diff --git a/.pipelines/test-stage.yml b/.pipelines/test-stage.yml
index 2baf6df7f..c6143434e 100644
--- a/.pipelines/test-stage.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/test-stage.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ parameters:
     default:
       - wsl1
       - wsl2
+      - wsla
 
   - name: test_images
     type: object
diff --git a/cloudtest/CMakeLists.txt b/cloudtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 1767ab816..a44437e06 100644
--- a/cloudtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cloudtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,18 @@ function(add_test_group image version)
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/TestGroup.xml.in ${DIR}/TestGroup.xml)
 endfunction()
 
+function(add_wsla_test_group image)
+    set(version "a")
+    set(DIR ${OUT}/${image}-wsla)
+
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${DIR})
+
+    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/TestMap.xml.in ${DIR}/TestMap.xml)
+    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/TestGroup-wsla.xml.in ${DIR}/TestGroup.xml)
+endfunction()
+
 foreach(image ${CLOUDTEST_IMAGES})
     add_test_group("${image}" "1")
     add_test_group("${image}" "2")
+    add_wsla_test_group("${image}")
 endforeach()
diff --git a/cloudtest/TestGroup-wsla.xml.in b/cloudtest/TestGroup-wsla.xml.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc8ed47f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudtest/TestGroup-wsla.xml.in
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<TestJobGroup EnableProcessJobObjectBreakaway="true">
+  <ResourceSpec>
+    <Resource SKU="Standard_D4_v3" Image="${image}"/>
+  </ResourceSpec>
+  <Setup TimeoutMins="30">
+    <BuildFiles>
+      <Copy Src="[drop]\bundle\Microsoft.WSL_${PACKAGE_VERSION}_x64_ARM64.msixbundle" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]" IsRecursive="false"/>
+      <Copy Src="[drop]\testbin\${TARGET_PLATFORM}\release\*" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]\" IsRecursive="true" Writable="true"/>
+      <Copy Src="[drop]\testbin\${TARGET_PLATFORM}\test_distro.tar.xz" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]" IsRecursive="false" Writable="true"/>
+      <Copy Src="[drop]\testbin\${TARGET_PLATFORM}\test_data\*" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]\test_data" IsRecursive="true" Writable="true"/>
+      <Copy Src="[drop]\testbin\test-setup.ps1" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]\" IsRecursive="false" />
+      <Copy Src="[drop]\testbin\CloudTest-Setup.bat" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]\" IsRecursive="false" />
+      <Copy Src="[drop]\testbin\wsl.wprp" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]\" IsRecursive="false" />
+      <Copy Src="[drop]\testbin\unit_tests\*" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]\unit_tests" IsRecursive="true" Writable="true"/>
+      <Copy Src="[test_packages]\*" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]" IsRecursive="false" />
+      <Copy Src="[dump_tool]\DumpTool.exe" Dest="[WorkingDirectory]" IsRecursive="false" />
+    </BuildFiles>
+    <Scripts>
+      <Script Path="[WorkingDirectory]\CloudTest-Setup.bat" Args="[WorkingDirectory] [LoggingDirectory]" />
+    </Scripts>
+  </Setup>
+
+  <TestJob Name="CloudTest.Taef" TimeoutMins="120">
+    <Execution Type="TAEF" Path="[WorkingDirectory]\wsltests.dll" Args="/p:bugReportDirectory=[LoggingDirectory]\BugReportOutput /errorOnCrash /testmode:etwlogger /EtwLogger:WPRProfileFile=[WorkingDirectory]\wsl.wprp /EtwLogger:WPRProfile=WSL /EtwLogger:SavePoint=ExecutionComplete /EtwLogger:RecordingScope=Execution /p:SetupScript=.\test-setup.ps1 /p:Package=[WorkingDirectory]\Microsoft.WSL_${PACKAGE_VERSION}_x64_ARM64.msixbundle /p:Version=2 /p:AllowUnsigned=${ALLOW_UNSIGNED_PACKAGE} /p:UnitTestsPath=[WorkingDirectory]\unit_tests /p:DistroPath=[WorkingDirectory]\test_distro.tar.xz /p:TestDataPath=[WorkingDirectory]\test_data /p:DistroName=test_distro /logOutput:High /p:RedirectStdout=[LoggingDirectory]\stdout.txt /p:RedirectStderr=[LoggingDirectory]\stderr.txt  /p:KernelLogs=[LoggingDirectory]\dmesg.txt /p:DumpFolder=[LoggingDirectory] /p:WerReport /p:LogDmesg /p:PipelineBuildId=${PIPELINE_BUILD_ID} /p:DumpTool=DumpTool.exe /select:&quot;@TestCategory='WSLA'&quot;" />
+  </TestJob>
+</TestJobGroup>
diff --git a/cloudtest/TestGroup.xml.in b/cloudtest/TestGroup.xml.in
index 1554e9cda..505922dae 100644
--- a/cloudtest/TestGroup.xml.in
+++ b/cloudtest/TestGroup.xml.in
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   </Setup>
 
