diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-website/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-website/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33be7555a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-website/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Publish Website
+
+inputs:
+  aws-iam-role:
+    description: IAM role for connecting to AWS
+  bucket:
+    description: Bucket to push the website files
+  cfid:
+    description: Cloudfront ID for invalidation
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+      name: Download website from build step
+      with:
+        name: website
+        path: website/build
+
+    - name: Configure AWS credentials
+      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+      with:
+        role-to-assume: ${{ inputs.aws-iam-role }}
+        role-session-name: integration-testing
+        aws-region: us-east-1
+
+    - name: Add rotbots.txt
+      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/asset-validation-explore'
+      working-directory: website
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        printf 'User-agent: *\nDisallow: /' > build/robots.txt
+
+    - name: Push website
+      working-directory: website
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        aws s3 sync build "s3://${{ inputs.bucket }}" --delete
+
+    - name: Invalidate cloudfront
+      working-directory: website
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id ${{ inputs.cfid }} --paths "/*"
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diff --git a/.github/actions/website-linting/action.yml b/.github/actions/website-linting/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e04acacf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/website-linting/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Lint Website
+
+inputs:
+  version:
+    description: Corso version to use for publishing
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Setup Golang with cache
+      uses: magnetikonline/action-golang-cache@v3
+      with:
+        go-version-file: src/go.mod
+
+    - name: Generate CLI Docs
+      working-directory: ./src
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        go run ./cmd/mdgen/mdgen.go generate
+
+    # migrate generated md files into /website/docs/cli
+    - name: Move CLI .md to Docs
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p ./website/docs/cli
+        mv ./src/cmd/mdgen/cli_markdown/* ./website/docs/cli/
+        rm -R ./src/cmd/mdgen/cli_markdown/
+
+    - name: Install dependencies for website lint
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        wget --quiet https://github.com/errata-ai/vale/releases/download/v2.20.2/vale_2.20.2_Linux_64-bit.tar.gz # NOTE: update in Dockerfile when updating
+        mkdir bin && tar -xvzf vale_2.20.2_Linux_64-bit.tar.gz -C bin
+        echo "$PWD/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        npm i -g markdownlint-cli@0.32.2 # NOTE: update in Dockerfile when updating
+
+    - name: Run website lint
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cd website && make -o genclidocs localcheck
+
+    - name: Build website
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        CORSO_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      run: |
+        cd website &&
+          npm ci &&
+          npm run build
+
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+      name: Upload website as artifacts
+      with:
+        name: website
+        path: website/build
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c1a022e5d..e55b913e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 name: Build/Release Corso
+env:
+  IMAGE_NAME: ghcr.io/alcionai/corso
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "::set-output name=website-cfid::ESFTEIYTIP7Y3"
           fi
 
+
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # --- Website Linting -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -116,47 +119,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Golang with cache
-        uses: magnetikonline/action-golang-cache@v3
+      - name: Lint Website
+        uses: ./.github/actions/website-linting
         with:
-          go-version-file: src/go.mod
-
-      - name: Generate CLI Docs
-        working-directory: ./src
-        run: |
-          go run ./cmd/mdgen/mdgen.go generate
-
-      # migrate generated md files into /website/docs/cli
-      - name: Move CLI .md to Docs
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ./website/docs/cli
-          mv ./src/cmd/mdgen/cli_markdown/* ./website/docs/cli/
-          rm -R ./src/cmd/mdgen/cli_markdown/
-
-      - name: Install dependencies for website lint
-        run: |
-          wget https://github.com/errata-ai/vale/releases/download/v2.20.2/vale_2.20.2_Linux_64-bit.tar.gz # NOTE: update in Dockerfile when updating
-          mkdir bin && tar -xvzf vale_2.20.2_Linux_64-bit.tar.gz -C bin
-          echo "$PWD/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          npm i -g markdownlint-cli@0.32.2 # NOTE: update in Dockerfile when updating
-
-      - name: Run website lint
-        run: |
-          cd website && make -o genclidocs localcheck
-
-      - name: Build website
-        env:
-          CORSO_VERSION: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
-        run: |
-          cd website &&
-            npm ci &&
-            npm run build
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
-        name: Upload website as artifacts
-        with:
-          name: website
-          path: website/build
