diff --git a/.ado/publish.yml b/.ado/publish.yml
index ae944533621..0d00cfa6274 100644
--- a/.ado/publish.yml
+++ b/.ado/publish.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ variables:
   - name: FailCGOnAlert
     value: false
   - name: EnableCodesign
-    value: false
+    value: true
 
 trigger: none
 pr: none
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ extends:
           - script: echo NpmDistTag is $(NpmDistTag)
             displayName: Show NPM dist tag
 
+          - script: copy ".ado\scripts\npmPack.js" "$(Build.StagingDirectory)\versionEnvVars\npmPack.js"
+            displayName: Include npmPack.js in VersionEnvVars artifact
+
           - task: AzureArtifacts.manifest-generator-task.manifest-generator-task.ManifestGeneratorTask@0
             displayName: 📒 Generate Manifest Npm
             inputs:
@@ -351,9 +354,12 @@ extends:
                   configuration: Debug
 
           # Symbol Publishing for Work Item 59264834 - MSRC Compliance
+          # continueOnError: Duplicate symbols are expected when the pipeline
+          # is re-run for the same version. The symbols already exist on the
+          # server, so it is safe to continue.
           - task: PublishSymbols@2
             displayName: 'Publish Symbols to Microsoft Symbol Server'
-            enabled: true
+            continueOnError: true
             inputs:
               UseNetCoreClientTool: true
               ConnectedServiceName: Office-React-Native-Windows-Bot
@@ -362,7 +368,7 @@ extends:
               SymbolServerType: 'TeamServices'
               SymbolsProduct: 'ReactNativeWindows'
               SymbolsVersion: '$(Build.BuildNumber)'
-              SymbolsArtifactName: 'ReactNativeWindows-Symbols'
+              SymbolsArtifactName: 'ReactNativeWindows-Symbols-$(Build.BuildId)'
               DetailedLog: true
               TreatNotIndexedAsWarning: false
 
diff --git a/.ado/release.yml b/.ado/release.yml
index 98b0dd104ab..d8a20a99e4c 100644
--- a/.ado/release.yml
+++ b/.ado/release.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
+#
+# The Release pipeline entry point.
+# It releases npm packages to npmjs.com and NuGet packages to the public
+# ms/react-native and ms/react-native-public ADO feeds and to nuget.org.
+#
+# The triggers are overridden by the ADO pipeline UI definition.
+#
+
 name: RNW NuGet Release $(Date:yyyyMMdd).$(Rev:r)
 
 trigger: none
+pr: none
 
 resources:
   pipelines:
   - pipeline: 'Publish'
     project: 'ReactNative'
     source: 'Publish'
-    trigger:
-      branches:
-        include:
-        - -1espublish
+    trigger: none
   repositories:
   - repository: 1ESPipelineTemplates
     type: git
     name: 1ESPipelineTemplates/1ESPipelineTemplates
     ref: refs/tags/release
+
 extends:
   template: v1/1ES.Official.PipelineTemplate.yml@1ESPipelineTemplates
   parameters:
@@ -28,13 +35,18 @@ extends:
     stages:
     - stage: Release
       displayName: Publish artifacts
+      # Allow manual runs unconditionally; for build-completion triggers,
+      # only proceed if the commit message starts with 'RELEASE:'.
+      condition: or(eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Manual'), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceVersionMessage'], 'RELEASE:'))
       jobs:
       - job: PushNpm
         displayName: npmjs.com - Publish npm packages
         variables:
         - group: RNW Secrets
-        timeoutInMinutes: 0
+        timeoutInMinutes: 30
         templateContext:
+          type: releaseJob
+          isProduction: true
           inputs:
           - input: pipelineArtifact
             pipeline: 'Publish'
@@ -45,15 +57,13 @@ extends:
             artifactName: 'VersionEnvVars'
             targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/VersionEnvVars'
         steps:
-        - checkout: self
-          clean: false
         - task: CmdLine@2
           displayName: Apply version variables
           inputs:
             script: node $(Pipeline.Workspace)/VersionEnvVars/versionEnvVars.js
         - script: dir /s "$(Pipeline.Workspace)\published-packages"
           displayName: Show npm packages before cleanup
-        - script: node .ado/scripts/npmPack.js --no-pack --check-npm --no-color "$(Pipeline.Workspace)\published-packages"
+        - script: node "$(Pipeline.Workspace)\VersionEnvVars\npmPack.js" --no-pack --check-npm --no-color "$(Pipeline.Workspace)\published-packages"
           displayName: Remove already published packages
         - script: dir /s "$(Pipeline.Workspace)\published-packages"
           displayName: Show npm packages after cleanup
@@ -82,112 +92,69 @@ extends:
 