   <TestJob Name="CloudTest.Taef" TimeoutMins="240">
-    <Execution Type="TAEF" Path="[WorkingDirectory]\wsltests.dll" Args="/p:bugReportDirectory=[LoggingDirectory]\BugReportOutput /errorOnCrash /testmode:etwlogger /EtwLogger:WPRProfileFile=[WorkingDirectory]\wsl.wprp /EtwLogger:WPRProfile=WSL /EtwLogger:SavePoint=ExecutionComplete /EtwLogger:RecordingScope=Execution /p:SetupScript=.\test-setup.ps1 /p:Package=[WorkingDirectory]\Microsoft.WSL_${PACKAGE_VERSION}_x64_ARM64.msixbundle /p:Version=${version} /p:AllowUnsigned=${ALLOW_UNSIGNED_PACKAGE} /p:UnitTestsPath=[WorkingDirectory]\unit_tests /p:DistroPath=[WorkingDirectory]\test_distro.tar.xz /p:TestDataPath=[WorkingDirectory]\test_data /p:DistroName=test_distro /logOutput:High /p:RedirectStdout=[LoggingDirectory]\stdout.txt /p:RedirectStderr=[LoggingDirectory]\stderr.txt  /p:KernelLogs=[LoggingDirectory]\dmesg.txt /p:DumpFolder=[LoggingDirectory] /p:WerReport /p:LogDmesg /p:PipelineBuildId=${PIPELINE_BUILD_ID} /p:DumpTool=DumpTool.exe" />
+    <Execution Type="TAEF" Path="[WorkingDirectory]\wsltests.dll" Args="/p:bugReportDirectory=[LoggingDirectory]\BugReportOutput /errorOnCrash /testmode:etwlogger /EtwLogger:WPRProfileFile=[WorkingDirectory]\wsl.wprp /EtwLogger:WPRProfile=WSL /EtwLogger:SavePoint=ExecutionComplete /EtwLogger:RecordingScope=Execution /p:SetupScript=.\test-setup.ps1 /p:Package=[WorkingDirectory]\Microsoft.WSL_${PACKAGE_VERSION}_x64_ARM64.msixbundle /p:Version=${version} /p:AllowUnsigned=${ALLOW_UNSIGNED_PACKAGE} /p:UnitTestsPath=[WorkingDirectory]\unit_tests /p:DistroPath=[WorkingDirectory]\test_distro.tar.xz /p:TestDataPath=[WorkingDirectory]\test_data /p:DistroName=test_distro /logOutput:High /p:RedirectStdout=[LoggingDirectory]\stdout.txt /p:RedirectStderr=[LoggingDirectory]\stderr.txt  /p:KernelLogs=[LoggingDirectory]\dmesg.txt /p:DumpFolder=[LoggingDirectory] /p:WerReport /p:LogDmesg /p:PipelineBuildId=${PIPELINE_BUILD_ID} /p:DumpTool=DumpTool.exe /select:&quot;not(@TestCategory='WSLA')&quot;" />
   </TestJob>
 </TestJobGroup>
diff --git a/test/windows/Common.cpp b/test/windows/Common.cpp
index 58e7a3f7e..b7f2c5128 100644
--- a/test/windows/Common.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/Common.cpp
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ class ReadHandleWithTargetValue : public wsl::windows::common::relay::ReadHandle
     NON_MOVABLE(ReadHandleWithTargetValue);
 
