diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index eb52eaddac..af6086aaef 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- This repo version -->
-    <VersionPrefix>6.0.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <PreReleaseVersionLabel>beta</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
+    <VersionPrefix>2.2.8</VersionPrefix>
+    <PreReleaseVersionLabel>preview</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <!-- Opt-out repo features -->
     <UsingToolXliff>false</UsingToolXliff>
     <MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>17.1.0-preview-20211118-01</MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>
diff --git a/scripts/vsts-prebuild.ps1 b/scripts/vsts-prebuild.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b32b5c0633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/vsts-prebuild.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+# Sets variables which are used across the build tasks.
+
+param ( 
+  [Parameter(Mandatory)] 
+  [string] $IsRtmBuild
+)
+
+$TPB_BRANCH = "LOCALBRANCH"
+$TPB_COMMIT = "LOCALBUILD"
+$TPB_ROOT_DIR = (Get-Item (Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)).Parent.FullName
+$TPB_ENG_DIR = Join-Path $TPB_ROOT_DIR "eng"
+
+$TPB_VERSION_PREFIX = ([xml](Get-Content $TPB_ENG_DIR\Versions.props)).Project.PropertyGroup.VersionPrefix
+$TPB_RELEASE_VERSION_LABEL = ([xml](Get-Content $TPB_ENG_DIR\Versions.props)).Project.PropertyGroup.PreReleaseVersionLabel
+$TPB_BUILD_NUMBER = IF ($env:BUILD_BUILDNUMBER -ne $null) { $env:BUILD_BUILDNUMBER } ELSE { "LOCAL" }
+$TPB_PACKAGE_VERSION = "$TPB_VERSION_PREFIX-$TPB_RELEASE_VERSION_LABEL-$TPB_BUILD_NUMBER"
+
+if ($IsRtmBuild -eq "true") {
+    $TPB_PACKAGE_VERSION = "$TPB_VERSION_PREFIX"
+}
+
+try {
+    $TPB_BRANCH = $env:BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH -replace "^refs/heads/"  
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($TPB_BRANCH)) { 
+        $TPB_BRANCH = git -C "." rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+    }
+}
+catch { }
+
+try {
+    $TPB_COMMIT = $env:BUILD_SOURCEVERSION
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($TPB_COMMIT)) { 
+        $TPB_COMMIT = git -C "." rev-parse HEAD
+    }
+}
+catch { }
+
+Get-ChildItem variable:TP*
+
+if ($IsRtmBuild -eq "true" -and ($TPB_RELEASE_VERSION_LABEL -ne "release" -and $TPB_RELEASE_VERSION_LABEL -ne "servicing")) {
+    throw "An RTM build cannot be based on a ``$TPB_RELEASE_VERSION_LABEL`` build!"
+}
+
+Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=TestAdapterNugetVersion;]$TPB_VERSION_PREFIX"
+Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=TestFrameworkNugetVersion;]$TPB_VERSION_PREFIX"
+Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=NugetVersionSuffix;]$TPB_RELEASE_VERSION_LABEL"
+
+Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=BuildVersionPrefix;]$TPB_VERSION_PREFIX"
+Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=BuildVersionSuffix;]$TPB_RELEASE_VERSION_LABEL"
+Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PackageVersion;]$TPB_PACKAGE_VERSION"
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