diff --git a/externals/install-dotnet.ps1 b/externals/install-dotnet.ps1
index ceca8ea..58d2c79 100644
--- a/externals/install-dotnet.ps1
+++ b/externals/install-dotnet.ps1
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function Get-CLIArchitecture-From-Architecture([string]$Architecture) {
         { $_ -eq "x86" } { return "x86" }
         { $_ -eq "arm" } { return "arm" }
         { $_ -eq "arm64" } { return "arm64" }
-        default { throw "Architecture not supported. If you think this is a bug, report it at https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues" }
+        default { throw "Architecture '$Architecture' not supported. If you think this is a bug, report it at https://github.com/dotnet/install-scripts/issues" }
     }
 }
 
@@ -395,17 +395,20 @@ function Get-Specific-Version-From-Version([string]$AzureFeed, [string]$Channel,
 function Get-Download-Link([string]$AzureFeed, [string]$SpecificVersion, [string]$CLIArchitecture) {
     Say-Invocation $MyInvocation
 
+    # If anything fails in this lookup it will default to $SpecificVersion
+    $SpecificProductVersion = Get-Product-Version -AzureFeed $AzureFeed -SpecificVersion $SpecificVersion
+
     if ($Runtime -eq "dotnet") {
-        $PayloadURL = "$AzureFeed/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/dotnet-runtime-$SpecificVersion-win-$CLIArchitecture.zip"
+        $PayloadURL = "$AzureFeed/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/dotnet-runtime-$SpecificProductVersion-win-$CLIArchitecture.zip"
     }
     elseif ($Runtime -eq "aspnetcore") {
-        $PayloadURL = "$AzureFeed/aspnetcore/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/aspnetcore-runtime-$SpecificVersion-win-$CLIArchitecture.zip"
+        $PayloadURL = "$AzureFeed/aspnetcore/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/aspnetcore-runtime-$SpecificProductVersion-win-$CLIArchitecture.zip"
     }
     elseif ($Runtime -eq "windowsdesktop") {
-        $PayloadURL = "$AzureFeed/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/windowsdesktop-runtime-$SpecificVersion-win-$CLIArchitecture.zip"
+        $PayloadURL = "$AzureFeed/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/windowsdesktop-runtime-$SpecificProductVersion-win-$CLIArchitecture.zip"
     }
     elseif (-not $Runtime) {
-        $PayloadURL = "$AzureFeed/Sdk/$SpecificVersion/dotnet-sdk-$SpecificVersion-win-$CLIArchitecture.zip"
+        $PayloadURL = "$AzureFeed/Sdk/$SpecificVersion/dotnet-sdk-$SpecificProductVersion-win-$CLIArchitecture.zip"
     }
     else {
         throw "Invalid value for `$Runtime"
@@ -413,7 +416,7 @@ function Get-Download-Link([string]$AzureFeed, [string]$SpecificVersion, [string
 
     Say-Verbose "Constructed primary named payload URL: $PayloadURL"
 
-    return $PayloadURL
+    return $PayloadURL, $SpecificProductVersion
 }
 
 function Get-LegacyDownload-Link([string]$AzureFeed, [string]$SpecificVersion, [string]$CLIArchitecture) {
@@ -434,6 +437,51 @@ function Get-LegacyDownload-Link([string]$AzureFeed, [string]$SpecificVersion, [
     return $PayloadURL
 }
 
