diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-azure-pipelines.yml b/.github/workflows/release-azure-pipelines.yml
index 0767004c..42189ff0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 parameters:
 - name: version
   type: string
-  default: 0.8.6
 - name: prerelease
   displayName: Prerelease?
   type: boolean
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ variables:
   readonly: true
 
 trigger: none
+
 pr: none
 
 resources:
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ extends:
       - job: validate
         displayName: Validate
         steps:
-          - checkout: self
-          - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-            displayName: Use Python $(pythonVersion)
-            inputs:
-              versionSpec: $(pythonVersion)
-          - task: Bash@3
-            inputs:
-              targetType: inline
-              script: |
-                echo ${{ parameters.version }} | python ./bin/version.py
+        - checkout: self
+        - task: UsePythonVersion@0
+          displayName: Use Python $(pythonVersion)
+          inputs:
+            versionSpec: $(pythonVersion)
+        - task: Bash@3
+          inputs:
+            targetType: inline
+            script: |
+              echo ${{ parameters.version }} | python ./bin/version.py
 
     - stage: build
       displayName: Build
@@ -93,40 +93,268 @@ extends:
               targetPath: dist/${{ config.runtime }}
               artifactName: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}
           steps:
-            - checkout: self
-            - task: UseDotNet@2
-              displayName: Use .NET Core sdk 6.x
-              inputs:
-                version: 6.x
+          - checkout: self
+          - task: UseDotNet@2
+            displayName: Use .NET Core sdk 6.x
+            inputs:
+              version: 6.x
+          - task: NuGetToolInstaller@0
+            displayName: Use NuGet 6.x
+            inputs:
+              versionSpec: 6.x
+          - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
+            displayName: Install dependencies
+            inputs:
+              command: restore
+              feedsToUse: select
+              vstsFeed: $(VSTS_FEED_ID)
+              includeNuGetOrg: false
+              arguments: --runtime ${{ config.runtime }}
+          - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
+            displayName: Test
+            inputs:
+              command: test
+              arguments: --configuration release --no-restore
+          
+          - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
+            displayName: Build artifacts
+            env:
+              ADO_TOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
+            inputs:
+              command: publish
+              projects: src/AzureAuth/AzureAuth.csproj
+              arguments: -p:Version=${{ parameters.version }} --configuration release --self-contained true --runtime ${{ config.runtime }} --output dist/${{ config.runtime }}
+              publishWebProjects: false
+              zipAfterPublish: false
+              modifyOutputPath: true
 
