diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index ba58a5842b9..2842650dc6c 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
     </Dependency>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="7.0.0-beta.21518.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="7.0.0-beta.21524.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>c5a300999a6ab2792108190118280da36fb1991e</Sha>
+      <Sha>0cdef445272ad6a7374dfed71496c5affef90305</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="7.0.0-beta.21518.1">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="7.0.0-beta.21524.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>c5a300999a6ab2792108190118280da36fb1991e</Sha>
+      <Sha>0cdef445272ad6a7374dfed71496c5affef90305</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/common/post-build/sourcelink-validation.ps1 b/eng/common/post-build/sourcelink-validation.ps1
index e8ab29afeb3..4011d324e73 100644
--- a/eng/common/post-build/sourcelink-validation.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/post-build/sourcelink-validation.ps1
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ $RetryWaitTimeInSeconds = 30
 # Wait time between check for system load
 $SecondsBetweenLoadChecks = 10
 
+if (!$InputPath -or !(Test-Path $InputPath)){
+  Write-Host "No files to validate."
+  ExitWithExitCode 0
+}
+
 $ValidatePackage = {
   param( 
     [string] $PackagePath                                 # Full path to a Symbols.NuGet package
diff --git a/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1 b/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
index a5af041ba77..a4a92efbedf 100644
--- a/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ param(
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $DotnetSymbolVersion, # Version of dotnet symbol to use
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)][switch] $CheckForWindowsPdbs, # If we should check for the existence of windows pdbs in addition to portable PDBs
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)][switch] $ContinueOnError, # If we should keep checking symbols after an error
-  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)][switch] $Clean                  # Clean extracted symbols directory after checking symbols
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)][switch] $Clean,           # Clean extracted symbols directory after checking symbols
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)][string] $SymbolExclusionFile  # Exclude the symbols in the file from publishing to symbol server
 )
 
+. $PSScriptRoot\..\tools.ps1
 # Maximum number of jobs to run in parallel
 $MaxParallelJobs = 16
 
@@ -25,14 +27,28 @@ if ($CheckForWindowsPdbs) {
   $WindowsPdbVerificationParam = "--windows-pdbs"
 }
 
+$ExclusionSet = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.HashSet[string];
+
+if (!$InputPath -or !(Test-Path $InputPath)){
+  Write-Host "No symbols to validate."
+  ExitWithExitCode 0
+}
+
+#Check if the path exists
+if ($SymbolExclusionFile -and (Test-Path $SymbolExclusionFile)){
+  [string[]]$Exclusions = Get-Content "$SymbolExclusionFile"
+  $Exclusions | foreach { if($_ -and $_.Trim()){$ExclusionSet.Add($_)} }
+}
+else{
+  Write-Host "Symbol Exclusion file does not exists. No symbols to exclude."
+}
+
 $CountMissingSymbols = {
   param( 
     [string] $PackagePath, # Path to a NuGet package
     [string] $WindowsPdbVerificationParam # If we should check for the existence of windows pdbs in addition to portable PDBs
   )
 
-  . $using:PSScriptRoot\..\tools.ps1
-
   Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
 
   Write-Host "Validating $PackagePath "
@@ -142,37 +158,44 @@ $CountMissingSymbols = {
       return $null
     }
 
-    $FileGuid = New-Guid
-    $ExpandedSymbolsPath = Join-Path -Path $SymbolsPath -ChildPath $FileGuid
-
-    $SymbolsOnMSDL = & $FirstMatchingSymbolDescriptionOrDefault `
-        -FullPath $FileName `
-        -TargetServerParam '--microsoft-symbol-server' `
-        -SymbolsPath "$ExpandedSymbolsPath-msdl" `
-        -WindowsPdbVerificationParam $WindowsPdbVerificationParam
-    $SymbolsOnSymWeb = & $FirstMatchingSymbolDescriptionOrDefault `
-        -FullPath $FileName `
-        -TargetServerParam '--internal-server' `
-        -SymbolsPath "$ExpandedSymbolsPath-symweb" `
-        -WindowsPdbVerificationParam $WindowsPdbVerificationParam
-
-    Write-Host -NoNewLine "`t Checking file " $FileName "... "
-  
-    if ($SymbolsOnMSDL -ne $null -and $SymbolsOnSymWeb -ne $null) {
-      Write-Host "Symbols found on MSDL ($SymbolsOnMSDL) and SymWeb ($SymbolsOnSymWeb)"
+    $FileRelativePath = $FileName.Replace("$ExtractPath\", "")
+    if (($($using:ExclusionSet) -ne $null) -and ($($using:ExclusionSet).Contains($FileRelativePath) -or ($($using:ExclusionSet).Contains($FileRelativePath.Replace("\", "/"))))){
+      Write-Host "Skipping $FileName from symbol validation"
     }
-    else {
-      $MissingSymbols++
 
