diff --git a/Tasks/QuickPerfTest/Invoke-QuickPerfTest.ps1 b/Tasks/QuickPerfTest/Invoke-QuickPerfTest.ps1
index 7d19fae7d684..36e29d593d02 100644
--- a/Tasks/QuickPerfTest/Invoke-QuickPerfTest.ps1
+++ b/Tasks/QuickPerfTest/Invoke-QuickPerfTest.ps1
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ function InitializeRestHeaders()
     return $restHeaders
 }
 
+function InvokeRestMethod($headers, $contentType, $uri , $method= "Get", $body)
+{
+  $ServicePoint = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::FindServicePoint($uri)
+  $result = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -TimeoutSec $global:RestTimeout -Uri $uri -Method $method -Headers $headers -Body $body
+  $ServicePoint.CloseConnectionGroup("")
+  return $result
+}
+
 function ComposeTestDropJson($name, $duration, $homepage, $vu)
 {
 $tdjson = @"
@@ -66,7 +74,7 @@ $tdjson = @"
 function CreateTestDrop($headers, $dropJson)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testdrops?api-version=1.0", $CltAccountUrl)
-    $drop = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $dropJson
+    $drop = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -method Post -headers $headers -body $dropJson
 
     return $drop
 }
@@ -74,7 +82,7 @@ function CreateTestDrop($headers, $dropJson)
 function GetTestDrop($headers, $drop)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testdrops/{1}?api-version=1.0", $CltAccountUrl, $drop.id)
-    $testdrop = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -TimeoutSec $global:RestTimeout -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    $testdrop = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
 
     return $testdrop
 }
@@ -91,7 +99,7 @@ function UploadTestDrop($testdrop)
 function GetTestRuns($headers)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns?api-version=1.0", $CltAccountUrl)
-    $runs = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -TimeoutSec $global:RestTimeout -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    $runs = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
 
     return $runs
 }
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ function GetTestRuns($headers)
 function GetTestRunUri($testRunId, $headers)
 {
  $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}?api-version=1.0", $CltAccountUrl,$testRunId)
- $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -TimeoutSec $global:RestTimeout -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+ $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
  
  return $run.WebResultUrl
 }
@@ -119,7 +127,7 @@ function MonitorTestRun($headers, $run)
     do
     {
         Start-Sleep -s 5
-        $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+        $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
         if ($prevState -ne $run.state -or $prevSubState -ne $run.subState)
         {
             $prevState = $run.state
@@ -129,10 +137,10 @@ function MonitorTestRun($headers, $run)
     }
     while (RunInProgress $run)
 
-    $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
     Write-Output "------------------------------------"
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}/messages?api-version=1.0", $CltAccountUrl, $run.id)
-    $messages = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    $messages = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
 
     if ($messages)
     {
@@ -172,7 +180,7 @@ $trjson = @"
 function QueueTestRun($headers, $runJson)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns?api-version=1.0", $CltAccountUrl)
-    $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $runJson
+    $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -method Post -headers $headers -body $runJson
 
 $start = @"
 {
@@ -181,8 +189,8 @@ $start = @"
 "@
 
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}?api-version=1.0", $CltAccountUrl, $run.id)
-    Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Method Patch -Headers $headers -Body $start
-    $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -method Patch -headers $headers -body $start
+    $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
 
     return $run
 }
@@ -286,5 +294,5 @@ else
 }
 
 	
-Write-Output "Finished Quick Perf Test Script"
+Write-Output "Quick Perf Test Script execution completed"
 
diff --git a/Tasks/QuickPerfTest/task.json b/Tasks/QuickPerfTest/task.json
index fb16e0a7f663..dd9009d306ea 100644
--- a/Tasks/QuickPerfTest/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/QuickPerfTest/task.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 1,
     "Minor": 0,
-    "Patch": 9
+    "Patch": 11
   },
   "demands": [
     "msbuild",
diff --git a/Tasks/RunJMeterLoadTest/Start-ApacheJMeterTest.ps1 b/Tasks/RunJMeterLoadTest/Start-ApacheJMeterTest.ps1
index 762fdf3fab63..f5ef8d2494bb 100644
--- a/Tasks/RunJMeterLoadTest/Start-ApacheJMeterTest.ps1
+++ b/Tasks/RunJMeterLoadTest/Start-ApacheJMeterTest.ps1
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ function InitializeRestHeaders()
     return $restHeaders
 }
 
+function InvokeRestMethod($headers, $contentType, $uri , $method= "Get", $body)
+{
+  $ServicePoint = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::FindServicePoint($uri)
+  $result = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -TimeoutSec $global:RestTimeout -Uri $uri -Method $method -Headers $headers -Body $body
+  $ServicePoint.CloseConnectionGroup("")
+  return $result
+}
+
 function CreateTestDrop($headers)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testdrops?{1}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $apiVersion)
-    $drop = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers -Method Post -Body "{ ""dropType"": ""TestServiceBlobDrop"" }"
+    $drop = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers -method Post -body "{ ""dropType"": ""TestServiceBlobDrop"" }"
     return $drop
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +60,7 @@ function Get($headers, $uri)
 {
     try
     {
-        $result = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -TimeoutSec $global:RestTimeout -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+        $result = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
         return $result
     }
     catch
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ function GetTestErrors($headers, $run)
 function QueueTestRun($headers, $runJson)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns?{1}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $apiVersion)
-    $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $runJson
+    $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -method Post -headers $headers -body $runJson
 