-            - task: NuGetToolInstaller@0
-              displayName: Use NuGet 6.x
-              inputs:
-                versionSpec: 6.x
+    - stage: sign
+      displayName: Sign
+      dependsOn: build
+      jobs:
+      - ${{ each config in parameters.buildConfigs }}:
+        - job: sign_${{ replace(config.runtime,'-', '_') }}
+          displayName: Signing ${{ config.runtime }}
+          pool:
+            name: Azure-Pipelines-1ESPT-ExDShared
+            image: windows-latest
+            os: windows
+          templateContext:
+            inputs:
+            - input: pipelineArtifact
+              artifactName: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}
+              targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}
+            outputs:
+            - output: pipelineArtifact
+              artifactName: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}-signed
+              targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}-signed
+          steps:
+          - task: EsrpCodeSigning@5
+            displayName: Sign artifacts win10-x64
+            condition: eq('${{ config.runtime }}', 'win10-x64')
+            inputs:
+              ConnectedServiceName: $(ESRP_KV_SERVICE_CONNECTION)
+              AppRegistrationClientId: $(SIGNING_AAD_ID)
+              AppRegistrationTenantId: $(SIGNING_TENANT_ID)
+              AuthAKVName: $(AZURE_VAULT)
+              AuthCertName: $(AZURE_VAULT_ESRP_AAD_CERT_NAME)
+              AuthSignCertName: $(AZURE_VAULT_ESRP_REQ_CERT_NAME)
+              FolderPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}/AzureAuth
+              Pattern: '*.dll,*.exe'
+              signConfigType: 'inlineSignParams'
+              inlineOperation: |
+                [
+                 {
+                  "KeyCode": "$(SIGNING_KEY_CODE_AUTHENTICODE)",
+                  "OperationCode": "SigntoolSign",
+                  "ToolName": "sign",
+                  "ToolVersion": "1.0",
+                  "Parameters": {
+                   "OpusName": "Microsoft",
+                   "OpusInfo": "https://www.microsoft.com",
+                   "FileDigest": "/fd SHA256",
+                   "PageHash": "/NPH",
+                   "TimeStamp": "/tr \"http://rfc3161.gtm.corp.microsoft.com/TSS/HttpTspServer\" /td sha256"
+                  }
+                 },
+                 {
+                  "KeyCode": "$(SIGNING_KEY_CODE_AUTHENTICODE)",
+                  "OperationCode": "SigntoolVerify",
+                  "ToolName": "sign",
+                  "ToolVersion": "1.0",
+                  "Parameters": {}
+                 }
+                ]
+              SessionTimeout: '60'
+              MaxConcurrency: '50'
+              MaxRetryAttempts: '5'
+              PendingAnalysisWaitTimeoutMinutes: '5'
+          # We need to zip the artifacts for osx before sending to ESRP for signing.
+          - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+            displayName: Codesigning - zip artifacts to send to ESRP
+            condition: startsWith('${{ config.runtime }}', 'osx')
+            inputs:
+              rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}
+              includeRootFolder: false
+              archiveType: zip
+              archiveFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}.zip
+          - task: EsrpCodeSigning@5
+            displayName: Sign artifacts osx
+            condition: startsWith('${{ config.runtime }}', 'osx')
+            inputs:
+              ConnectedServiceName: $(ESRP_KV_SERVICE_CONNECTION)
+              AppRegistrationClientId: $(SIGNING_AAD_ID)
+              AppRegistrationTenantId: $(SIGNING_TENANT_ID)
+              AuthAKVName: $(AZURE_VAULT)
+              AuthCertName: $(AZURE_VAULT_ESRP_AAD_CERT_NAME)
+              AuthSignCertName: $(AZURE_VAULT_ESRP_REQ_CERT_NAME)
+              FolderPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+              Pattern: 'azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}.zip'
+              signConfigType: 'inlineSignParams'
+              inlineOperation: |
+                [
+                  {
+                    "KeyCode": "$(SIGNING_KEY_CODE_MAC)",
+                    "OperationCode": "MacAppDeveloperSign",
+                    "ToolName": "sign",
+                    "ToolVersion": "1.0",
+                    "Parameters": {}
+                 },
+                 {
+                  "KeyCode": "$(SIGNING_KEY_CODE_MAC)",
+                  "OperationCode": "SigntoolVerify",
+                  "ToolName": "sign",
+                  "ToolVersion": "1.0",
+                  "Parameters": {}
+                 }
+                ]
+              SessionTimeout: '60'
+              MaxConcurrency: '50'
+              MaxRetryAttempts: '5'
+              PendingAnalysisWaitTimeoutMinutes: '5'
+          - task: ExtractFiles@1
+            displayName: Extract signed artifacts osx
+            condition: startsWith('${{ config.runtime }}', 'osx')
+            inputs:
+              archiveFilePatterns: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}.zip
+              destinationFolder: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}
+              cleanDestinationFolder: true
+              overwriteExistingFiles: true
+          # We rename the signed artifacts to avoid conflicts with the unsigned pipeline artifacts from the previous stage.
+          - task: PowerShell@2
+            displayName: Rename signed artifacts
+            inputs:
+              workingDirectory: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+              targetType: 'inline'
+              script: |
+                mv "azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}" "azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}-signed"
 