       - job: PushPrivateAdo
         displayName: ADO - nuget - react-native
-
+        timeoutInMinutes: 30
         templateContext:
+          type: releaseJob
+          isProduction: true
           inputs:
           - input: pipelineArtifact
             pipeline: 'Publish'
             artifactName: 'ReactWindows-final-nuget'
             targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget'
-        
         steps:
-        - checkout: none
-
-        - script: dir /S $(Pipeline.Workspace)\ReactWindows-final-nuget
-          displayName: Show directory contents
-
-        - task: AzureCLI@2
-          displayName: Override NuGet credentials with Managed Identity
-          inputs:
-            azureSubscription: 'Office-React-Native-Windows-Bot'
-            visibleAzLogin: false
-            scriptType: 'pscore'
-            scriptLocation: 'inlineScript'
-            inlineScript: |
-              $accessToken = az account get-access-token --query accessToken --resource 499b84ac-1321-427f-aa17-267ca6975798 -o tsv
-              # Set the access token as a secret, so it doesn't get leaked in the logs
-              Write-Host "##vso[task.setsecret]$accessToken"
-              # Override the apitoken of the nuget service connection, for the duration of this stage
-              Write-Host "##vso[task.setendpoint id=a7e33797-4804-4a1d-911d-5bd325e50a85;field=authParameter;key=apitoken]$accessToken"
-  
-        - task: 1ES.PublishNuGet@1
-          displayName: NuGet push to ms/react-native-public
-          inputs:
-            useDotNetTask: true
+        - template: .ado/templates/publish-nuget-to-ado-feed.yml@self
+          parameters:
+            endpointId: 'a7e33797-4804-4a1d-911d-5bd325e50a85'
+            nugetFeedUrl: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/ms/_packaging/react-native/nuget/v3/index.json'
             packageParentPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget'
             packagesToPush: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget/*.nupkg'
-            nuGetFeedType: external
             publishFeedCredentials: 'ms/react-native ADO Feed'
-            externalEndpoint: 'ms/react-native ADO Feed'
-            publishPackageMetadata: true
+            feedDisplayName: 'ms/react-native'
 
       - job: PushPublicAdo
         displayName: ADO - nuget - react-native-public
-        
+        timeoutInMinutes: 30
         templateContext:
+          type: releaseJob
+          isProduction: true
           inputs:
           - input: pipelineArtifact
             pipeline: 'Publish'
             artifactName: 'ReactWindows-final-nuget'
             targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget'
-        
         steps:
-        - checkout: none
-
-        - script: dir /S $(Pipeline.Workspace)\ReactWindows-final-nuget
-          displayName: Show directory contents
-
-        - task: AzureCLI@2
-          displayName: Override NuGet credentials with Managed Identity
-          inputs:
-            azureSubscription: 'Office-React-Native-Windows-Bot'
-            visibleAzLogin: false
-            scriptType: 'pscore'
-            scriptLocation: 'inlineScript'
-            inlineScript: |
-              $accessToken = az account get-access-token --query accessToken --resource 499b84ac-1321-427f-aa17-267ca6975798 -o tsv
-              # Set the access token as a secret, so it doesn't get leaked in the logs
-              Write-Host "##vso[task.setsecret]$accessToken"
-              # Override the apitoken of the nuget service connection, for the duration of this stage
-              Write-Host "##vso[task.setendpoint id=9a2456d0-c163-405b-be24-c03fd74b155a;field=authParameter;key=apitoken]$accessToken"
-  
-        - task: 1ES.PublishNuGet@1
-          displayName: NuGet push to ms/react-native-public
-          inputs:
-            useDotNetTask: true
+        - template: .ado/templates/publish-nuget-to-ado-feed.yml@self
+          parameters:
+            endpointId: '9a2456d0-c163-405b-be24-c03fd74b155a'
+            nugetFeedUrl: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/ms/react-native/_packaging/react-native-public/nuget/v3/index.json'
             packageParentPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget'
             packagesToPush: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget/*.nupkg'
-            nuGetFeedType: external
             publishFeedCredentials: 'ms/react-native-public ADO Feed'
-            externalEndpoint: 'ms/react-native-public ADO Feed'
-            publishPackageMetadata: true
+            feedDisplayName: 'ms/react-native-public'
 