-      if ($SymbolsOnMSDL -eq $null -and $SymbolsOnSymWeb -eq $null) {
-        Write-Host 'No symbols found on MSDL or SymWeb!'
+    else {
+      $FileGuid = New-Guid
+      $ExpandedSymbolsPath = Join-Path -Path $SymbolsPath -ChildPath $FileGuid
+
+      $SymbolsOnMSDL = & $FirstMatchingSymbolDescriptionOrDefault `
+          -FullPath $FileName `
+          -TargetServerParam '--microsoft-symbol-server' `
+          -SymbolsPath "$ExpandedSymbolsPath-msdl" `
+          -WindowsPdbVerificationParam $WindowsPdbVerificationParam
+      $SymbolsOnSymWeb = & $FirstMatchingSymbolDescriptionOrDefault `
+          -FullPath $FileName `
+          -TargetServerParam '--internal-server' `
+          -SymbolsPath "$ExpandedSymbolsPath-symweb" `
+          -WindowsPdbVerificationParam $WindowsPdbVerificationParam
+
+      Write-Host -NoNewLine "`t Checking file " $FileName "... "
+  
+      if ($SymbolsOnMSDL -ne $null -and $SymbolsOnSymWeb -ne $null) {
+        Write-Host "Symbols found on MSDL ($SymbolsOnMSDL) and SymWeb ($SymbolsOnSymWeb)"
       }
       else {
-        if ($SymbolsOnMSDL -eq $null) {
-          Write-Host 'No symbols found on MSDL!'
+        $MissingSymbols++
+
+        if ($SymbolsOnMSDL -eq $null -and $SymbolsOnSymWeb -eq $null) {
+          Write-Host 'No symbols found on MSDL or SymWeb!'
         }
         else {
-          Write-Host 'No symbols found on SymWeb!'
+          if ($SymbolsOnMSDL -eq $null) {
+            Write-Host 'No symbols found on MSDL!'
+          }
+          else {
+            Write-Host 'No symbols found on SymWeb!'
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/eng/common/sdl/configure-sdl-tool.ps1 b/eng/common/sdl/configure-sdl-tool.ps1
index 4999c307088..8a68fc24b11 100644
--- a/eng/common/sdl/configure-sdl-tool.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/sdl/configure-sdl-tool.ps1
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ try {
     # For some tools, add default and automatic args.
     if ($tool.Name -eq 'credscan') {
       if ($targetDirectory) {
-        $tool.Args += "TargetDirectory < $TargetDirectory"
+        $tool.Args += "`"TargetDirectory < $TargetDirectory`""
       }
-      $tool.Args += "OutputType < pre"
+      $tool.Args += "`"OutputType < pre`""
       $tool.Args += $CrScanAdditionalRunConfigParams
     } elseif ($tool.Name -eq 'policheck') {
       if ($targetDirectory) {
-        $tool.Args += "Target < $TargetDirectory"
+        $tool.Args += "`"Target < $TargetDirectory`""
       }
       $tool.Args += $PoliCheckAdditionalRunConfigParams
     }
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 23cf2619341..cc034e4449b 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "rollForward": "latestMajor"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "7.0.0-beta.21518.1",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "7.0.0-beta.21518.1"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "7.0.0-beta.21524.1",
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "7.0.0-beta.21524.1"
   }
 }