-            - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
-              displayName: Install dependencies
-              inputs:
-                command: restore
-                feedsToUse: select
-                vstsFeed: $(vstsFeedId)
-                includeNuGetOrg: false
-                arguments: --runtime ${{ config.runtime }}
+    # Currently we package artifacts into the most commonly accessible archive format for their respective platforms.
+    - stage: package
+      displayName: Package
+      dependsOn: sign
+      jobs:
+        - job: package
+          displayName: Package
+          pool:
+            name: Azure-Pipelines-1ESPT-ExDShared
+            image: ubuntu-latest
+            os: linux
+          templateContext:
+            inputs:
+            - ${{ each config in parameters.buildConfigs }}:
+              - input: pipelineArtifact
+                artifactName: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}-signed
+                targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}-signed
+            outputs:
+            - ${{ each config in parameters.buildConfigs }}:
+              - output: pipelineArtifact
+                artifactName: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}.${{ config.archiveExt }}
+                targetPath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}.${{ config.archiveExt }}
+          steps:
+          - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+            displayName: Create win10-x64 archive
+            inputs:
+              rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-win10-x64-signed/AzureAuth
+              includeRootFolder: false
+              archiveType: zip
+              archiveFile: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-win10-x64.zip
+          - task: Bash@3
+            displayName: Prepare osx-x64 executables
+            inputs:
+              targetType: inline
+              workingDirectory: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+              script: |
+                cd azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-x64-signed/AzureAuth
+                chmod +x azureauth createdump *.dylib
+          - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+            displayName: Create osx-x64 archive
+            inputs:
+              rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-x64-signed/AzureAuth
+              includeRootFolder: false
+              archiveType: tar
+              tarCompression: gz
+              archiveFile: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-x64.tar.gz
+          - task: Bash@3
+            displayName: Prepare osx-arm64 executables
+            inputs:
+              workingDirectory: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+              targetType: inline
+              script: |
+                cd azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-arm64-signed/AzureAuth
+                chmod +x azureauth createdump *.dylib
+          - task: ArchiveFiles@2
+            displayName: Create osx-arm64 archive
+            inputs:
+              rootFolderOrFile: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-arm64-signed/AzureAuth
+              includeRootFolder: false
+              archiveType: tar
+              tarCompression: gz
+              archiveFile: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-arm64.tar.gz
 
-            - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
-              displayName: Test
-              inputs:
-                command: test
-                arguments: --configuration release --no-restore
-            
-            - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
-              displayName: Build artifacts
-              env:
-                ADO_TOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
-              inputs:
-                command: publish
-                projects: src/AzureAuth/AzureAuth.csproj
-                arguments: -p:Version=${{ parameters.version }} --configuration release --self-contained true --runtime ${{ config.runtime }} --output dist/${{ config.runtime }}
-                publishWebProjects: false
-                zipAfterPublish: false
-                modifyOutputPath: true
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+    - stage: release
+      displayName: Release
+      dependsOn: package
+      jobs:
+      - job: approval
+        displayName: Manual Approval
+        pool: server
+        timeoutInMinutes: 5760 # job times out in 4 days
+        steps:
+        - task: ManualValidation@0
+          timeoutInMinutes: 4320 # task times out in 3 days
+          inputs:
+            notifyUsers: $(REVIEWER)
+            instructions: 'Review the AzureAuth GitHub Release.'
+      - job: release
+        displayName: Release
+        dependsOn: approval
+        pool:
+          name: Azure-Pipelines-1ESPT-ExDShared
+          image: ubuntu-latest
+          os: linux
+        templateContext:
+          inputs:
+          - ${{ each config in parameters.buildConfigs }}:
+            - input: pipelineArtifact
+              artifactName: azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}.${{ config.archiveExt }}
+              targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-${{ config.runtime }}.${{ config.archiveExt }}
+        steps:
+        - task: GitHubRelease@1
+          displayName: Create AzureAuth GitHub Release
+          inputs:
+            gitHubConnection: $(GITHUB_RELEASE_SERVICE_CONNECTION)
+            repositoryName: 'AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-cli'
+            action: 'create'
+            target: $(Build.SourceVersion)
+            tagSource: 'userSpecifiedTag'
+            tag: ${{ parameters.version }}
+            isPrerelease: ${{ parameters.prerelease }}
+            isDraft: true
+            addChangeLog: false
+            releaseNotesSource: 'inline'
+            releaseNotesInline: "Release ${{ parameters.version }}. See [`CHANGELOG.md`](https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-cli/blob/${{ parameters.version }}/CHANGELOG.md) for updates."
+            assets: |
+              $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-win10-x64.zip/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-win10-x64.zip
+              $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-x64.tar.gz/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-x64.tar.gz
+              $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-arm64.tar.gz/azureauth-${{ parameters.version }}-osx-arm64.tar.gz
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