diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/create-pull-request.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/create-pull-request.yml
index a60d26c8fe981..e3b3e538c0360 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/create-pull-request.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/create-pull-request.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ parameters:
   GHTeamReviewersVariable: ''
   # Multiple labels seperated by comma, e.g. "bug, APIView"
   PRLabels: ''
+  SkipCheckingForChanges: false
 
 steps:
 
@@ -35,15 +36,19 @@ steps:
       echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=HasChanges]$false"
       echo "No changes so skipping code push"
     }
+  displayName: Check for changes
+  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(${{ parameters.SkipCheckingForChanges }}, false))
+  workingDirectory: ${{ parameters.WorkingDirectory }}
+  ignoreLASTEXITCODE: true
 
+- pwsh: |
     # Remove the repo owner from the front of the repo name if it exists there
     $repoName = "${{ parameters.RepoName }}" -replace "^${{ parameters.RepoOwner }}/", ""
     echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=RepoNameWithoutOwner]$repoName"
-    echo "RepoName = $repName"
-
-  displayName: Check for changes
+    echo "RepoName = $repoName"
+  displayName: Remove Repo Owner from Repo Name
+  condition: succeeded()
   workingDirectory: ${{ parameters.WorkingDirectory }}
-  ignoreLASTEXITCODE: true
 
 - task: PowerShell@2
   displayName: Push changes
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ steps:
       -CommitMsg "${{ parameters.CommitMsg }}"
       -GitUrl "https://$(azuresdk-github-pat)@github.com/${{ parameters.PROwner }}/$(RepoNameWithoutOwner).git"
       -PushArgs "${{ parameters.PushArgs }}"
+      -SkipCommit $${{parameters.SkipCheckingForChanges}}
 
 - task: PowerShell@2
   displayName: Create pull request
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Add-Issue-Comment.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Add-Issue-Comment.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b945d70c3fe98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Add-Issue-Comment.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
+param(
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$RepoOwner,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$RepoName,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$IssueNumber,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+  [string]$CommentPrefix,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$Comment,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+  [string]$CommentPostFix,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$AuthToken
+)
+
+. "${PSScriptRoot}\logging.ps1"
+
+$headers = @{
+  Authorization = "bearer $AuthToken"
+}
+
+$apiUrl = "https://api.github.com/repos/$RepoOwner/$RepoName/issues/$IssueNumber/comments"
+
+$commentPrefixValue = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($CommentPrefix)
+$commentValue = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($Comment)
+$commentPostFixValue = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($CommentPostFix)
+
+if (!$commentPrefixValue) { $commentPrefixValue = $CommentPrefix }
+if (!$commentValue) { $commentValue = $Comment }
+if (!$commentPostFixValue) { $commentPostFixValue = $CommentPostFix }
+
+$PRComment = "$commentPrefixValue $commentValue $commentPostFixValue"
+
+$data = @{
+  body = $PRComment
+}
+
+try {
+  $resp = Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Headers $headers -Uri $apiUrl -Body ($data | ConvertTo-Json)
+}
+catch {
+  LogError "Invoke-RestMethod [ $apiUrl ] failed with exception:`n$_"
+  exit 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Queue-Pipeline.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Queue-Pipeline.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4e0122ca92567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Queue-Pipeline.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
+param(
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$Organization,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$Project,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$SourceBranch,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [int]$DefinitionId,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+  [string]$VsoQueuedPipelines,
+
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [string]$AuthToken
+)
+
+. "${PSScriptRoot}\logging.ps1"
+
+$headers = @{
+  Authorization = "Basic $AuthToken"
+}
+
+$apiUrl = "https://dev.azure.com/$Organization/$Project/_apis/build/builds?api-version=6.0"
+
+$body = @{
+  sourceBranch = $SourceBranch
+  definition = @{ id = $DefinitionId }
+}
+
+Write-Verbose ($body | ConvertTo-Json)
+
+try {
+  $resp = Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Headers $headers $apiUrl -Body ($body | ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType application/json
+}
+catch {
+  LogError "Invoke-RestMethod [ $apiUrl ] failed with exception:`n$_"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+LogDebug "Pipeline [ $($resp.definition.name) ] queued at [ $($resp._links.web.href) ]"
+
+if ($VsoQueuedPipelines) {
+  $enVarValue = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($VsoQueuedPipelines)
+  $QueuedPipelineLinks = if ($enVarValue) { 
+    "$enVarValue<br>[$($resp.definition.name)]($($resp._links.web.href))"
+  }else {
+    "[$($resp.definition.name)]($($resp._links.web.href))"
+  }
+  $QueuedPipelineLinks
+  Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=$VsoQueuedPipelines]$QueuedPipelineLinks"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/git-branch-push.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/git-branch-push.ps1
index 9b3d783455895..333ed0a62c5e9 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/git-branch-push.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/git-branch-push.ps1
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ param(
     [string] $GitUrl,
 
     [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
-    [string] $PushArgs = ""
+    [string] $PushArgs = "",
+
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+    [boolean] $SkipCommit = $false
 )
 
 # This is necessay because of the janky git command output writing to stderr.
@@ -57,12 +60,17 @@ if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0)
     exit $LASTEXITCODE
 }
 
-Write-Host "git -c user.name=`"azure-sdk`" -c user.email=`"azuresdk@microsoft.com`" commit -am `"$($CommitMsg)`""
-git -c user.name="azure-sdk" -c user.email="azuresdk@microsoft.com" commit -am "$($CommitMsg)"
-if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0)
-{
-    Write-Error "Unable to add files and create commit LASTEXITCODE=$($LASTEXITCODE), see command output above."
-    exit $LASTEXITCODE
+if (!$SkipCommit) {
+    Write-Host "git -c user.name=`"azure-sdk`" -c user.email=`"azuresdk@microsoft.com`" commit -am `"$($CommitMsg)`""
+    git -c user.name="azure-sdk" -c user.email="azuresdk@microsoft.com" commit -am "$($CommitMsg)"
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0)
+    {
+        Write-Error "Unable to add files and create commit LASTEXITCODE=$($LASTEXITCODE), see command output above."
+        exit $LASTEXITCODE
+    }
+}
+else {
+    Write-Host "Skipped applying commit"
 }
 
 # The number of retries can be increased if necessary. In theory, the number of retries
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/modules/ChangeLog-Operations.psm1 b/eng/common/scripts/modules/ChangeLog-Operations.psm1
index 5aed584d018b1..bfcd8d193b001 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/modules/ChangeLog-Operations.psm1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/modules/ChangeLog-Operations.psm1
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Common Changelog Operations
-
 $RELEASE_TITLE_REGEX = "(?<releaseNoteTitle>^\#+.*(?<version>\b\d+\.\d+\.\d+([^0-9\s][^\s:]+)?)(\s(?<releaseStatus>\(Unreleased\)|\(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\)))?)"
 
 # Returns a Collection of changeLogEntry object containing changelog info for all version present in the gived CHANGELOG
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/modules/Package-Properties.psm1 b/eng/common/scripts/modules/Package-Properties.psm1
index b0572a71d4492..61c45455f0d0e 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/modules/Package-Properties.psm1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/modules/Package-Properties.psm1
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# This Files has been retired
 # Helper functions for retireving useful information from azure-sdk-for-* repo
 # Example Use : Import-Module .\eng\common\scripts\modules
 class PackageProps