diff --git a/eng/performance/benchmark_jobs.yml b/eng/performance/benchmark_jobs.yml
index 46d6702a607..c2f2be5f493 100644
--- a/eng/performance/benchmark_jobs.yml
+++ b/eng/performance/benchmark_jobs.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ jobs:
           - ${{ if eq(parameters.osName, 'ubuntu')}}:
             - name: InstallPrerequisites
               value: 'sudo apt-get -y install python3-venv'
+          - ${{ if ne(parameters.osName, 'ubuntu')}}:
+            - name: InstallPrerequisites
+              value: ''
         - ${{ if eq(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public') }}:
           # for public runs, we do not want to upload perflab data
           - name: PerfLabArguments
diff --git a/eng/performance/scenarios.yml b/eng/performance/scenarios.yml
index 65c914ce7d6..a7880f1f878 100644
--- a/eng/performance/scenarios.yml
+++ b/eng/performance/scenarios.yml
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ jobs:
           - powershell: |
               $(Python) -m pip install --upgrade pip
               $(Python) -m pip install requests
-              .\src\scenarios\init.ps1
-              .\eng\common\msbuild.ps1 .\eng\performance\${{ parameters.projectFile }} /restore /t:PreparePayloadWorkItems /bl:.\artifacts\log\$(_BuildConfig)\PrepareWorkItemPayloads.binlog
+              .\src\scenarios\init.ps1 -DotnetDirectory $(CorrelationStaging)dotnet
+              dotnet msbuild .\eng\performance\${{ parameters.projectFile }} /restore /t:PreparePayloadWorkItems /bl:.\artifacts\log\$(_BuildConfig)\PrepareWorkItemPayloads.binlog
             displayName: Prepare scenarios
             env:
               CorrelationPayloadDirectory: $(CorrelationStaging)
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ jobs:
           - script: |
               $(Python) -m pip install --upgrade pip
               $(Python) -m pip install requests
-              . ./src/scenarios/init.sh
-              ./eng/common/msbuild.sh ./eng/performance/${{ parameters.projectFile }} /restore /t:PreparePayloadWorkItems /bl:./artifacts/log/$(_BuildConfig)/PrepareWorkItemPayloads.binlog
+              . ./src/scenarios/init.sh -dotnetdir $(CorrelationStaging)dotnet
+              dotnet msbuild ./eng/performance/${{ parameters.projectFile }} /restore /t:PreparePayloadWorkItems /bl:./artifacts/log/$(_BuildConfig)/PrepareWorkItemPayloads.binlog
             displayName: Prepare scenarios
             env:
               CorrelationPayloadDirectory: $(CorrelationStaging)
diff --git a/scripts/channel_map.py b/scripts/channel_map.py
index b1cb9804388..9c532e6f242 100644
--- a/scripts/channel_map.py
+++ b/scripts/channel_map.py
@@ -3,6 +3,30 @@
 class ChannelMap():
     channel_map = {
         'main': {
+            'tfm': 'net8.0',
+            'branch': '8.0',
+            'quality': 'daily'
+        },
+        'master': {
+            'tfm': 'net6.0',
+            'branch': 'master'
+        },
+        '8.0': {
+            'tfm': 'net8.0',
+            'branch': '8.0',
+            'quality': 'daily'
+        },
+        'release/8.0': {
+            'tfm': 'net8.0',
+            'branch': '8.0',
+            'quality': 'daily'
+        },
+        'nativeaot8.0': {
+            'tfm': 'nativeaot8.0',
+            'branch': '8.0',
+            'quality': 'daily'
+        },
+        '7.0': {
             'tfm': 'net7.0',
             'branch': '7.0.1xx',
             'quality': 'daily'
@@ -17,19 +41,15 @@ class ChannelMap():
             'branch': '7.0-rc1',
             'quality': 'daily'
         },
-        'release/7.0': {
-            'tfm': 'net7.0',
-            'branch': '7.0',
-            'quality': 'daily'
-        },
         'nativeaot7.0': {
             'tfm': 'nativeaot7.0',
             'branch': '7.0.1xx',
             'quality': 'daily'
         },
-        'master': {
-            'tfm': 'net6.0',
-            'branch': 'master'
+        'release/7.0': {
+            'tfm': 'net7.0',
+            'branch': '7.0',
+            'quality': 'daily'
         },
         '6.0': {
             'tfm': 'net6.0',
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/micro/MicroBenchmarks.csproj b/src/benchmarks/micro/MicroBenchmarks.csproj
index 51cbae06b5b..7699a1b0530 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/micro/MicroBenchmarks.csproj
+++ b/src/benchmarks/micro/MicroBenchmarks.csproj
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     <!-- Used by Python script to narrow down the specified target frameworks to test, and avoid downloading all supported SDKs -->
     <TargetFrameworks>$(PERFLAB_TARGET_FRAMEWORKS)</TargetFrameworks>
     <!-- Supported target frameworks -->
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(TargetFrameworks)' == '' AND '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">net461;netcoreapp3.1;net5.0;net6.0;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(TargetFrameworks)' == ''">netcoreapp3.1;net5.0;net6.0;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(TargetFrameworks)' == '' AND '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">net461;netcoreapp3.1;net5.0;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(TargetFrameworks)' == ''">netcoreapp3.1;net5.0;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS8002</NoWarn>
     <!-- Suppress binaryformatter obsolete warning -->
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);SYSLIB0011</NoWarn>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="protobuf-net" Version="3.0.73" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="$(SystemVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="$(SystemVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Cbor" Version="$(SystemVersion)" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net5.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Cbor" Version="$(SystemVersion)" Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' And '$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '5.0'" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Pipelines" Version="$(SystemVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Vectors" Version="4.5.0" />