diff --git a/.vscode/cspell.json b/.vscode/cspell.json
index 37254fe860d8..6bdd225d2e02 100644
--- a/.vscode/cspell.json
+++ b/.vscode/cspell.json
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
     "tools/azure-sdk-tools/setup.py"
   ],
   "words": [
+    "qnamaker",
+    "mindependency",
     "automl",
     "pyyaml",
     "CONLL",
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3e793eb90302..1c3c58a24b20 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ sdist
 
 ```
 
-Unfortunately, the command `tox -l` only returns the _default_ test builds. The common `tox.ini` file also supports `lint` and `mypy` environments.
+Unfortunately, the command `tox -l` only returns the _default_ test builds. The common `tox.ini` file also supports `pylint` and `mypy` environments.
 
 ### Example Usage of the common Azure SDK For Python `tox.ini`
 
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ Used for the local dev loop.
 
 ```
 
-#### `lint` environment
+#### `pylint` environment
 Pylint install and run.
 
 ```
-\> tox -e lint -c <path to tox.ini>
+\> tox -e pylint -c <path to tox.ini>
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/doc/dev/static_type_checking.md b/doc/dev/static_type_checking.md
index 0fa64c60a22e..2ad58680d8e9 100644
--- a/doc/dev/static_type_checking.md
+++ b/doc/dev/static_type_checking.md
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ All client libraries in the Python SDK repo are automatically opted in to runnin
 reason why a particular library should not run type checking, it is possible to add that library to a block list to prevent mypy/pyright
 from running checks.
 
-1) Place the package name on the appropriate block list: [eng/tox/environment_exclusion_list.py](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/eng/tox/environment_exclusion_list.py).
+1) Place the package name on the appropriate block list: [tools/azure-sdk-tools/ci_tools/environment_exclusions.py](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/tools/azure-sdk-tools/ci_tools/environment_exclusions.py).
 2) Open an issue tracking that "library-name" should be opted in to running type checking
 
 > Note: Blocking your library from type checking is a *temporary* state. It is expected that checks are re-enabled as soon as possible.
diff --git a/doc/dev/tests.md b/doc/dev/tests.md
index 9c404e39d40c..a3f5c6f13c58 100644
--- a/doc/dev/tests.md
+++ b/doc/dev/tests.md
@@ -5,23 +5,36 @@ testing infrastructure, and demonstrates how to write and run tests for a servic
 
 ### Table of contents
 
-- [Set up your development environment](#set-up-your-development-environment)
-- [Integrate with pytest](#integrate-with-the-pytest-test-framework)
-- [Use Tox](#tox)
-- [The `devtools_testutils` package](#the-devtools_testutils-package)
-- [Write or run tests](#write-or-run-tests)
-  - [Set up the test proxy](#perform-one-time-test-proxy-setup)
-  - [Set up test resources](#set-up-test-resources)
-  - [Configure credentials](#configure-credentials)
-  - [Start the test proxy server](#start-the-test-proxy-server)
-  - [Deliver environment variables to tests](#deliver-environment-variables-to-tests)
-  - [Write your tests](#write-your-tests)
-  - [Configure live or playback testing mode](#configure-live-or-playback-testing-mode)
-  - [Run and record tests](#run-and-record-tests)
-  - [Sanitize secrets](#sanitize-secrets)
-- [Functional vs. unit tests](#functional-vs-unit-tests)
-- [Further reading](#further-reading)
-- [Deprecated testing instructions](#deprecated-testing-instructions)
+- [Python SDK testing guide](#python-sdk-testing-guide)
+        - [Table of contents](#table-of-contents)
+    - [Set up your development environment](#set-up-your-development-environment)
+        - [SDK root directory](#sdk-root-directory)
+        - [Dependency installation](#dependency-installation)
+        - [Open code in IDE](#open-code-in-ide)
+    - [Integrate with the pytest test framework](#integrate-with-the-pytest-test-framework)
+    - [Tox](#tox)
+    - [The `devtools_testutils` package](#the-devtools_testutils-package)
+    - [Write or run tests](#write-or-run-tests)
+        - [Perform one-time test proxy setup](#perform-one-time-test-proxy-setup)
+        - [Set up test resources](#set-up-test-resources)
+        - [Configure credentials](#configure-credentials)
+        - [Start the test proxy server](#start-the-test-proxy-server)
+        - [Deliver environment variables to tests](#deliver-environment-variables-to-tests)
+        - [Write your tests](#write-your-tests)
+        - [Configure live or playback testing mode](#configure-live-or-playback-testing-mode)
+        - [Run and record tests](#run-and-record-tests)
+        - [Sanitize secrets](#sanitize-secrets)
+            - [Special case: SAS tokens](#special-case-sas-tokens)
+    - [Functional vs. unit tests](#functional-vs-unit-tests)
+    - [Further reading](#further-reading)
+    - [Deprecated testing instructions](#deprecated-testing-instructions)
+        - [Define credentials (deprecated)](#define-credentials-deprecated)
+        - [Create live test resources (deprecated)](#create-live-test-resources-deprecated)
+        - [Write your tests (deprecated)](#write-your-tests-deprecated)
+        - [An example test (deprecated)](#an-example-test-deprecated)
+        - [Run and record the test (deprecated)](#run-and-record-the-test-deprecated)
+        - [Purging secrets (deprecated)](#purging-secrets-deprecated)
+            - [Special case: Shared Access Signature (deprecated)](#special-case-shared-access-signature-deprecated)
 
 ## Set up your development environment
 
@@ -115,7 +128,7 @@ The Python SDK uses the [tox project](https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) to
 To run a tox command from your directory use the following commands:
 ```cmd
 (env) azure-sdk-for-python\sdk\my-service\my-package> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e sphinx
-(env) azure-sdk-for-python\sdk\my-service\my-package> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e lint
+(env) azure-sdk-for-python\sdk\my-service\my-package> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e pylint
 (env) azure-sdk-for-python\sdk\my-service\my-package> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e mypy
 (env) azure-sdk-for-python\sdk\my-service\my-package> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e pyright
 (env) azure-sdk-for-python\sdk\my-service\my-package> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e verifytypes
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/run_pylint.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/run_pylint.yml
index ea626731845e..b3eee4ed9556 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/run_pylint.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/run_pylint.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ steps:
         "$(TargetingString)" 
         --mark_arg="${{ parameters.TestMarkArgument }}" 