     ReadHandleWithTargetValue(wsl::windows::common::relay::HandleWrapper&& MovedHandle, std::string_view targetValue) :
-        ReadHandle(std::move(MovedHandle), [&](const auto& buffer) { m_readBuffer.append(buffer.data(), buffer.size()); }),
+        ReadHandle(std::move(MovedHandle), [this](const auto& buffer) { m_readBuffer.append(buffer.data(), buffer.size()); }),
         m_targetValue(targetValue)
     {
     }
diff --git a/test/windows/Common.h b/test/windows/Common.h
index 98d447db8..fdbfb2e04 100644
--- a/test/windows/Common.h
+++ b/test/windows/Common.h
@@ -95,21 +95,30 @@ using namespace std::chrono_literals;
         return; \
     }
 
+#define WSL_TEST_CLASS_PROPERTIES \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"LxssManager.dll") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"LxssManagerProxyStub.dll") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslclient.dll") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslservice.exe") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"WslServiceProxyStub.dll") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslhost.exe") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslrelay.exe") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslconfig.exe") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wsl.exe") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslg.exe") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"msrdc.exe") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"msal.wsl.proxy.exe") \
+    TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslasession.exe")
+
 #define WSL_TEST_CLASS(_name) \
     BEGIN_TEST_CLASS(_name) \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"LxssManager.dll") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"LxssManagerProxyStub.dll") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslclient.dll") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslservice.exe") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"WslServiceProxyStub.dll") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslhost.exe") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslrelay.exe") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslconfig.exe") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wsl.exe") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslg.exe") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"msrdc.exe") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"msal.wsl.proxy.exe") \
-        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"BinaryUnderTest", L"wslasession.exe") \
+        WSL_TEST_CLASS_PROPERTIES \
+    END_TEST_CLASS()
+
+#define WSLA_TEST_CLASS(_name) \
+    BEGIN_TEST_CLASS(_name) \
+        WSL_TEST_CLASS_PROPERTIES \
+        TEST_CLASS_PROPERTY(L"TestCategory", L"WSLA") \
     END_TEST_CLASS()
 
 //
diff --git a/test/windows/WSLATests.cpp b/test/windows/WSLATests.cpp
index f245bd753..0cb5a2415 100644
--- a/test/windows/WSLATests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/WSLATests.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ extern bool g_fastTestRun;
 
 class WSLATests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLATests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLATests)
 
-    wil::unique_couninitialize_call m_coinit = wil::CoInitializeEx();
+    wil::unique_mta_usage_cookie m_mtaCookie;
     WSADATA m_wsadata;
     std::filesystem::path m_storagePath;
     WSLASessionSettings m_defaultSessionSettings{};
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class WSLATests
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(TestClassSetup)
     {
+        THROW_IF_FAILED(CoIncrementMTAUsage(&m_mtaCookie));
         THROW_IF_WIN32_ERROR(WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &m_wsadata));
 
         // The WSLC SDK tests use this same storage to reduce pull overhead.
diff --git a/test/windows/WslcSdkTests.cpp b/test/windows/WslcSdkTests.cpp
index 9906fbe09..adf18a92f 100644
--- a/test/windows/WslcSdkTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/WslcSdkTests.cpp
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ ProcessOutput RunContainerAndCapture(
 
 class WslcSdkTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WslcSdkTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WslcSdkTests)
 