       - job: PushNuGetOrg
         displayName: nuget.org - Push nuget packages
         variables:
         - group: RNW Secrets
-        timeoutInMinutes: 0
+        timeoutInMinutes: 30
         templateContext:
+          type: releaseJob
+          isProduction: true
           inputs:
           - input: pipelineArtifact
             pipeline: 'Publish'
             artifactName: 'ReactWindows-final-nuget'
             targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget'
         steps:
-        - checkout: none
         - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1
-          displayName: 'Use NuGet '
+          displayName: 'Use NuGet'
         - task: CmdLine@2
           displayName: NuGet SetApiKey (nuget.org)
           inputs:
             script: nuget.exe SetApiKey $(nugetorg-apiKey-push)
             workingDirectory: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget
-        - task: PowerShell@2
+        - script: dir /S "$(Pipeline.Workspace)\ReactWindows-final-nuget"
+          displayName: Show directory contents
+        - script: nuget.exe push .\Microsoft.ReactNative.*.nupkg -Source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -SkipDuplicate -NoSymbol -NonInteractive -Verbosity Detailed
           displayName: NuGet push (nuget.org)
-          inputs:
-            targetType: inline
-            errorActionPreference: silentlyContinue
-            script: |
-              if (Get-ChildItem -Path .\ -Filter '*0.0.0-canary*' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { Write-Output "Canary builds found, exiting."; return 0; }
-              nuget.exe push .\Microsoft.ReactNative.*.nupkg -Source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -SkipDuplicate -NoSymbol -NonInteractive -Verbosity Detailed
-            workingDirectory: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget
+          workingDirectory: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/ReactWindows-final-nuget
diff --git a/.ado/scripts/npmPack.js b/.ado/scripts/npmPack.js
index a89519b6f04..5a3c141ac39 100644
--- a/.ado/scripts/npmPack.js
+++ b/.ado/scripts/npmPack.js
@@ -391,14 +391,19 @@ function main() {
   const targetDirArg = args.positionals[0];
 
   try {
-    // Find repo root
-    const repoRoot = findEnlistmentRoot();
-    console.log(`${colorize('Repository root:', colors.bright)} ${repoRoot}`);
+    // Find repo root (not needed when --no-pack is used with an absolute path)
+    const repoRoot = (noPackFlag && targetDirArg && path.isAbsolute(targetDirArg))
+      ? null
+      : findEnlistmentRoot();
+
+    if (repoRoot) {
+      console.log(`${colorize('Repository root:', colors.bright)} ${repoRoot}`);
+    }
 
     // Determine target directory
     const targetDir = targetDirArg
-      ? path.resolve(repoRoot, targetDirArg)
-      : path.join(repoRoot, 'npm-pkgs');
+      ? (repoRoot ? path.resolve(repoRoot, targetDirArg) : path.resolve(targetDirArg))
+      : path.join(/** @type {string} */ (repoRoot), 'npm-pkgs');
 
     console.log(`${colorize('Target directory:', colors.bright)} ${targetDir}`);
 