         --service="${{ parameters.ServiceDirectory }}" 
-        --toxenv="lint"
+        --toxenv="pylint"
         --disablecov
         --filter-type="Omit_management"
     env: ${{ parameters.EnvVars }}
diff --git a/eng/tox/environment_exclusion_list.py b/eng/tox/environment_exclusion_list.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d6eac95eee6..000000000000
--- a/eng/tox/environment_exclusion_list.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,382 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-import logging
-logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-
-PYLINT_ACCEPTABLE_FAILURES = [
-    "azure-applicationinsights",
-    "azure-batch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-anomalydetector",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-formrecognizer",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-nspkg",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-qnamaker",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-language-luis",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-language-nspkg",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-language-spellcheck",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-language-textanalytics",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-nspkg",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-personalizer",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-autosuggest",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-customimagesearch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-customsearch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-entitysearch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-imagesearch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-newssearch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-nspkg",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-videosearch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-visualsearch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-websearch",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-contentmoderator",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-customvision",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-face",
-    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-nspkg",
-    "azure-common",
-    "azure-nspkg",
-    "azure-servicemanagement-legacy",
-    "azure-graphrbac",
-    "azure-loganalytics",
-    "azure-servicefabric",
-    "azure-template",
-    "azure-keyvault",
-    "azure-synapse",
-    "azure-synapse-artifacts",
-    "azure-synapse-spark",
-    "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
-    "azure-synapse-monitoring",
-    "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
-    "azure-synapse-nspkg",
-    "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
-    "azure-security-attestation",
-    "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
-    "azure-purview-nspkg",
-    "azure-purview-scanning",
-    "azure-purview-catalog",
-    "azure-purview-account",
-    "azure-purview-administration",
-    "azure-messaging-nspkg",
-    "azure-agrifood-farming",
-    "azure-developer-loadtesting",
-    "azure-developer-devcenter"
-]
-
-# omit package from running mypy checks
-MYPY_OPT_OUT = [
-  "azure-agrifood-farming",
-  "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
-  "azure-appconfiguration-provider",
-  "azure-security-attestation",
-  "azure-batch",
-  "azure-communication-chat",
-  "azure-communication-email",
-  "azure-communication-identity",
-  "azure-communication-jobrouter",
-  "azure-communication-networktraversal",
-  "azure-communication-phonenumbers",
-  "azure-communication-rooms",
-  "azure-communication-sms",
-  "azure-confidentialledger",
-  "azure-containerregistry",
-  "azure-mgmt-core",
-  "azure-core-experimental",
-  "azure-core-tracing-opencensus",
-  "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry",
-  "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
-  "azure-digitaltwins-core",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable",
-  "azure-developer-loadtesting",
-  "azure-maps-geolocation",
-  "azure-maps-render",
-  "azure-maps-route",
-  "azure-maps-search",
-  "azure-mixedreality-authentication",
-  "azure-ai-ml",
-  "azure-iot-modelsrepository",
-  "azure-monitor-ingestion",
-  "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter",
-  "azure-monitor-query",
-  "azure-purview-administration",
-  "azure-purview-catalog",
-  "azure-purview-scanning",
-  "azure-schemaregistry",
-  "azure-schemaregistry-avroencoder",
-  "azure-search-documents",
-  "azure-storage-blob",
-  "azure-storage-blob-changefeed",
-  "azure-storage-file-datalake",
-  "azure-storage-file-share",
-  "azure-storage-queue",
-  "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
-  "azure-synapse-artifacts",
-  "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
-  "azure-synapse-monitoring",
-  "azure-synapse-spark",
-  "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice",
-]
-
-# omit package from running pyright checks
-PYRIGHT_OPT_OUT = [
-  "azure-agrifood-farming",
-  "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
-  "azure-appconfiguration",
-  "azure-appconfiguration-provider",
-  "azure-security-attestation",
-  "azure-batch",
-  "azure-ai-language-conversations",
-  "azure-ai-language-questionanswering",
-  "azure-communication-chat",
-  "azure-communication-email",
-  "azure-communication-identity",
-  "azure-communication-jobrouter",
-  "azure-communication-networktraversal",
-  "azure-communication-phonenumbers",
-  "azure-communication-rooms",
-  "azure-communication-sms",
-  "azure-confidentialledger",
-  "azure-containerregistry",
-  "azure-core",
-  "azure-mgmt-core",
-  "azure-core-experimental",
-  "azure-core-tracing-opencensus",
-  "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry",
-  "azure-cosmos",
-  "azure-developer-devcenter",
-  "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
-  "azure-digitaltwins-core",
-  "azure-eventgrid",
-  "azure-eventhub",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable",
-  "azure-ai-formrecognizer",
-  "azure-identity",
-  "azure-keyvault-administration",
-  "azure-keyvault-certificates",
-  "azure-keyvault-keys",
-  "azure-keyvault-secrets",
-  "azure-developer-loadtesting",
-  "azure-maps-geolocation",
-  "azure-maps-render",
-  "azure-maps-route",
-  "azure-maps-search",
-  "azure-ai-metricsadvisor",
-  "azure-mixedreality-authentication",
-  "azure-ai-ml",
-  "azure-iot-modelsrepository",
-  "azure-monitor-ingestion",
-  "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter",
-  "azure-monitor-query",
-  "azure-ai-personalizer",
-  "azure-purview-administration",
-  "azure-purview-catalog",
-  "azure-purview-scanning",
-  "azure-mixedreality-remoterendering",
-  "azure-schemaregistry",
-  "azure-schemaregistry-avroencoder",
-  "azure-search-documents",
-  "azure-servicebus",
-  "azure-storage-blob",
-  "azure-storage-blob-changefeed",