+          version: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
 
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # --- Integration and Unit Testing -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -408,44 +374,6 @@ jobs:
           name: corso
           path: src/dist/*
 
-  Publish-Website:
-    needs: [Test-Suite-Trusted, Linting, Website-Linting, SetEnv]
-    environment: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.environment }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: website
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@master
-        name: Download website from build step
-        with:
-          name: website
-          path: website/build
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_ROLE }}
-          role-session-name: integration-testing
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-
-      - name: Add rotbots.txt
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        run: |
-          printf 'User-agent: *\nDisallow: /' > build/robots.txt
-
-      - name: Push website
-        run: |
-          aws s3 sync build "s3://${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.website-bucket }}" --delete
-
-      - name: Invalidate cloudfront
-        run: |
-          aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.website-cfid }} --paths "/*"
-
   Publish-Image:
     needs: [Test-Suite-Trusted, Linting, Website-Linting, SetEnv]
     environment: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.environment }}
@@ -455,7 +383,6 @@ jobs:
       run:
         working-directory: build
     env:
-      imageName: ghcr.io/alcionai/corso
       PLATFORMS: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -478,7 +405,7 @@ jobs:
         id: meta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
         with:
-          images: ${{ env.imageName }}
+          images: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
           tags: |
             type=ref,event=tag
             type=sha,format=short,prefix=
@@ -499,3 +426,136 @@ jobs:
           # use the github cache
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+
+  Validate-Linux-Artifacts:
+    needs: [Publish-Binary, Publish-Image, SetEnv]
+    environment: Testing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    env:
+      CORSO_VERSION: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate x86_64 binary artifacts
+        run: |
+          set -ex
+          curl -L https://github.com/alcionai/corso/releases/download/${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}/corso_${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz > corso.tar.gz
+          tar -xf corso.tar.gz
+          ./corso --help
+          ./corso --version 2>&1 | grep -E "^version: ${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}$"
+      - name: Validate arm64 binary artifacts
+        uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
+        with:
+          arch: armv7
+          distro: ubuntu18.04
+          install: |
+            apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install curl
+          run: |
+            set -ex
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install curl
+            curl -L https://github.com/alcionai/corso/releases/download/${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}/corso_${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}_Linux_arm64.tar.gz > corso.tar.gz
+            tar -xf corso.tar.gz
+            ./corso --help
+            ./corso --version 2>&1 | grep -E "^version: ${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}$"
+
+  Validate-Docker-Artifacts:
+    needs: [Publish-Binary, Publish-Image, SetEnv]
+    environment: Testing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    env:
+      CORSO_VERSION: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      - name: Validate amd64 container images
+        run: |
+          docker run --platform linux/amd64 ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }} --help
+          docker run --platform linux/amd64 ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }} --version | grep -E "^version: ${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}$"
+      - name: Validate arm64 container images
+        run: |
+          docker run --platform linux/arm64 ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }} --help
+          docker run --platform linux/amd64 ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }} --version | grep -E "^version: ${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}$"
+
+  Validate-MacOS-Artifacts:
+    needs: [Publish-Binary, Publish-Image, SetEnv]
+    environment: Testing
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    env:
+      CORSO_VERSION: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate x86_64 binary artifacts
+        run: |
+          set -ex
+          curl -L https://github.com/alcionai/corso/releases/download/${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}/corso_${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}_Darwin_x86_64.tar.gz > corso.tar.gz
+          tar -xf corso.tar.gz
+          ./corso --help
+          ./corso --version 2>&1 | grep -E "^version: ${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}$"
+      - name: Validate arm64 binary artifacts
+        run: |
+          set -ex
+          curl -L https://github.com/alcionai/corso/releases/download/${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}/corso_${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz > corso.tar.gz
+          tar -xf corso.tar.gz