+function Get-Product-Version([string]$AzureFeed, [string]$SpecificVersion) {
+    Say-Invocation $MyInvocation
+
+    if ($Runtime -eq "dotnet") {
+        $ProductVersionTxtURL = "$AzureFeed/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/productVersion.txt"
+    }
+    elseif ($Runtime -eq "aspnetcore") {
+        $ProductVersionTxtURL = "$AzureFeed/aspnetcore/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/productVersion.txt"
+    }
+    elseif ($Runtime -eq "windowsdesktop") {
+        $ProductVersionTxtURL = "$AzureFeed/Runtime/$SpecificVersion/productVersion.txt"
+    }
+    elseif (-not $Runtime) {
+        $ProductVersionTxtURL = "$AzureFeed/Sdk/$SpecificVersion/productVersion.txt"
+    }
+    else {
+        throw "Invalid value '$Runtime' specified for `$Runtime"
+    }
+
+    Say-Verbose "Checking for existence of $ProductVersionTxtURL"
+
+    try {
+        $productVersionResponse = GetHTTPResponse($productVersionTxtUrl)
+
+        if ($productVersionResponse.StatusCode -eq 200) {
+            $productVersion = $productVersionResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result.Trim()
+            if ($productVersion -ne $SpecificVersion)
+            {
+                Say "Using alternate version $productVersion found in $ProductVersionTxtURL"
+            }
+
+            return $productVersion
+        }
+        else {
+            Say-Verbose "Got StatusCode $($productVersionResponse.StatusCode) trying to get productVersion.txt at $productVersionTxtUrl, so using default value of $SpecificVersion"
+            $productVersion = $SpecificVersion
+        }
+    } catch {
+        Say-Verbose "Could not read productVersion.txt at $productVersionTxtUrl, so using default value of $SpecificVersion (Exception: '$($_.Exception.Message)' )"
+        $productVersion = $SpecificVersion
+    }
+
+    return $productVersion
+}
+
 function Get-User-Share-Path() {
     Say-Invocation $MyInvocation
 
@@ -587,9 +635,14 @@ function Prepend-Sdk-InstallRoot-To-Path([string]$InstallRoot, [string]$BinFolde
     }
 }
 
+Say "Note that the intended use of this script is for Continuous Integration (CI) scenarios, where:"
+Say "- The SDK needs to be installed without user interaction and without admin rights."
+Say "- The SDK installation doesn't need to persist across multiple CI runs."
+Say "To set up a development environment or to run apps, use installers rather than this script. Visit https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download to get the installer.`r`n"
+
 $CLIArchitecture = Get-CLIArchitecture-From-Architecture $Architecture
 $SpecificVersion = Get-Specific-Version-From-Version -AzureFeed $AzureFeed -Channel $Channel -Version $Version -JSonFile $JSonFile
-$DownloadLink = Get-Download-Link -AzureFeed $AzureFeed -SpecificVersion $SpecificVersion -CLIArchitecture $CLIArchitecture
+$DownloadLink, $EffectiveVersion = Get-Download-Link -AzureFeed $AzureFeed -SpecificVersion $SpecificVersion -CLIArchitecture $CLIArchitecture
 $LegacyDownloadLink = Get-LegacyDownload-Link -AzureFeed $AzureFeed -SpecificVersion $SpecificVersion -CLIArchitecture $CLIArchitecture
 
 $InstallRoot = Resolve-Installation-Path $InstallDir
@@ -615,6 +668,11 @@ if ($DryRun) {
         }
     }
     Say "Repeatable invocation: $RepeatableCommand"
+    if ($SpecificVersion -ne $EffectiveVersion)
+    {
+        Say "NOTE: Due to finding a version manifest with this runtime, it would actually install with version '$EffectiveVersion'"
+    }
+
     exit 0
 }
 
@@ -638,6 +696,12 @@ else {
     throw "Invalid value for `$Runtime"
 }
 
+if ($SpecificVersion -ne $EffectiveVersion)
+{
+   Say "Performing installation checks for effective version: $EffectiveVersion"
+   $SpecificVersion = $EffectiveVersion
+}
+
 #  Check if the SDK version is already installed.
 $isAssetInstalled = Is-Dotnet-Package-Installed -InstallRoot $InstallRoot -RelativePathToPackage $dotnetPackageRelativePath -SpecificVersion $SpecificVersion
 if ($isAssetInstalled) {
@@ -714,14 +778,15 @@ Remove-Item $ZipPath
 
 Prepend-Sdk-InstallRoot-To-Path -InstallRoot $InstallRoot -BinFolderRelativePath $BinFolderRelativePath
 
+Say "Note that the script does not resolve dependencies during installation."
+Say "To check the list of dependencies, go to https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install/windows#dependencies"
 Say "Installation finished"
 exit 0
-
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diff --git a/externals/install-dotnet.sh b/externals/install-dotnet.sh
index 0c20299..6525339 100755
--- a/externals/install-dotnet.sh
+++ b/externals/install-dotnet.sh
@@ -241,42 +241,6 @@ check_min_reqs() {
     return 0
 }
 