-  "azure-storage-file-datalake",
-  "azure-storage-file-share",
-  "azure-storage-queue",
-  "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
-  "azure-synapse-artifacts",
-  "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
-  "azure-synapse-monitoring",
-  "azure-synapse-spark",
-  "azure-data-tables",
-  "azure-ai-textanalytics",
-  "azure-ai-translation-document",
-  "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice",
-]
-
-# omit package from running verifytypes checks
-VERIFYTYPES_OPT_OUT = [
-  "azure-agrifood-farming",
-  "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
-  "azure-appconfiguration",
-  "azure-appconfiguration-provider",
-  "azure-security-attestation",
-  "azure-batch",
-  "azure-ai-language-conversations",
-  "azure-ai-language-questionanswering",
-  "azure-communication-chat",
-  "azure-communication-email",
-  "azure-communication-identity",
-  "azure-communication-jobrouter",
-  "azure-communication-networktraversal",
-  "azure-communication-phonenumbers",
-  "azure-communication-rooms",
-  "azure-communication-sms",
-  "azure-confidentialledger",
-  "azure-containerregistry",
-  "azure-core",
-  "azure-mgmt-core",
-  "azure-core-experimental",
-  "azure-core-tracing-opencensus",
-  "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry",
-  "azure-cosmos",
-  "azure-developer-devcenter",
-  "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
-  "azure-digitaltwins-core",
-  "azure-eventgrid",
-  "azure-eventhub",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable",
-  "azure-ai-formrecognizer",
-  "azure-identity",
-  "azure-keyvault-administration",
-  "azure-keyvault-certificates",
-  "azure-keyvault-keys",
-  "azure-keyvault-secrets",
-  "azure-developer-loadtesting",
-  "azure-maps-geolocation",
-  "azure-maps-render",
-  "azure-maps-route",
-  "azure-maps-search",
-  "azure-ai-metricsadvisor",
-  "azure-mixedreality-authentication",
-  "azure-ai-ml",
-  "azure-iot-modelsrepository",
-  "azure-monitor-ingestion",
-  "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter",
-  "azure-monitor-query",
-  "azure-ai-personalizer",
-  "azure-purview-administration",
-  "azure-purview-catalog",
-  "azure-purview-scanning",
-  "azure-mixedreality-remoterendering",
-  "azure-schemaregistry",
-  "azure-schemaregistry-avroencoder",
-  "azure-search-documents",
-  "azure-servicebus",
-  "azure-storage-blob",
-  "azure-storage-blob-changefeed",
-  "azure-storage-file-datalake",
-  "azure-storage-file-share",
-  "azure-storage-queue",
-  "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
-  "azure-synapse-artifacts",
-  "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
-  "azure-synapse-monitoring",
-  "azure-synapse-spark",
-  "azure-ai-textanalytics",
-  "azure-data-tables",
-  "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice",
-
-]
-
-# omit package from running type checkers on samples
-# note: if removed from this list, you must enable one or both of mypy or pyright checks.
-TYPE_CHECK_SAMPLES_OPT_OUT = [
-  "azure-agrifood-farming",
-  "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
-  "azure-appconfiguration",
-  "azure-appconfiguration-provider",
-  "azure-security-attestation",
-  "azure-batch",
-  "azure-ai-language-conversations",
-  "azure-ai-language-questionanswering",
-  "azure-communication-chat",
-  "azure-communication-email",
-  "azure-communication-identity",
-  "azure-communication-jobrouter",
-  "azure-communication-networktraversal",
-  "azure-communication-phonenumbers",
-  "azure-communication-rooms",
-  "azure-communication-sms",
-  "azure-confidentialledger",
-  "azure-containerregistry",
-  "azure-core",
-  "azure-mgmt-core",
-  "azure-core-experimental",
-  "azure-core-tracing-opencensus",
-  "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry",
-  "azure-cosmos",
-  "azure-developer-devcenter",
-  "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
-  "azure-digitaltwins-core",
-  "azure-eventgrid",
-  "azure-eventhub",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio",
-  "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable",
-  "azure-ai-formrecognizer",
-  "azure-keyvault-administration",
-  "azure-keyvault-certificates",
-  "azure-keyvault-keys",
-  "azure-keyvault-secrets",
-  "azure-developer-loadtesting",
-  "azure-maps-geolocation",
-  "azure-maps-render",
-  "azure-maps-route",
-  "azure-maps-search",
-  "azure-mixedreality-authentication",
-  "azure-ai-ml",
-  "azure-iot-modelsrepository",
-  "azure-monitor-ingestion",
-  "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter",
-  "azure-monitor-query",
-  "azure-purview-administration",
-  "azure-purview-catalog",
-  "azure-purview-scanning",
-  "azure-mixedreality-remoterendering",
-  "azure-schemaregistry",
-  "azure-schemaregistry-avroencoder",
-  "azure-search-documents",
-  "azure-servicebus",
-  "azure-storage-blob",
-  "azure-storage-blob-changefeed",
-  "azure-storage-file-datalake",
-  "azure-storage-file-share",
-  "azure-storage-queue",
-  "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
-  "azure-synapse-artifacts",
-  "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
-  "azure-synapse-monitoring",
-  "azure-synapse-spark",
-  "azure-ai-translation-document",
-  "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice",
-]
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# DO NOT add packages to the below lists. They are used to omit packages that will never run type checking.
-
-IGNORE_FILTER = ["nspkg", "mgmt", "cognitiveservices"]
-FILTER_EXCLUSIONS = ["azure-mgmt-core"]
-IGNORE_PACKAGES = [
-  "azure-applicationinsights",
-  "azure-servicemanagement-legacy",
-  "azure",
-  "azure-storage",
-  "azure-monitor",
-  "azure-servicefabric",
-  "azure-keyvault",
-  "azure-synapse",
-  "azure-common",
-  "conda-recipe",
-  "azure-graphrbac",
-  "azure-loganalytics",
-  "azure-media-analytics-edge",
-  "azure-media-videoanalyzer-edge",
-  "azure-template",
-]
-
-
-def is_ignored_package(package_name):
-    if package_name in IGNORE_PACKAGES:
-        return True
-    if package_name not in FILTER_EXCLUSIONS and any([identifier in package_name for identifier in IGNORE_FILTER]):
-        return True
-    return False
diff --git a/eng/tox/run_mypy.py b/eng/tox/run_mypy.py
index efa628f09bbc..e79a12c152b6 100644
--- a/eng/tox/run_mypy.py
+++ b/eng/tox/run_mypy.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 
-from environment_exclusion_list import (
+from ci_tools.environment_exclusions import (
     is_ignored_package,
     MYPY_OPT_OUT,
     TYPE_CHECK_SAMPLES_OPT_OUT,
diff --git a/eng/tox/run_pylint.py b/eng/tox/run_pylint.py
index 11ec3146abaf..826766305b56 100644
--- a/eng/tox/run_pylint.py
+++ b/eng/tox/run_pylint.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 
-from environment_exclusion_list import PYLINT_ACCEPTABLE_FAILURES
+from ci_tools.environment_exclusions import PYLINT_OPT_OUT
 from ci_tools.parsing import ParsedSetup
 
 logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     top_level_module = pkg_details.namespace.split('.')[0]
 
-    if pkg_details.name not in PYLINT_ACCEPTABLE_FAILURES:
+    if pkg_details.name not in PYLINT_OPT_OUT:
         try:
             check_call(
                 [
diff --git a/eng/tox/run_pyright.py b/eng/tox/run_pyright.py
index 6c245befb28f..80d5acbf59fe 100644
--- a/eng/tox/run_pyright.py
+++ b/eng/tox/run_pyright.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 
-from environment_exclusion_list import (
+from ci_tools.environment_exclusions import (
     is_ignored_package,
     PYRIGHT_OPT_OUT,
     TYPE_CHECK_SAMPLES_OPT_OUT,
diff --git a/eng/tox/run_verifytypes.py b/eng/tox/run_verifytypes.py
index 7f7146896913..3f11856975b3 100644
--- a/eng/tox/run_verifytypes.py
+++ b/eng/tox/run_verifytypes.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 import os
 import logging
 import sys
-from environment_exclusion_list import is_ignored_package, VERIFYTYPES_OPT_OUT
+
+from ci_tools.environment_exclusions import is_ignored_package, VERIFYTYPES_OPT_OUT
 
 logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
diff --git a/eng/tox/tox.ini b/eng/tox/tox.ini
index 18fe79b330de..33961f949010 100644
--- a/eng/tox/tox.ini
+++ b/eng/tox/tox.ini
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ commands =
       {toxinidir}
 
 
-[testenv:lint]
+[testenv:pylint]
 skipsdist = true
 skip_install = true
 usedevelop = false
diff --git a/scripts/devops_tasks/setup_execute_tests.py b/scripts/devops_tasks/setup_execute_tests.py
index 196132999f7e..de4fbc02f4b9 100644
--- a/scripts/devops_tasks/setup_execute_tests.py
+++ b/scripts/devops_tasks/setup_execute_tests.py
@@ -219,13 +219,6 @@ def execute_global_install_and_test(
         "--disablecov", help=("Flag that disables code coverage."), action="store_true"
     )
 
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--tparallel",
-        default=False,
-        help=("Flag that enables parallel tox invocation."),
-        action="store_true",
-    )
-
     parser.add_argument(
         "--tenvparallel",
         default=False,
diff --git a/scripts/devops_tasks/tox_harness.py b/scripts/devops_tasks/tox_harness.py
index e495e4157699..d11700cc1778 100644
--- a/scripts/devops_tasks/tox_harness.py
+++ b/scripts/devops_tasks/tox_harness.py
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
 import sys
 import os
-import errno
 import shutil
 import re
 import multiprocessing
 import glob
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
-    from Queue import Queue
-else:
-    from queue import Queue
-from threading import Thread
+from typing import List
+from argparse import Namespace
 
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
 from common_tasks import (
     run_check_call,
     clean_coverage,
-    log_file,
-    read_file,
     is_error_code_5_allowed,
     create_code_coverage_params,
-    find_whl
+    find_whl,
 )
 
-from ci_tools.functions import discover_targeted_packages
 from ci_tools.parsing import ParsedSetup
 from ci_tools.build import create_package
+from ci_tools.variables import in_ci
+from ci_tools.environment_exclusions import filter_tox_environment_string
 
 from pkg_resources import parse_requirements, RequirementParseError
 import logging
@@ -40,51 +34,6 @@
 test_tools_path = os.path.join(root_dir, "eng", "test_tools.txt")
 dependency_tools_path = os.path.join(root_dir, "eng", "dependency_tools.txt")
 
-class ToxWorkItem:
-    def __init__(self, target_package_path, tox_env, options_array):
-        self.target_package_path = target_package_path
-        self.tox_env = tox_env
-        self.options_array = options_array
-
-
-class Worker(Thread):
-    def __init__(self, tasks):
-        Thread.__init__(self)
-        self.tasks = tasks
-        self.daemon = True
-        self.start()
-
-    def run(self):
-        while True:
-            func, args, kargs = self.tasks.get()
-            try:
-                func(*args, **kargs)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logging.error(e)
-            finally:
-                self.tasks.task_done()
-
-
-def in_ci():
-    return os.getenv("TF_BUILD", False)
-
-
-class ThreadPool:
-    def __init__(self, num_threads):
-        self.tasks = Queue(num_threads)
-        for _ in range(num_threads):
-            Worker(self.tasks)
-
-    def add_task(self, func, *args, **kargs):
-        self.tasks.put((func, args, kargs))
-
-    def map(self, func, args_list):
-        for args in args_list:
-            self.add_task(func, args)
-
-    def wait_completion(self):
-        self.tasks.join()
-
 
 def combine_coverage_files(targeted_packages):
     # find tox.ini file. tox.ini is used to combine coverage paths to generate formatted report
@@ -117,78 +66,13 @@ def collect_tox_coverage_files(targeted_packages):
     for package_dir in [package for package in targeted_packages]:
         coverage_file = os.path.join(package_dir, ".coverage")
         if os.path.isfile(coverage_file):
-            destination_file = os.path.join(
-                root_coverage_dir, ".coverage_{}".format(os.path.basename(package_dir))
-            )
+            destination_file = os.path.join(root_coverage_dir, ".coverage_{}".format(os.path.basename(package_dir)))
             shutil.copyfile(coverage_file, destination_file)
             coverage_files.append(destination_file)
 
     logging.info("Uploading .coverage files: {}".format(coverage_files))
 
