate to feed'
         inputs:
           artifactFeeds: $(DevFeedName)
 
       - ${{ each artifact in parameters.Artifacts }}:
-
         - pwsh: |
             Get-ChildItem $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{parameters.ArtifactName}}
             New-Item -Type Directory -Name ${{artifact.safeName}} -Path $(Pipeline.Workspace)
             $underscorePrefix = "${{artifact.name}}"
             $dashPrefix = "${{artifact.name}}".Replace("_", "-")
-            Copy-Item $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{parameters.ArtifactName}}/$dashPrefix-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.dev* $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}
-            Copy-Item $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{parameters.ArtifactName}}/$underscorePrefix-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.dev* $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}
+            Copy-Item $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{parameters.ArtifactName}}/$dashPrefix-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*a[0-9]* $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}
+            Copy-Item $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{parameters.ArtifactName}}/$underscorePrefix-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*a[0-9]* $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}
             Get-ChildItem $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}
+
             $fileCount = (Get-ChildItem $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}} | Measure-Object).Count
-            Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=FilesToUploadCount]$fileCount"
+            if ($fileCount -eq 0) { 
+              Write-Host "No alpha packages for ${{artifact.safeName}} to publish."
+              exit 0
+            }
 
-        - script: |
-            set -e
-            twine upload --repository $(DevFeedName) --config-file $(PYPIRC_PATH) $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}/*.dev*.whl
-            echo "Uploaded whl to devops feed"
-            twine upload --repository $(DevFeedName) --config-file $(PYPIRC_PATH) $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}/*.dev*.zip
-            echo "Uploaded sdist to devops feed"
-          displayName: 'Publish package to feed: $(DevFeedName)'
-          condition: gt(variables['FilesToUploadCount'], 0)
\ No newline at end of file
+            twine upload --repository $(DevFeedName) --config-file $(PYPIRC_PATH) $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}/*a*.whl
+            echo "Uploaded whl to devops feed $(DevFeedName)"
+            twine upload --repository $(DevFeedName) --config-file $(PYPIRC_PATH) $(Pipeline.Workspace)/${{artifact.safeName}}/*a*.zip
+            echo "Uploaded sdist to devops feed $(DevFeedName)"
+          displayName: 'Publish ${{artifact.name}} alpha package'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/versioning/version_set_dev.py b/eng/versioning/version_set_dev.py
index e65feeae18db..fb0c7836bb14 100644
--- a/eng/versioning/version_set_dev.py
+++ b/eng/versioning/version_set_dev.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ def format_build_id(build_id):
 
 def get_dev_version(current_version, build_id):
     parsed_version = parse(current_version)
-    #release = parsed_version.release
-    return "{0}.dev{1}".format(parsed_version, build_id)
+    return "{0}a{1}".format(parsed_version.base_version, build_id)
 
 def is_in_service(sdk_path, setup_py_location, service_name):
     sdk_prefix = path.normpath(sdk_path)
diff --git a/scripts/devops_tasks/test_regression.py b/scripts/devops_tasks/test_regression.py
index b0722ea39db4..ea56872c7d41 100644
--- a/scripts/devops_tasks/test_regression.py
+++ b/scripts/devops_tasks/test_regression.py
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ def _is_package_installed(self, package, version):
         installed_pkgs = get_installed_packages(site_packages)
         logging.info("Installed packages: {}".format(installed_pkgs))
         # Verify installed package version
-        # Search for exact version or dev build version of current version.
+        # Search for exact version or alpha build version of current version.
         pkg_search_string = "{0}=={1}".format(package, version)
-        dev_build_search_string = "{0}=={1}.dev".format(package, version)
-        return any(p == pkg_search_string or p.startswith(dev_build_search_string) for p in installed_pkgs)
+        alpha_build_search_string = "{0}=={1}a".format(package, version)
+        return any(p == pkg_search_string or p.startswith(alpha_build_search_string) for p in installed_pkgs)
 
 
 # This method identifies package dependency map for all packages in azure sdk
diff --git a/sdk/template/azure-template/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/template/azure-template/CHANGELOG.md
index c85f69aeddd9..d20ffa8ebae5 100644
--- a/sdk/template/azure-template/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/template/azure-template/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 0.0.13b1 (2020-08-27)
+- Testing out some alpha and beta versioning
+
 ## 0.0.12 (Unreleased)
 - Test a successful Release
 
diff --git a/sdk/template/azure-template/azure/template/_version.py b/sdk/template/azure-template/azure/template/_version.py
index 8fb7d48af3e3..4a01be0b8d95 100644
--- a/sdk/template/azure-template/azure/template/_version.py
+++ b/sdk/template/azure-template/azure/template/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # matches SEMVER
-VERSION = "0.0.12"
\ No newline at end of file
+VERSION = "0.0.13b1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/template/azure-template/setup.py b/sdk/template/azure-template/setup.py
index e58960966f93..b711c6152399 100644
--- a/sdk/template/azure-template/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/template/azure-template/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     license='MIT License',
     # ensure that the development status reflects the status of your package
     classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
 
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',