 $start = @"
     {
@@ -94,8 +102,8 @@ $start = @"
 "@
 
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}?{2}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $run.id, $apiVersion)
-    Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Method Patch -Headers $headers -Body $start
-    $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -method Patch -headers $headers -body $start
+    $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -userAgent $userAgent -uri $uri -headers $headers
 
     return $run
 }
@@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ function PrintErrorSummary($headers, $run)
 function ShowMessages($headers, $run)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}/messages?{2}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $run.id, $apiVersion)
-    $messages = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    $messages = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
     if ($messages)
     {
         $sMessages = $messages.value | Sort-Object loggedDate
@@ -360,5 +368,5 @@ else
     ("Connection '{0}' failed for service '{1}'" -f $connectedServiceName, $connectedServiceDetails.Url.AbsoluteUri) >> $summaryFile
 }
 
-WriteTaskMessages "Finished JMeter Test Script"
+WriteTaskMessages "JMeter Test Script execution completed"
 
diff --git a/Tasks/RunJMeterLoadTest/task.json b/Tasks/RunJMeterLoadTest/task.json
index 474ddb833b94..37d24fae9159 100644
--- a/Tasks/RunJMeterLoadTest/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/RunJMeterLoadTest/task.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 1,
     "Minor": 0,
-    "Patch": 5
+    "Patch": 7
   },
   "demands": [
     "azureps"
diff --git a/Tasks/RunLoadTest/Start-CloudLoadTest.ps1 b/Tasks/RunLoadTest/Start-CloudLoadTest.ps1
index 8a796dab1eb5..12b008fe23c1 100644
--- a/Tasks/RunLoadTest/Start-CloudLoadTest.ps1
+++ b/Tasks/RunLoadTest/Start-CloudLoadTest.ps1
@@ -43,10 +43,18 @@ function InitializeRestHeaders()
     return $restHeaders
 }
 
+function InvokeRestMethod($headers, $contentType, $uri , $method= "Get", $body)
+{
+  $ServicePoint = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::FindServicePoint($uri)
+  $result = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -TimeoutSec $global:RestTimeout -Uri $uri -Method $method -Headers $headers -Body $body
+  $ServicePoint.CloseConnectionGroup("")
+  return $result
+}
+
 function CreateTestDrop($headers)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testdrops?{1}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $apiVersion)
-    $drop = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers -Method Post -Body "{ ""dropType"": ""TestServiceBlobDrop"" }"
+    $drop = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers -method Post -body "{ ""dropType"": ""TestServiceBlobDrop"" }"
     return $drop
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ function Get($headers, $uri)
 {
     try
     {
-        $result = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -TimeoutSec $global:RestTimeout -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+        $result = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
         return $result
     }
     catch
@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ function GetTestErrors($headers, $run)
 function QueueTestRun($headers, $runJson)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns?{1}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $apiVersion)
-    $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $runJson
+    $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -method Post -headers $headers -body $runJson
 
 $start = @"
     {
@@ -96,8 +104,8 @@ $start = @"
 "@
 
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}?{2}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $run.id, $apiVersion)
-    Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Method Patch -Headers $headers -Body $start
-    $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -method Patch -headers $headers -body $start
+    $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
 
     return $run
 }
@@ -110,8 +118,8 @@ $stop = @"
     }
 "@
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}?{2}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $run.id, $apiVersion)
-    Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Method Patch -Headers $headers -Body $stop
-    $run = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -method Patch -headers $headers -body $stop
+    $run = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
     return $run
 
 }
@@ -157,7 +165,7 @@ function CheckTestErrors($headers, $run)
     if ($global:MonitorThresholds)
     {
         $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}/errors?type=ThresholdMessage&detailed=True&{2}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $run.id, $apiVersion)
-        $errors = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+        $errors = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
 
         if ($errors -and $errors.count -gt 0 -and  $errors.types.count -gt 0)
         {
@@ -177,7 +185,7 @@ function CheckTestErrors($headers, $run)
 function ShowMessages($headers, $run)
 {
     $uri = [String]::Format("{0}/_apis/clt/testruns/{1}/messages?{2}", $global:ElsAccountUrl, $run.id, $apiVersion)
-    $messages = Invoke-RestMethod -ContentType "application/json" -UserAgent $userAgent -Uri $uri -Headers $headers
+    $messages = InvokeRestMethod -contentType "application/json" -uri $uri -headers $headers
     if ($messages)
     {
         $sMessages = $messages.value | Sort-Object loggedDate
@@ -196,7 +204,7 @@ function ShowMessages($headers, $run)
 }
 
 function UploadTestDrop($testdrop, $src)
-{
+{   
     $dest = $testdrop.accessData.dropContainerUrl
     $sas = $testdrop.accessData.sasKey
 
@@ -397,6 +405,7 @@ if ($drop.dropType -eq "TestServiceBlobDrop")
 
     #Queue the test run
     $runJson = ComposeTestRunJson $LoadTest $drop.id
+
     $run = QueueTestRun $headers $runJson
     MonitorAcquireResource $headers $run
 
@@ -468,5 +477,5 @@ else
     Write-Error ("Connection '{0}' failed for service '{1}'" -f $connectedServiceName, $connectedServiceDetails.Url.AbsoluteUri)
 }
 
-WriteTaskMessages "Finished Load Test Script"
+WriteTaskMessages "Load Test Script execution completed"
 
diff --git a/Tasks/RunLoadTest/task.json b/Tasks/RunLoadTest/task.json
index 16d5ec385372..f379f22df1fa 100644
--- a/Tasks/RunLoadTest/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/RunLoadTest/task.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 1,
     "Minor": 0,
-    "Patch": 10
+    "Patch": 12
   },
   "demands": [
     "msbuild",