 
-
-def individual_workload(tox_command_tuple, workload_results):
-    pkg = os.path.basename(tox_command_tuple[1])
-    stdout = os.path.join(tox_command_tuple[1], "stdout.txt")
-    stderr = os.path.join(tox_command_tuple[1], "stderr.txt")
-    tox_dir = os.path.join(tox_command_tuple[1], "./.tox/")
-
-    with open(stdout, "w") as f_stdout, open(stderr, "w") as f_stderr:
-        proc = Popen(
-            tox_command_tuple[0],
-            stdout=f_stdout,
-            stderr=f_stderr,
-            cwd=tox_command_tuple[1],
-            env=os.environ.copy(),
-        )
-
-        logging.info("POpened task for for {}".format(pkg))
-        proc.wait()
-
-        return_code = proc.returncode
-
-        if proc.returncode != 0:
-            logging.error("{} returned with code {}".format(pkg, proc.returncode))
-        else:
-            logging.info(
-                "{} returned with code 0, output will be printed after the test run completes.".format(
-                    pkg
-                )
-            )
-
-        if read_file(stderr):
-            logging.error("Package {} had stderror output. Logging.".format(pkg))
-            return_code = "StdErr output detected"
-
-        workload_results[tox_command_tuple[1]] = (return_code, stdout, stderr)
-
-        if in_ci():
-            shutil.rmtree(tox_dir)
-
-def execute_tox_parallel(tox_command_tuples):
-    pool = ThreadPool(pool_size)
-    workload_results = {}
-    run_result = 0
-
-    for index, cmd_tuple in enumerate(tox_command_tuples):
-        pool.add_task(individual_workload, cmd_tuple, workload_results)
-
-    pool.wait_completion()
-
-    for key in workload_results.keys():
-        log_file(workload_results[key][1])
-
-        if workload_results[key][0] != 0:
-            logging.error(
-                "{} tox invocation exited with returncode {}".format(
-                    os.path.basename(key), workload_results[key][0]
-                )
-            )
-            run_result = 1
-
-    return run_result
-
-
 def compare_req_to_injected_reqs(parsed_req, injected_packages):
     if parsed_req is None:
         return False
@@ -201,9 +85,7 @@ def inject_custom_reqs(file, injected_packages, package_dir):
     injected_packages = [p for p in re.split("[\s,]", injected_packages) if p]
 
     if injected_packages:
-        logging.info(
-            "Adding custom packages to requirements for {}".format(package_dir)
-        )
+        logging.info("Adding custom packages to requirements for {}".format(package_dir))
         with open(file, "r") as f:
             for line in f:
                 logging.info("Attempting to parse {}".format(line))
@@ -218,10 +100,7 @@ def inject_custom_reqs(file, injected_packages, package_dir):
             all_adjustments = injected_packages + [
                 line_tuple[0].strip()
                 for line_tuple in req_lines
-                if line_tuple[0].strip()
-                and not compare_req_to_injected_reqs(
-                    line_tuple[1][0], injected_packages
-                )
+                if line_tuple[0].strip() and not compare_req_to_injected_reqs(line_tuple[1][0], injected_packages)
             ]
         else:
             all_adjustments = injected_packages
@@ -246,7 +125,7 @@ def build_whl_for_req(req, package_path):
         parsed = ParsedSetup.from_path(req_pkg_path)
 
         logging.info("Building wheel for package {}".format(parsed.name))
-        create_package(req_pkg_path, temp_dir, enable_sdist = False)
+        create_package(req_pkg_path, temp_dir, enable_sdist=False)
 
         whl_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, find_whl(parsed.name, parsed.version, temp_dir))
         logging.info("Wheel for package {0} is {1}".format(parsed.name, whl_path))
@@ -261,16 +140,12 @@ def replace_dev_reqs(file, pkg_root):
 
     with open(file, "r") as f:
         for line in f:
-            args = [
-                part.strip()
-                for part in line.split()
-                if part and not part.strip() == "-e"
-            ]
+            args = [part.strip() for part in line.split() if part and not part.strip() == "-e"]
             amended_line = " ".join(args)
 
             if amended_line.endswith("]"):
                 trim_amount = amended_line[::-1].index("[") + 1
-                amended_line = amended_line[0:(len(amended_line) - trim_amount)]
+                amended_line = amended_line[0 : (len(amended_line) - trim_amount)]
 
             adjusted_req_lines.append(amended_line)
 
@@ -289,12 +164,10 @@ def replace_dev_reqs(file, pkg_root):
 
 def collect_log_files(working_dir):
     logging.info("Collecting log files from {}".format(working_dir))
-    package = working_dir.split('/')[-1]
+    package = working_dir.split("/")[-1]
     # collect all the log files into one place for publishing in case of tox failure
 
-    log_directory = os.path.join(
-        root_dir, "_tox_logs"
-    )
+    log_directory = os.path.join(root_dir, "_tox_logs")
 
     try:
         os.mkdir(log_directory)
@@ -302,9 +175,7 @@ def collect_log_files(working_dir):
     except OSError:
         logging.info("'{}' directory already exists".format(log_directory))
 
-    log_directory = os.path.join(
-        log_directory, package
-    )
+    log_directory = os.path.join(log_directory, package)
 
     try:
         os.mkdir(log_directory)
@@ -312,9 +183,7 @@ def collect_log_files(working_dir):
     except OSError:
         logging.info("'{}' directory already exists".format(log_directory))
 
-    log_directory = os.path.join(
-        log_directory, sys.version.split()[0]
-    )
+    log_directory = os.path.join(log_directory, sys.version.split()[0])
 
     try:
         os.mkdir(log_directory)
@@ -344,10 +213,7 @@ def collect_log_files(working_dir):
                     logging.info("LOG FILE: {}".format(filename))
 
                     file_location = os.path.join(log_files, filename)
-                    shutil.move(
-                        file_location,
-                        os.path.join(temp_dir, filename)
-                    )
+                    shutil.move(file_location, os.path.join(temp_dir, filename))
                     logging.info("Moved file to {}".format(os.path.join(temp_dir, filename)))
         else:
             logging.info("Could not find {} directory".format(log_files))
@@ -355,6 +221,7 @@ def collect_log_files(working_dir):
     for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(root_dir, "_tox_logs", "*")):
         logging.info("Log file: {}".format(f))
 
+
 def execute_tox_serial(tox_command_tuples):
     return_code = 0
 
@@ -364,9 +231,7 @@ def execute_tox_serial(tox_command_tuples):
         logging.info("tox_dir: {}".format(tox_dir))
 
         logging.info(
-            "Running tox for {}. {} of {}.".format(
-                os.path.basename(cmd_tuple[1]), index + 1, len(tox_command_tuples)
-            )
+            "Running tox for {}. {} of {}.".format(os.path.basename(cmd_tuple[1]), index + 1, len(tox_command_tuples))
         )
 
         result = run_check_call(cmd_tuple[0], cmd_tuple[1], always_exit=False)
@@ -391,7 +256,17 @@ def execute_tox_serial(tox_command_tuples):
     return return_code
 
