diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 2430c913b2..a86ba27baf 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   <ProductDependencies>
   </ProductDependencies>
   <ToolsetDependencies>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="1.0.0-beta.19177.11">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="1.0.0-beta.19179.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>69f276904fdd6d8f81404b857f295537894b81d3</Sha>
+      <Sha>ef139c7533e2e33c5e0946b80cb1aa95d84da868</Sha>
     </Dependency>
   </ToolsetDependencies>
 </Dependencies>
diff --git a/eng/common/PublishToPackageFeed.proj b/eng/common/PublishToPackageFeed.proj
index 25362ff060..ccb81e8c35 100644
--- a/eng/common/PublishToPackageFeed.proj
+++ b/eng/common/PublishToPackageFeed.proj
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       UploadTimeoutInMinutes="$(MaxUploadTimeoutInMinutes)"
       AssetManifestPath="%(ManifestFiles.Identity)"
       BlobAssetsBasePath="$(BlobBasePath)"
-      PackageAssetsBasePath="$(PackageBasePath)" />
+      PackageAssetsBasePath="$(PackageBasePath)"/>
   </Target>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/eng/common/SigningValidation.proj b/eng/common/SigningValidation.proj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17e40d1287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/SigningValidation.proj
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<!--
+  This MSBuild file is intended to be used as the body of the default 
+  publishing release pipeline. The release pipeline will use this file
+  to invoke the the SignCheck tool to validate that packages about to
+  be published are correctly signed.
+  
+  Parameters:
+  
+    - PackageBasePath   : Directory containing all files that need to be validated.
+    - SignCheckVersion  : Version of SignCheck package to be used.
+    - SignValidationExclusionList   : ItemGroup containing exclusion list to be forwarded to SignCheck.
+    - EnableJarSigningCheck    : Whether .jar files should be validated.
+    - EnableStrongNameCheck    : Whether strong name check should be performed.
+-->
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!--
+    From 'Signing.props' we import $(SignValidationExclusionList)
+  -->
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Signing.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Signing.props')" />
+
+  <Target Name="ValidateSigning">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <SignCheckToolPath>$(NuGetPackageRoot)Microsoft.DotNet.SignCheck\$(SignCheckVersion)\tools\Microsoft.DotNet.SignCheck.exe</SignCheckToolPath>
+
+      <SignCheckInputDir>$(PackageBasePath)</SignCheckInputDir>
+      <SignCheckLog>signcheck.log</SignCheckLog>
+      <SignCheckErrorLog>signcheck.errors.log</SignCheckErrorLog>
+      <SignCheckExclusionsFile>signcheck.exclusions.txt</SignCheckExclusionsFile>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <!--
+        Documentation for these arguments is available here:
+        https://github.com/dotnet/arcade/tree/master/src/SignCheck
+      -->
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--recursive" />
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--traverse-subfolders" />
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--file-status AllFiles" />
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--log-file $(SignCheckLog)" />
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--error-log-file $(SignCheckErrorLog)" />
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--input-files $(SignCheckInputDir)" />
+      
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--exclusions-file $(SignCheckExclusionsFile)" Condition="'@(SignValidationExclusionList)' != ''" />
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--verify-jar" Condition="'$(EnableJarSigningCheck)' == 'true'" />
+      <SignCheckArgs Include="--verify-strongname" Condition="'$(EnableStrongNameCheck)' == 'true'" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+   
+    <WriteLinesToFile 
+      File="$(SignCheckExclusionsFile)"
+      Lines="@(SignValidationExclusionList)"
+      Condition="'@(SignValidationExclusionList)' != ''"
+      Overwrite="true"
+      Encoding="Unicode"/>
+    
+    <!--
+      IgnoreExitCode='true' because the tool doesn't return '0' on success.
+    -->
+    <Exec 
+      Command="&quot;$(SignCheckToolPath)&quot; @(SignCheckArgs, ' ')"
+      IgnoreExitCode='true' 
+      ConsoleToMsBuild="false" 
+      StandardErrorImportance="high" />
+
+    <Error 
+      Text="Signing validation failed. Check $(SignCheckErrorLog) for more information." 
+      Condition="Exists($(SignCheckErrorLog)) and '$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($(SignCheckErrorLog)))' != ''" />
+
+    <Message
+      Text="##vso[artifact.upload containerfolder=LogFiles;artifactname=LogFiles]{SignCheckErrorLog}"
+      Condition="Exists($(SignCheckErrorLog)) and '$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($(SignCheckErrorLog)))' != ''" />
+    
+  </Target>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.SignCheck" Version="$(SignCheckVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index de7523cae5..5c4a129c86 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ Create-Directory $TempDir
 Create-Directory $LogDir
 
 if ($ci) {
+  Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=Artifacts]$ArtifactsDir"
+  Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=Artifacts.Toolset]$ToolsetDir"
+  Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=Artifacts.Log]$LogDir"
+
   $env:TEMP = $TempDir
   $env:TMP = $TempDir
 }
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 4f0479e01a..15d44c3736 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     "xcopy-msbuild": "15.9.0-alpha"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "1.0.0-beta.19177.11"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "1.0.0-beta.19179.1"
   }
 }