diff --git a/Configuration.props b/Configuration.props
index 50c66232889..39fbe2b7149 100644
--- a/Configuration.props
+++ b/Configuration.props
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
       Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Configuration.Override.props')"
   />
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <ConfigurationPropsImported>true</ConfigurationPropsImported>
     <!-- TFV for all projects, try v4.7.2 but fallback if needed -->
     <_StandardLibraryPath Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' == '' ">$([Microsoft.Build.Utilities.ToolLocationHelper]::GetPathToStandardLibraries('.NETFramework', 'v4.7.2', ''))</_StandardLibraryPath>
     <TargetFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkVersion)' == '' And '$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdk)' != 'true' And '$(_StandardLibraryPath)' != '' ">v4.7.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 9a4a134146e..a3e29cb5747 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <DirectoryBuildPropsImported>true</DirectoryBuildPropsImported>
     <DotNetTargetFrameworkVersion>9.0</DotNetTargetFrameworkVersion>
     <DotNetTargetFramework>net$(DotNetTargetFrameworkVersion)</DotNetTargetFramework>
     <DotNetAndroidTargetFramework>$(DotNetTargetFramework)-android</DotNetAndroidTargetFramework>
diff --git a/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/install-microbuild-tooling.yaml b/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/install-microbuild-tooling.yaml
index a57dd9561a1..54fc4e6d6a0 100644
--- a/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/install-microbuild-tooling.yaml
+++ b/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/install-microbuild-tooling.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ steps:
 
 - task: UsePythonVersion@0
   inputs:
-    versionSpec: 3.11.x
+    versionSpec: 3.11
 
 # ESRP signing requires minimum azure client version 2.8.0
 - template: azure-tools/az-client-update.yml@yaml-templates
diff --git a/build-tools/scripts/RunTests.targets b/build-tools/scripts/RunTests.targets
index 5445dab3a85..1542b584483 100644
--- a/build-tools/scripts/RunTests.targets
+++ b/build-tools/scripts/RunTests.targets
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="RunAllTests" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('Directory.Build.props'))" />
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('Directory.Build.props'))" Condition=" '$(DirectoryBuildPropsImported)' != 'true' " />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_TopDir>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..</_TopDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(_TopDir)\Configuration.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(_TopDir)\Configuration.props" Condition=" '$(ConfigurationPropsImported)' != 'true' " />
   <UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(PrepTasksAssembly)" TaskName="Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks.RunParallelTargets" />
   <UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(PrepTasksAssembly)" TaskName="Xamarin.Android.BuildTools.PrepTasks.SetEnvironmentVariable" />
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Application/Context.cs b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Application/Context.cs
index 811c0294a3d..97b948a6f1e 100644
--- a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Application/Context.cs
+++ b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Application/Context.cs
@@ -605,7 +605,8 @@ string GetLogDirectory ()
 
 		void WriteBuildToolsInventoryCsv ()
 		{
-			var inventoryFilePath = Path.Combine (Path.GetDirectoryName (MainLogFilePath), "buildtoolsinventory.csv");
+			var mainLogFileDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName (MainLogFilePath) ?? throw new ArgumentException ("Could not get directory for MainLogFilePath");
+			var inventoryFilePath = Path.Combine (mainLogFileDirectory, "buildtoolsinventory.csv");
 			var lines = new List<string> {
 				"BuildToolName,BuildToolVersion",
 			};
diff --git a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_InstallDotNetPreview.cs b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_InstallDotNetPreview.cs
index 2ed0adfb120..2767f8fb376 100644
--- a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_InstallDotNetPreview.cs
+++ b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_InstallDotNetPreview.cs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ async Task<bool> DownloadDotNetArchive (Context context, string archiveDestinati
 			(bool success, ulong size, HttpStatusCode status) = await Utilities.GetDownloadSizeWithStatus (archiveUrl);
 			if (!success) {
 				if (status == HttpStatusCode.NotFound) {
-					Log.WarningLine ($"dotnet archive URL {archiveUrl} not found");
+					Log.InfoLine ($"dotnet archive URL {archiveUrl} not found");
 					return false;
 				} else {
 					Log.WarningLine ($"Failed to obtain dotnet archive size. HTTP status code: {status} ({(int)status})");
diff --git a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_ThirdPartyNotices.cs b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_ThirdPartyNotices.cs
index 1aa1c2cad04..6b28b261528 100644
--- a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_ThirdPartyNotices.cs
+++ b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_ThirdPartyNotices.cs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void ProcessTPN (SortedDictionary <string, ThirdPartyNotice> licenses, ThirdPart
 			Log.StatusLine ($"  {Context.Instance.Characters.Bullet} Processing: ", tpn.Name, ConsoleColor.Gray, ConsoleColor.White);
 
 			if (licenses.ContainsKey (tpn.Name)) {
-				Log.WarningLine ($"Duplicate Third Party Notice '{tpn.Name}' (old class: {licenses [tpn.Name]}; new class: {tpn})");
+				Log.InfoLine ($"Duplicate Third Party Notice '{tpn.Name}' (old class: {licenses [tpn.Name]}; new class: {tpn})");
 				return;
 			}
 
diff --git a/tests/api-compatibility/api-compatibility.targets b/tests/api-compatibility/api-compatibility.targets
index 22a05eff7ae..1c2881fd3dc 100644
--- a/tests/api-compatibility/api-compatibility.targets
+++ b/tests/api-compatibility/api-compatibility.targets
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\Configuration.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\Configuration.props" Condition=" '$(ConfigurationPropsImported)' != 'true' " />
   <UsingTask AssemblyFile="$(BootstrapTasksAssembly)" TaskName="Xamarin.Android.Tools.BootstrapTasks.Zip" />
   <Target Name="UpdateMonoAndroidContract">
     <Error