 
-def prep_and_run_tox(targeted_packages, parsed_args, options_array=[]):
+def prep_and_run_tox(targeted_packages: List[str], parsed_args: Namespace, options_array: List[str] = []) -> None:
+    """
+    Primary entry point for tox invocations during CI runs.
+
+    :param targeted_packages: The set of targeted packages. These are not just package names, and are instead the full absolute path to the package root directory.
+    :param parsed_args: An argparse namespace object from setup_execute_tests.py. Not including it will effectively disable "customizations"
+        of the tox invocation.
+    :param options_array: When invoking tox, these additional options will be passed to the underlying tox invocations as arguments.
+        When invoking of "tox -e whl -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -- --suppress-no-test-exit-code", "--suppress-no-test-exit-code" the "--" will be
+        passed directly to the pytest invocation.
+    """
     if parsed_args.wheel_dir:
         os.environ["PREBUILT_WHEEL_DIR"] = parsed_args.wheel_dir
 
@@ -424,8 +299,7 @@ def prep_and_run_tox(targeted_packages, parsed_args, options_array=[]):
 
         # if not present, re-use base
         if not os.path.exists(destination_tox_ini) or (
-            os.path.exists(destination_tox_ini)
-            and os.path.basename(package_dir) in IGNORED_TOX_INIS
+            os.path.exists(destination_tox_ini) and os.path.basename(package_dir) in IGNORED_TOX_INIS
         ):
             logging.info(
                 "No customized tox.ini present, using common eng/tox/tox.ini for {}".format(
@@ -446,12 +320,19 @@ def prep_and_run_tox(targeted_packages, parsed_args, options_array=[]):
             replace_dev_reqs(dependency_tools_path, package_dir)
             os.environ["TOX_PARALLEL_NO_SPINNER"] = "1"
 
-        inject_custom_reqs(
-            destination_dev_req, parsed_args.injected_packages, package_dir
-        )
+        inject_custom_reqs(destination_dev_req, parsed_args.injected_packages, package_dir)
 
         if parsed_args.tox_env:
-            tox_execution_array.extend(["-e", parsed_args.tox_env])
+            filtered_tox_environment_set = filter_tox_environment_string(parsed_args.tox_env, package_name)
+
+            if not filtered_tox_environment_set:
+                logging.info(
+                    f"All requested tox environments for package {package_name} have been excluded by the environment exclusion list."
+                    + " Check file /tools/azure-sdk-tools/ci_tools/environment_exclusions.py"
+                )
+                continue
+
+            tox_execution_array.extend(["-e", filtered_tox_environment_set])
 
         if parsed_args.tenvparallel:
             tox_execution_array.extend(["-p", "all"])
@@ -466,12 +347,9 @@ def prep_and_run_tox(targeted_packages, parsed_args, options_array=[]):
 
         tox_command_tuples.append((tox_execution_array, package_dir))
 
-    if parsed_args.tparallel:
-        return_code = execute_tox_parallel(tox_command_tuples)
-    else:
-        return_code = execute_tox_serial(tox_command_tuples)
+    return_code = execute_tox_serial(tox_command_tuples)
 
     if not parsed_args.disablecov:
         collect_tox_coverage_files(targeted_packages)
 
-    sys.exit(return_code)
\ No newline at end of file
+    sys.exit(return_code)
diff --git a/scripts/pylint_custom_plugin/README.md b/scripts/pylint_custom_plugin/README.md
index cd68890dfd4a..e92d08fc60e3 100644
--- a/scripts/pylint_custom_plugin/README.md
+++ b/scripts/pylint_custom_plugin/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Check that you are running pylint version >=2.5.2 and astroid version >=2.4.1.
     ```
 4. Run pylint at the package level using tox and it will find the pylintrc file:
     ```bash
-    C:\azure-sdk-for-python\sdk\storage\azure-storage-blob>tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e lint
+    C:\azure-sdk-for-python\sdk\storage\azure-storage-blob>tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e pylint
     ```
 5. If you use the pylint extension for VS code or Pycharm it *should* find the pylintrc automatically.
 