-check_pre_reqs() {
-    eval $invocation
-
-    if [ "${DOTNET_INSTALL_SKIP_PREREQS:-}" = "1" ]; then
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ]; then
-        if is_musl_based_distro; then
-            if ! command -v scanelf > /dev/null; then
-                say_warning "scanelf not found, please install pax-utils package."
-                return 0
-            fi
-            LDCONFIG_COMMAND="scanelf --ldpath -BF '%f'"
-            [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND 2>/dev/null | grep libintl)" ] && say_warning "Unable to locate libintl. Probable prerequisite missing; install libintl (or gettext)."
-        else
-            if [ ! -x "$(command -v ldconfig)" ]; then
-                say_verbose "ldconfig is not in PATH, trying /sbin/ldconfig."
-                LDCONFIG_COMMAND="/sbin/ldconfig"
-            else
-                LDCONFIG_COMMAND="ldconfig"
-            fi
-            local librarypath=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}
-            LDCONFIG_COMMAND="$LDCONFIG_COMMAND -NXv ${librarypath//:/ }"
-        fi
-
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND 2>/dev/null | grep zlib)" ] && say_warning "Unable to locate zlib. Probable prerequisite missing; install zlib."
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND 2>/dev/null | grep ssl)" ] && say_warning "Unable to locate libssl. Probable prerequisite missing; install libssl."
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND 2>/dev/null | grep libicu)" ] && say_warning "Unable to locate libicu. Probable prerequisite missing; install libicu."
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND 2>/dev/null | grep lttng)" ] && say_warning "Unable to locate liblttng. Probable prerequisite missing; install libcurl."
-        [ -z "$($LDCONFIG_COMMAND 2>/dev/null | grep libcurl)" ] && say_warning "Unable to locate libcurl. Probable prerequisite missing; install libcurl."
-    fi
-
-    return 0
-}
-
 # args:
 # input - $1
 to_lowercase() {
@@ -373,7 +337,7 @@ get_normalized_architecture_from_architecture() {
             ;;
     esac
 
-    say_err "Architecture \`$architecture\` not supported. If you think this is a bug, report it at https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues"
+    say_err "Architecture \`$architecture\` not supported. If you think this is a bug, report it at https://github.com/dotnet/install-scripts/issues"
     return 1
 }
 
@@ -468,7 +432,6 @@ parse_jsonfile_for_version() {
     sdk_list=$(echo $sdk_section | awk -F"[{}]" '{print $2}')
     sdk_list=${sdk_list//[\" ]/}
     sdk_list=${sdk_list//,/$'\n'}
-    sdk_list="$(echo -e "${sdk_list}" | tr -d '[[:space:]]')"
 
     local version_info=""
     while read -r line; do
@@ -545,17 +508,18 @@ construct_download_link() {
     local channel="$2"
     local normalized_architecture="$3"
     local specific_version="${4//[$'\t\r\n']}"
+    local specific_product_version="$(get_specific_product_version "$1" "$4")"
 
     local osname
     osname="$(get_current_os_name)" || return 1
 
     local download_link=null
     if [[ "$runtime" == "dotnet" ]]; then
-        download_link="$azure_feed/Runtime/$specific_version/dotnet-runtime-$specific_version-$osname-$normalized_architecture.tar.gz"
+        download_link="$azure_feed/Runtime/$specific_version/dotnet-runtime-$specific_product_version-$osname-$normalized_architecture.tar.gz"
     elif [[ "$runtime" == "aspnetcore" ]]; then
-        download_link="$azure_feed/aspnetcore/Runtime/$specific_version/aspnetcore-runtime-$specific_version-$osname-$normalized_architecture.tar.gz"
+        download_link="$azure_feed/aspnetcore/Runtime/$specific_version/aspnetcore-runtime-$specific_product_version-$osname-$normalized_architecture.tar.gz"
     elif [ -z "$runtime" ]; then
-        download_link="$azure_feed/Sdk/$specific_version/dotnet-sdk-$specific_version-$osname-$normalized_architecture.tar.gz"
+        download_link="$azure_feed/Sdk/$specific_version/dotnet-sdk-$specific_product_version-$osname-$normalized_architecture.tar.gz"
     else
         return 1
     fi
@@ -564,6 +528,50 @@ construct_download_link() {
     return 0
 }
 