diff --git a/.ado/templates/authenticate-office-react-native-windows-bot.yml b/.ado/templates/authenticate-office-react-native-windows-bot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ab43399a15d..00000000000
--- a/.ado/templates/authenticate-office-react-native-windows-bot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-steps:
-  - task: AzureCLI@2
-    inputs:
-      azureSubscription: 'Office-React-Native-Windows-Bot'
-      scriptType: 'bash'
-      scriptLocation: 'inlineScript'
-      inlineScript: |
-          # Note that the resource is specified to limit the token to Azure DevOps
-          aadToken=$(az account get-access-token --query accessToken --resource 499b84ac-1321-427f-aa17-267ca6975798 -o tsv)
-          echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=oficeReactnativeWindowsBotAadAuthToken;issecret=true]$aadToken"
-    displayName: 'Generate oficeReactnativeWindowsBotAadAuthToken AAD token using Azure CLI'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ado/templates/publish-nuget-to-ado-feed.yml b/.ado/templates/publish-nuget-to-ado-feed.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48c38c92364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ado/templates/publish-nuget-to-ado-feed.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+parameters:
+- name: azureSubscription
+  type: string
+  default: 'Office-React-Native-Windows-Bot'
+- name: endpointId
+  type: string
+- name: nugetFeedUrl
+  type: string
+- name: packageParentPath
+  type: string
+- name: packagesToPush
+  type: string
+- name: publishFeedCredentials
+  type: string
+- name: feedDisplayName
+  type: string
+
+steps:
+- script: dir /S "${{ parameters.packageParentPath }}"
+  displayName: Show NuGet packages before cleanup
+
+- task: AzureCLI@2
+  displayName: Override NuGet credentials with Managed Identity
+  inputs:
+    azureSubscription: ${{ parameters.azureSubscription }}
+    visibleAzLogin: false
+    scriptType: 'pscore'
+    scriptLocation: 'inlineScript'
+    inlineScript: |
+      $accessToken = az account get-access-token --query accessToken --resource 499b84ac-1321-427f-aa17-267ca6975798 -o tsv
+      # Set the access token as a secret, so it doesn't get leaked in the logs
+      Write-Host "##vso[task.setsecret]$accessToken"
+      # Override the apitoken of the nuget service connection, for the duration of this stage
+      Write-Host "##vso[task.setendpoint id=${{ parameters.endpointId }};field=authParameter;key=apitoken]$accessToken"
+      # Also expose the token for the pre-push duplicate check
+      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=NuGetAccessToken;issecret=true]$accessToken"
+
+- powershell: |
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
+
+    $feedUrl = "${{ parameters.nugetFeedUrl }}"
+    $token = "$(NuGetAccessToken)"
+    $headers = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $token" }
+
+    # Discover the flat container (PackageBaseAddress) URL from the V3 index
+    $index = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $feedUrl -Headers $headers
+    $baseAddress = ($index.resources |
+      Where-Object { $_.'@type' -like 'PackageBaseAddress*' } |
+      Select-Object -First 1).'@id'
+    if (-not $baseAddress) { throw "Could not find PackageBaseAddress in NuGet V3 index at $feedUrl" }
+    if (-not $baseAddress.EndsWith('/')) { $baseAddress += '/' }
+    Write-Host "PackageBaseAddress: $baseAddress"
+
+    $nupkgs = Get-ChildItem -Path "${{ parameters.packageParentPath }}" -Filter "*.nupkg" -Recurse
+    $removedCount = 0
+
+    foreach ($file in $nupkgs) {
+      # Read the .nuspec from inside the nupkg (zip) to get the exact id and version
+      $zip = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::OpenRead($file.FullName)
+      try {
+        $nuspecEntry = $zip.Entries | Where-Object { $_.FullName -like "*.nuspec" } | Select-Object -First 1
+        $reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($nuspecEntry.Open())
+        [xml]$nuspec = $reader.ReadToEnd()
+        $reader.Close()
+      } finally { $zip.Dispose() }
+
+      $id = $nuspec.package.metadata.id
+      $version = $nuspec.package.metadata.version
+
+      # Query the flat container for all published versions of this package
+      $versionsUrl = "${baseAddress}$($id.ToLower())/index.json"
+      try {
+        $result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $versionsUrl -Headers $headers -ErrorAction Stop
+        if ($version.ToLower() -in $result.versions) {
+          Write-Host "  SKIP $id $version — already on feed"
+          Remove-Item $file.FullName
+          $removedCount++
+          continue
+        }
+      } catch {
+        if ($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode -eq [System.Net.HttpStatusCode]::NotFound) {
+          # Package has never been published — keep it
+        } else { throw }
+      }
+      Write-Host "  PUSH $id $version — new"
+    }
+
+    $remaining = (Get-ChildItem -Path "${{ parameters.packageParentPath }}" -Filter "*.nupkg" -Recurse).Count
+    Write-Host "Removed $removedCount already-published package(s). $remaining package(s) to push."
+    Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=HasNewPackages]$($remaining -gt 0)"
+  displayName: Remove already-published packages
+
+- script: dir /S "${{ parameters.packageParentPath }}"
+  displayName: Show NuGet packages after cleanup
+
+- task: 1ES.PublishNuGet@1
+  displayName: 'NuGet push to ${{ parameters.feedDisplayName }}'
+  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['HasNewPackages'], 'True'))
+  inputs:
+    useDotNetTask: true
+    packageParentPath: '${{ parameters.packageParentPath }}'
+    packagesToPush: '${{ parameters.packagesToPush }}'
+    nuGetFeedType: external
+    publishFeedCredentials: '${{ parameters.publishFeedCredentials }}'
+    externalEndpoint: '${{ parameters.publishFeedCredentials }}'
+    publishPackageMetadata: true