diff --git a/sdk/media/azure-media-analytics-edge/docs/DevTips.md b/sdk/media/azure-media-analytics-edge/docs/DevTips.md
index aee95a990e07..0b9d965181eb 100644
--- a/sdk/media/azure-media-analytics-edge/docs/DevTips.md
+++ b/sdk/media/azure-media-analytics-edge/docs/DevTips.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tox -c eng/tox/tox.ini
 To run a specific tox command from your directory use the following commands:
 ```bash
 > tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e sphinx
-> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e lint
+> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e pylint
 > tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e mypy
 > tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e whl
 > tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e sdist
diff --git a/sdk/videoanalyzer/azure-media-videoanalyzer-edge/docs/DevTips.md b/sdk/videoanalyzer/azure-media-videoanalyzer-edge/docs/DevTips.md
index 919238dc1fa9..265409765a60 100644
--- a/sdk/videoanalyzer/azure-media-videoanalyzer-edge/docs/DevTips.md
+++ b/sdk/videoanalyzer/azure-media-videoanalyzer-edge/docs/DevTips.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tox -c eng/tox/tox.ini
 To run a specific tox command from your directory use the following commands:
 ```bash
 > tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e sphinx
-> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e lint
+> tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e pylint
 > tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e mypy
 > tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e whl
 > tox -c ../../../eng/tox/tox.ini -e sdist
diff --git a/tools/azure-sdk-tools/ci_tools/environment_exclusions.py b/tools/azure-sdk-tools/ci_tools/environment_exclusions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60e7c84b7fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/azure-sdk-tools/ci_tools/environment_exclusions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,410 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import logging
+
+PYLINT_OPT_OUT = [
+    "azure-applicationinsights",
+    "azure-batch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-anomalydetector",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-formrecognizer",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-nspkg",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-knowledge-qnamaker",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-language-luis",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-language-nspkg",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-language-spellcheck",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-language-textanalytics",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-nspkg",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-personalizer",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-autosuggest",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-customimagesearch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-customsearch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-entitysearch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-imagesearch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-newssearch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-nspkg",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-videosearch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-visualsearch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-search-websearch",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-computervision",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-contentmoderator",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-customvision",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-face",
+    "azure-cognitiveservices-vision-nspkg",
+    "azure-common",
+    "azure-nspkg",
+    "azure-servicemanagement-legacy",
+    "azure-graphrbac",
+    "azure-loganalytics",
+    "azure-servicefabric",
+    "azure-template",
+    "azure-keyvault",
+    "azure-synapse",
+    "azure-synapse-artifacts",
+    "azure-synapse-spark",
+    "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
+    "azure-synapse-monitoring",
+    "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
+    "azure-synapse-nspkg",
+    "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
+    "azure-security-attestation",
+    "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
+    "azure-purview-nspkg",
+    "azure-purview-scanning",
+    "azure-purview-catalog",
+    "azure-purview-account",
+    "azure-purview-administration",
+    "azure-messaging-nspkg",
+    "azure-agrifood-farming",
+    "azure-developer-loadtesting",
+    "azure-developer-devcenter",
+]
+
+# omit package from running mypy checks
+MYPY_OPT_OUT = [
+    "azure-agrifood-farming",
+    "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
+    "azure-appconfiguration-provider",
+    "azure-security-attestation",
+    "azure-batch",
+    "azure-communication-chat",
+    "azure-communication-email",
+    "azure-communication-identity",
+    "azure-communication-jobrouter",
+    "azure-communication-networktraversal",
+    "azure-communication-phonenumbers",
+    "azure-communication-rooms",
+    "azure-communication-sms",
+    "azure-confidentialledger",
+    "azure-containerregistry",
+    "azure-mgmt-core",
+    "azure-core-experimental",
+    "azure-core-tracing-opencensus",
+    "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry",
+    "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
+    "azure-digitaltwins-core",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable",
+    "azure-developer-loadtesting",
+    "azure-maps-geolocation",
+    "azure-maps-render",
+    "azure-maps-route",
+    "azure-maps-search",
+    "azure-mixedreality-authentication",
+    "azure-ai-ml",
+    "azure-iot-modelsrepository",
+    "azure-monitor-ingestion",
+    "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter",
+    "azure-monitor-query",
+    "azure-purview-administration",
+    "azure-purview-catalog",
+    "azure-purview-scanning",
+    "azure-schemaregistry",
+    "azure-schemaregistry-avroencoder",
+    "azure-search-documents",
+    "azure-storage-blob",
+    "azure-storage-blob-changefeed",
+    "azure-storage-file-datalake",
+    "azure-storage-file-share",
+    "azure-storage-queue",
+    "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
+    "azure-synapse-artifacts",
+    "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
+    "azure-synapse-monitoring",
+    "azure-synapse-spark",
+    "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice",
+]
+
+# omit package from running pyright checks
+PYRIGHT_OPT_OUT = [
+    "azure-agrifood-farming",
+    "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
+    "azure-appconfiguration",
+    "azure-appconfiguration-provider",
+    "azure-security-attestation",
+    "azure-batch",
+    "azure-ai-language-conversations",
+    "azure-ai-language-questionanswering",
+    "azure-communication-chat",
+    "azure-communication-email",
+    "azure-communication-identity",
+    "azure-communication-jobrouter",
+    "azure-communication-networktraversal",
+    "azure-communication-phonenumbers",
+    "azure-communication-rooms",
+    "azure-communication-sms",
+    "azure-confidentialledger",
+    "azure-containerregistry",
+    "azure-core",
+    "azure-mgmt-core",
+    "azure-core-experimental",
+    "azure-core-tracing-opencensus",
+    "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry",
+    "azure-cosmos",
+    "azure-developer-devcenter",
+    "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
+    "azure-digitaltwins-core",
+    "azure-eventgrid",
+    "azure-eventhub",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable",
+    "azure-ai-formrecognizer",
+    "azure-identity",
+    "azure-keyvault-administration",
+    "azure-keyvault-certificates",
+    "azure-keyvault-keys",
+    "azure-keyvault-secrets",
+    "azure-developer-loadtesting",
+    "azure-maps-geolocation",
+    "azure-maps-render",
+    "azure-maps-route",
+    "azure-maps-search",
+    "azure-ai-metricsadvisor",
+    "azure-mixedreality-authentication",
+    "azure-ai-ml",
+    "azure-iot-modelsrepository",