+# args:
+# azure_feed - $1
+# specific_version - $2
+get_specific_product_version() {
+    # If we find a 'productVersion.txt' at the root of any folder, we'll use its contents 
+    # to resolve the version of what's in the folder, superseding the specified version.
+    eval $invocation
+
+    local azure_feed="$1"
+    local specific_version="${2//[$'\t\r\n']}"
+    local specific_product_version=$specific_version
+
+    local download_link=null
+    if [[ "$runtime" == "dotnet" ]]; then
+        download_link="$azure_feed/Runtime/$specific_version/productVersion.txt${feed_credential}"
+    elif [[ "$runtime" == "aspnetcore" ]]; then
+        download_link="$azure_feed/aspnetcore/Runtime/$specific_version/productVersion.txt${feed_credential}"
+    elif [ -z "$runtime" ]; then
+        download_link="$azure_feed/Sdk/$specific_version/productVersion.txt${feed_credential}"
+    else
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if machine_has "curl"
+    then
+        specific_product_version=$(curl -s --fail "$download_link")
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+        then
+            specific_product_version=$specific_version
+        fi
+    elif machine_has "wget"
+    then
+        specific_product_version=$(wget -qO- "$download_link")
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+        then
+            specific_product_version=$specific_version
+        fi
+    fi
+    specific_product_version="${specific_product_version//[$'\t\r\n']}"
+
+    echo "$specific_product_version"
+    return 0
+}
+
 # args:
 # azure_feed - $1
 # channel - $2
@@ -771,6 +779,7 @@ calculate_vars() {
     say_verbose "normalized_architecture=$normalized_architecture"
 
     specific_version="$(get_specific_version_from_version "$azure_feed" "$channel" "$normalized_architecture" "$version" "$json_file")"
+    specific_product_version="$(get_specific_product_version "$azure_feed" "$specific_version")"
     say_verbose "specific_version=$specific_version"
     if [ -z "$specific_version" ]; then
         say_err "Could not resolve version information."
@@ -869,12 +878,12 @@ install_dotnet() {
     fi
 
     #  Check if the standard SDK version is installed.
-    say_verbose "Checking installation: version = $specific_version"
-    if is_dotnet_package_installed "$install_root" "$asset_relative_path" "$specific_version"; then
+    say_verbose "Checking installation: version = $specific_product_version"
+    if is_dotnet_package_installed "$install_root" "$asset_relative_path" "$specific_product_version"; then
         return 0
     fi
 
-    say_err "\`$asset_name\` with version = $specific_version failed to install with an unknown error."
+    say_err "\`$asset_name\` with version = $specific_product_version failed to install with an unknown error."
     return 1
 }
 
@@ -1058,6 +1067,11 @@ if [ "$no_cdn" = true ]; then
     azure_feed="$uncached_feed"
 fi
 
+say "Note that the intended use of this script is for Continuous Integration (CI) scenarios, where:"
+say "- The SDK needs to be installed without user interaction and without admin rights."
+say "- The SDK installation doesn't need to persist across multiple CI runs."
+say "To set up a development environment or to run apps, use installers rather than this script. Visit https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download to get the installer.\n"
+
 check_min_reqs
 calculate_vars
 script_name=$(basename "$0")
@@ -1079,7 +1093,6 @@ if [ "$dry_run" = true ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-check_pre_reqs
 install_dotnet
 
 bin_path="$(get_absolute_path "$(combine_paths "$install_root" "$bin_folder_relative_path")")"
@@ -1090,4 +1103,6 @@ else
     say "Binaries of dotnet can be found in $bin_path"
 fi
 
+say "Note that the script does not resolve dependencies during installation."
+say "To check the list of dependencies, go to https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install, select your operating system and check the \"Dependencies\" section."
 say "Installation finished successfully."