-    wil::unique_couninitialize_call m_coinit = wil::CoInitializeEx();
+    wil::unique_mta_usage_cookie m_mtaCookie;
     WSADATA m_wsadata;
     std::filesystem::path m_storagePath;
     WslcSession m_defaultSession = nullptr;
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class WslcSdkTests
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(TestClassSetup)
     {
+        THROW_IF_FAILED(CoIncrementMTAUsage(&m_mtaCookie));
         THROW_IF_WIN32_ERROR(WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &m_wsadata));
 
         // Use the same storage path as WSLA runtime tests to reduce pull overhead.
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIArgumentUnitTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIArgumentUnitTests.cpp
index 8e3fdcc8b..15a4b0bb4 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIArgumentUnitTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIArgumentUnitTests.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ using namespace WEX::TestExecution;
 namespace WSLCCLIArgumentUnitTests {
 class WSLCCLIArgumentUnitTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCCLIArgumentUnitTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCCLIArgumentUnitTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(TestClassSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLICommandUnitTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLICommandUnitTests.cpp
index 7abbdeaff..2a3c72ae2 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLICommandUnitTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLICommandUnitTests.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ using namespace WEX::TestExecution;
 namespace WSLCCLICommandUnitTests {
 class WSLCCLICommandUnitTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCCLICommandUnitTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCCLICommandUnitTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(TestClassSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIExecutionUnitTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIExecutionUnitTests.cpp
index bc1032638..2c7fec100 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIExecutionUnitTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIExecutionUnitTests.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct CommandLineTestCase
 
 class WSLCCLIExecutionUnitTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCCLIExecutionUnitTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCCLIExecutionUnitTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(TestClassSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIParserUnitTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIParserUnitTests.cpp
index 55fed31ae..6cf550070 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIParserUnitTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/WSLCCLIParserUnitTests.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace WSLCCLIParserUnitTests {
 
 class WSLCCLIParserUnitTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCCLIParserUnitTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCCLIParserUnitTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(TestClassSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EContainerCreateTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EContainerCreateTests.cpp
index aa5405978..e66e4c9d0 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EContainerCreateTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EContainerCreateTests.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace WSLCE2ETests {
 
 class WSLCE2EContainerCreateTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EContainerCreateTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EContainerCreateTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(ClassSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EContainerTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EContainerTests.cpp
index 68cdb706d..03e8869b4 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EContainerTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EContainerTests.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace WSLCE2ETests {
 
 class WSLCE2EContainerTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EContainerTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EContainerTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(TestClassSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EGlobalTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EGlobalTests.cpp
index 8a1d4ea3e..fc6b621aa 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EGlobalTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EGlobalTests.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace WSLCE2ETests {
 
 class WSLCE2EGlobalTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EGlobalTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EGlobalTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(TestClassSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageBuildTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageBuildTests.cpp
index 5d23c1ddc..e3bafbeba 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageBuildTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageBuildTests.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace WSLCE2ETests {
 
 class WSLCE2EImageBuildTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EImageBuildTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EImageBuildTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(ClassSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageDeleteTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageDeleteTests.cpp
index 52955691e..7a5264de8 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageDeleteTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageDeleteTests.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace WSLCE2ETests {
 
 class WSLCE2EImageDeleteTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EImageDeleteTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EImageDeleteTests)
 
     TEST_METHOD_SETUP(MethodSetup)
     {
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageInspectTests.cpp b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageInspectTests.cpp
index c78537b92..bcb60fe02 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageInspectTests.cpp
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/e2e/WSLCE2EImageInspectTests.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace WSLCE2ETests {
 
 class WSLCE2EImageInspectTests
 {
-    WSL_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EImageInspectTests)
+    WSLA_TEST_CLASS(WSLCE2EImageInspectTests)
 
     TEST_CLASS_SETUP(ClassSetup)
     {