+    "azure-monitor-ingestion",
+    "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter",
+    "azure-monitor-query",
+    "azure-ai-personalizer",
+    "azure-purview-administration",
+    "azure-purview-catalog",
+    "azure-purview-scanning",
+    "azure-mixedreality-remoterendering",
+    "azure-schemaregistry",
+    "azure-schemaregistry-avroencoder",
+    "azure-search-documents",
+    "azure-servicebus",
+    "azure-storage-blob",
+    "azure-storage-blob-changefeed",
+    "azure-storage-file-datalake",
+    "azure-storage-file-share",
+    "azure-storage-queue",
+    "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
+    "azure-synapse-artifacts",
+    "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
+    "azure-synapse-monitoring",
+    "azure-synapse-spark",
+    "azure-data-tables",
+    "azure-ai-textanalytics",
+    "azure-ai-translation-document",
+    "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice",
+]
+
+# omit package from running verifytypes checks
+VERIFYTYPES_OPT_OUT = [
+    "azure-agrifood-farming",
+    "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
+    "azure-appconfiguration",
+    "azure-appconfiguration-provider",
+    "azure-security-attestation",
+    "azure-batch",
+    "azure-ai-language-conversations",
+    "azure-ai-language-questionanswering",
+    "azure-communication-chat",
+    "azure-communication-email",
+    "azure-communication-identity",
+    "azure-communication-jobrouter",
+    "azure-communication-networktraversal",
+    "azure-communication-phonenumbers",
+    "azure-communication-rooms",
+    "azure-communication-sms",
+    "azure-confidentialledger",
+    "azure-containerregistry",
+    "azure-core",
+    "azure-mgmt-core",
+    "azure-core-experimental",
+    "azure-core-tracing-opencensus",
+    "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry",
+    "azure-cosmos",
+    "azure-developer-devcenter",
+    "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
+    "azure-digitaltwins-core",
+    "azure-eventgrid",
+    "azure-eventhub",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable",
+    "azure-ai-formrecognizer",
+    "azure-identity",
+    "azure-keyvault-administration",
+    "azure-keyvault-certificates",
+    "azure-keyvault-keys",
+    "azure-keyvault-secrets",
+    "azure-developer-loadtesting",
+    "azure-maps-geolocation",
+    "azure-maps-render",
+    "azure-maps-route",
+    "azure-maps-search",
+    "azure-ai-metricsadvisor",
+    "azure-mixedreality-authentication",
+    "azure-ai-ml",
+    "azure-iot-modelsrepository",
+    "azure-monitor-ingestion",
+    "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter",
+    "azure-monitor-query",
+    "azure-ai-personalizer",
+    "azure-purview-administration",
+    "azure-purview-catalog",
+    "azure-purview-scanning",
+    "azure-mixedreality-remoterendering",
+    "azure-schemaregistry",
+    "azure-schemaregistry-avroencoder",
+    "azure-search-documents",
+    "azure-servicebus",
+    "azure-storage-blob",
+    "azure-storage-blob-changefeed",
+    "azure-storage-file-datalake",
+    "azure-storage-file-share",
+    "azure-storage-queue",
+    "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
+    "azure-synapse-artifacts",
+    "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
+    "azure-synapse-monitoring",
+    "azure-synapse-spark",
+    "azure-data-tables",
+    "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice",
+    "azure-ai-textanalytics",
+]
+
+# omit package from running type checkers on samples
+# note: if removed from this list, you must enable one or both of mypy or pyright checks.
+TYPE_CHECK_SAMPLES_OPT_OUT = [
+    "azure-ai-metricsadvisor",
+    "azure-agrifood-farming",
+    "azure-ai-anomalydetector",
+    "azure-appconfiguration",
+    "azure-appconfiguration-provider",
+    "azure-security-attestation",
+    "azure-batch",
+    "azure-ai-language-conversations",
+    "azure-ai-language-questionanswering",
+    "azure-communication-chat",
+    "azure-communication-email",
+    "azure-communication-identity",
+    "azure-communication-jobrouter",
+    "azure-communication-networktraversal",
+    "azure-communication-phonenumbers",
+    "azure-communication-rooms",
+    "azure-communication-sms",
+    "azure-confidentialledger",
+    "azure-containerregistry",
+    "azure-core",
+    "azure-mgmt-core",
+    "azure-core-experimental",
+    "azure-core-tracing-opencensus",
+    "azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry",
+    "azure-cosmos",
+    "azure-developer-devcenter",
+    "azure-iot-deviceupdate",
+    "azure-digitaltwins-core",
+    "azure-eventgrid",
+    "azure-eventhub",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio",
+    "azure-eventhub-checkpointstoretable",
+    "azure-ai-formrecognizer",
+    "azure-keyvault-administration",
+    "azure-keyvault-certificates",
+    "azure-keyvault-keys",
+    "azure-keyvault-secrets",
+    "azure-developer-loadtesting",
+    "azure-maps-geolocation",
+    "azure-maps-render",
+    "azure-maps-route",
+    "azure-maps-search",
+    "azure-mixedreality-authentication",
+    "azure-ai-ml",
+    "azure-iot-modelsrepository",
+    "azure-monitor-ingestion",
+    "azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter",
+    "azure-monitor-query",
+    "azure-purview-administration",
+    "azure-purview-catalog",
+    "azure-purview-scanning",
+    "azure-mixedreality-remoterendering",
+    "azure-schemaregistry",
+    "azure-schemaregistry-avroencoder",
+    "azure-search-documents",
+    "azure-servicebus",
+    "azure-storage-blob",
+    "azure-storage-blob-changefeed",
+    "azure-storage-file-datalake",
+    "azure-storage-file-share",
+    "azure-storage-queue",
+    "azure-synapse-accesscontrol",
+    "azure-synapse-artifacts",
+    "azure-synapse-managedprivateendpoints",
+    "azure-synapse-monitoring",
+    "azure-synapse-spark",
+    "azure-ai-translation-document",
+    "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice",
+]
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DO NOT add packages to the below lists. They are used to omit packages that will never run type checking.
+IGNORE_FILTER = ["nspkg", "mgmt", "cognitiveservices"]
+FILTER_EXCLUSIONS = ["azure-mgmt-core"]
+IGNORE_PACKAGES = [
+    "azure-applicationinsights",
+    "azure-servicemanagement-legacy",
+    "azure",
+    "azure-storage",
+    "azure-monitor",
+    "azure-servicefabric",
+    "azure-keyvault",
+    "azure-synapse",
+    "azure-common",
+    "conda-recipe",
+    "azure-graphrbac",
+    "azure-loganalytics",
+    "azure-media-analytics-edge",
+    "azure-media-videoanalyzer-edge",
+    "azure-template",
+]
+
+
+def filter_tox_environment_string(namespace_argument: str, package_name: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Takes an incoming comma separated list of tox environments and package name. Resolves whether or not
+    each given tox environment should run, given comparison to single unified exclusion file in `environment_exclusions`.
+
+    :param namespace_argument: A namespace argument.
+    :param package_name: The name of the package. This takes the form of a comma separated list: "whl,sdist,mindependency". "whl". "lint,pyright,sphinx".
+    """
+    if namespace_argument:
+        tox_envs = namespace_argument.strip().split(",")
+        filtered_set = []
+
+        for tox_env in tox_envs:
+            exclusions_for_env = []
+            try:
+                exclusions_for_env = globals()[f"{tox_env.strip().upper()}_OPT_OUT"]
+            except Exception as e:
+                pass
+
+            if exclusions_for_env:
+                if package_name in exclusions_for_env:
+                    continue
+
+            filtered_set.append(tox_env)
+        return ",".join(filtered_set)
+
+    return namespace_argument
+
+
+def is_ignored_package(package_name: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Evaluates a package name and evaluates whether or not tox environments should run against it.
+    """
+    if package_name in IGNORE_PACKAGES:
+        return True
+    if package_name not in FILTER_EXCLUSIONS and any([identifier in package_name for identifier in IGNORE_FILTER]):
+        return True
+    return False