diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 1e492df7685..c631379ca9a 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 # so they can be used to control yaml flow.
 
 variables:
-
+  _PublishUsingPipelines: true
+  _DotNetArtifactsCategory: WINDOWSDESKTOP
   # clean the local repo on the build agents
   Build.Repository.Clean: true
   
diff --git a/eng/ci.yml b/eng/ci.yml
index aeca18b6926..397bba0800f 100644
--- a/eng/ci.yml
+++ b/eng/ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     enablePublishBuildArtifacts: true
     enablePublishTestResults: true
     enablePublishBuildAssets: true
+    enablePublishUsingPipelines: $(_PublishUsingPipelines)
     enableTelemetry: true
     helixRepo: $(repoName)
 
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ jobs:
             value: /p:DotNetPublishBlobFeedKey=$(dotnetfeed-storage-access-key-1)
               /p:DotNetPublishBlobFeedUrl=$(_PublishBlobFeedUrl)
               /p:DotNetPublishToBlobFeed=$(_DotNetPublishToBlobFeed)
+              /p:DotNetPublishUsingPipelines=$(_PublishUsingPipelines)
+              /p:DotNetArtifactsCategory=$(_DotNetArtifactsCategory)
               /p:DotNetSymbolServerTokenMsdl=$(microsoft-symbol-server-pat)
               /p:DotNetSymbolServerTokenSymWeb=$(symweb-symbol-server-pat)
           - name: _OfficialBuildIdArgs