+          # TODO: test/validate arm64 executable once we have arm64 CI
+
+  Validate-Windows-Artifacts:
+    needs: [Publish-Binary, Publish-Image, SetEnv]
+    environment: Testing
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    env:
+      CORSO_VERSION: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate x86_64 binary artifacts
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://github.com/alcionai/corso/releases/download/${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}/corso_${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}_Windows_x86_64.zip -o corso.zip
+          7z x corso.zip
+          ./corso.exe --help
+          ./corso.exe --version 2>&1 | grep -E "^version: ${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}$"
+
+  Publish-Website-Test:
+    needs: [Test-Suite-Trusted, Linting, Website-Linting, SetEnv]
+    environment: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.environment }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3 # need to checkout to make the action available
+
+      - name: Publish website
+        uses: ./.github/actions/publish-website
+        with:
+          aws-iam-role: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_ROLE }}
+          bucket: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.website-bucket }}
+          cfid: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.website-cfid }}
+
+  Publish-Website-Prod:
+    needs: [SetEnv, Validate-Linux-Artifacts, Validate-MacOS-Artifacts, Validate-Docker-Artifacts, Validate-Windows-Artifacts]
+    environment: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.environment }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3 # need to checkout to make the action available
+
+      - name: Publish website
+        uses: ./.github/actions/publish-website
+        with:
+          aws-iam-role: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_ROLE }}
+          bucket: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.website-bucket }}
+          cfid: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.website-cfid }}
+
+  Validate-Website-Artifacts:
+    needs: [Publish-Website-Prod, SetEnv]
+    environment: Testing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    env:
+      CORSO_VERSION: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate docs
+        run: |
+          curl https://corsobackup.io/docs/quickstart/ | grep https://github.com/alcionai/corso/releases/download/${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}/corso_${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/website-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/website-publish.yml
index 6a8b7f285..b53ed320d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website-publish.yml
@@ -43,47 +43,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Golang with cache
-        uses: magnetikonline/action-golang-cache@v3
+      - name: Lint Website
+        uses: ./.github/actions/website-linting
         with:
-          go-version-file: src/go.mod
-
-      - name: Generate CLI Docs
-        working-directory: ./src
-        run: |
-          go run ./cmd/mdgen/mdgen.go generate
-
-      # migrate generated md files into /website/docs/cli
-      - name: Move CLI .md to Docs
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ./website/docs/cli
-          mv ./src/cmd/mdgen/cli_markdown/* ./website/docs/cli/
-          rm -R ./src/cmd/mdgen/cli_markdown/
-
-      - name: Install dependencies for website lint
-        run: |
-          wget https://github.com/errata-ai/vale/releases/download/v2.20.2/vale_2.20.2_Linux_64-bit.tar.gz # NOTE: update in Dockerfile when updating
-          mkdir bin && tar -xvzf vale_2.20.2_Linux_64-bit.tar.gz -C bin
-          echo "$PWD/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          npm i -g markdownlint-cli@0.32.2 # NOTE: update in Dockerfile when updating
-
-      - name: Run website lint
-        run: |
-          cd website && make -o genclidocs localcheck
-
-      - name: Build website
-        env:
-          CORSO_VERSION: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
-        run: |
-          cd website &&
-            npm ci &&
-            npm run build
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
-        name: Upload website as artifacts
-        with:
-          name: website
-          path: website/build
+          version: ${{ needs.SetEnv.outputs.version }}
 
   Publish-Website:
     needs: [Website-Linting]
@@ -94,25 +57,11 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: website
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3 # need to checkout to make the action available
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@master
-        name: Download website from build step
+      - name: Publish website
+        uses: ./.github/actions/publish-website
         with:
-          name: website
-          path: website/build
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_ROLE }}
-          role-session-name: integration-testing
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-
-      - name: Push website
-        run: |
-          aws s3 sync build "s3://corsobackup.io" --delete
-
-      - name: Invalidate cloudfront
-        run: |
-          aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id E1W9NGI9YTVZ1A --paths "/*"
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+          aws-iam-role: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_ROLE }}
+          bucket: "corsobackup.io"
+          cfid: "E1W9NGI9YTVZ1A"
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