diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+---
+name: Publish
+run-name: Publish ${{ inputs.publish_type }}
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      publish_type:
+        description: "Publish Options"
+        required: true
+        default: "Initial Publish"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - Initial Publish
+          - Redeploy
+          - Dry Run
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to publish (default: latest release)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        default: latest
+
+env:
+  _AZ_REGISTRY: "bitwardenprod.azurecr.io"
+
+jobs:
+  setup:
+    name: Setup
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    outputs:
+      branch-name: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch-name }}
+      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.deployment-id }}
+      release-version: ${{ steps.version-output.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Version output
+        id: version-output
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.version }}" == "latest" || "${{ inputs.version }}" == "" ]]; then
+            VERSION=$(curl  "https://api.github.com/repos/bitwarden/server/releases" | jq -c '.[] | select(.tag_name) | .tag_name' | head -1 | grep -ohE '20[0-9]{2}\.([1-9]|1[0-2])\.[0-9]+')
+            echo "Latest Released Version: $VERSION"
+            echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Release Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
+            echo "version=${{ inputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Get branch name
+        id: branch
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME=$(basename ${{ github.ref }})
+          echo "branch-name=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create GitHub deployment
+        uses: chrnorm/deployment-action@55729fcebec3d284f60f5bcabbd8376437d696b1 # v2.0.7
+        id: deployment
+        with:
+          token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          initial-status: 'in_progress'
+          environment: 'production'
+          description: 'Deployment ${{ steps.version-output.outputs.release-version }} from branch ${{ github.ref_name }}'
+          task: release
+
+  publish-docker:
+    name: Publish Docker images
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: setup
+    env:
+      _RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.release-version }}
+      _BRANCH_NAME: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.branch-name }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - project_name: Admin
+          - project_name: Api
+          - project_name: Attachments
+          - project_name: Billing
+          - project_name: Events
+          - project_name: EventsProcessor
+          - project_name: Icons
+          - project_name: Identity
+          - project_name: MsSql
+          - project_name: MsSqlMigratorUtility
+          - project_name: Nginx
+          - project_name: Notifications
+          - project_name: Scim
+          - project_name: Server
+          - project_name: Setup
+          - project_name: Sso
+    steps:
+      - name: Print environment
+        env:
+          RELEASE_OPTION: ${{ inputs.publish_type }}
+        run: |
+          whoami
+          docker --version
+          echo "GitHub ref: $GITHUB_REF"
+          echo "GitHub event: $GITHUB_EVENT"
+          echo "Github Release Option: $RELEASE_OPTION"
+
+      - name: Check out repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+
+      - name: Set up project name
+        id: setup
+        run: |
+          PROJECT_NAME=$(echo "${{ matrix.project_name }}" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
+          echo "Matrix name: ${{ matrix.project_name }}"
+          echo "PROJECT_NAME: $PROJECT_NAME"
+          echo "project_name=$PROJECT_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      ########## ACR PROD ##########
+      - name: Log in to Azure - production subscription
+        uses: Azure/login@e15b166166a8746d1a47596803bd8c1b595455cf # v1.6.0
+        with:
+          creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_PROD_KV_CREDENTIALS }}
+
+      - name: Log in to Azure ACR
+        run: az acr login -n $_AZ_REGISTRY --only-show-errors
+
+      - name: Pull latest project image
+        env:
+          PROJECT_NAME: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.project_name }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.publish_type }}" == "Dry Run" ]]; then
+            docker pull $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:latest
+          else
+            docker pull $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_BRANCH_NAME
+          fi
+
+      - name: Tag version and latest
+        env:
+          PROJECT_NAME: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.project_name }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.publish_type }}" == "Dry Run" ]]; then
+            docker tag $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:latest $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:dryrun
+          else
+            docker tag $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_BRANCH_NAME $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_RELEASE_VERSION
+            docker tag $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_BRANCH_NAME $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:latest
+          fi
+
+      - name: Push version and latest image
+        env:
+          PROJECT_NAME: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.project_name }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.publish_type }}" == "Dry Run" ]]; then
+            docker push $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:dryrun
+          else
+            docker push $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_RELEASE_VERSION
+            docker push $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:latest
+          fi
+
+      - name: Log out of Docker
+        run: docker logout
+
+  update-deployment:
+    name: Update Deployment Status
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs:
+      - setup
+      - publish-docker
+    if: ${{ always() && inputs.publish_type != 'Dry Run' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check if any job failed
+        if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: Update deployment status to Success
+        if: ${{ inputs.publish_type != 'Dry Run' && success() }}
+        uses: chrnorm/deployment-status@9a72af4586197112e0491ea843682b5dc280d806 # v2.0.3
+        with:
+          token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          state: 'success'
+          deployment-id: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.deployment-id }}
+
+      - name: Update deployment status to Failure
+        if: ${{ inputs.publish_type != 'Dry Run' && failure() }}
+        uses: chrnorm/deployment-status@9a72af4586197112e0491ea843682b5dc280d806 # v2.0.3
+        with:
+          token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          state: 'failure'
+          deployment-id: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.deployment-id }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 35940bc53..7e0e8ae26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -53,99 +53,6 @@ jobs:
           BRANCH_NAME=$(basename ${{ github.ref }})
           echo "branch-name=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-  release-docker:
-    name: Build Docker images
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: setup
-    env:
-      _RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.release_version }}
-      _BRANCH_NAME: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.branch-name }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - project_name: Admin
-          - project_name: Api
-          - project_name: Attachments
-          - project_name: Billing
-          - project_name: Events
-          - project_name: EventsProcessor
-          - project_name: Icons
-          - project_name: Identity
-          - project_name: MsSql
-          - project_name: MsSqlMigratorUtility
-          - project_name: Nginx
-          - project_name: Notifications
-          - project_name: Scim
-          - project_name: Server
-          - project_name: Setup
-          - project_name: Sso
-    steps:
-      - name: Print environment
-        env:
-          RELEASE_OPTION: ${{ inputs.release_type }}
-        run: |
-          whoami
-          docker --version
-          echo "GitHub ref: $GITHUB_REF"
-          echo "GitHub event: $GITHUB_EVENT"
-          echo "Github Release Option: $RELEASE_OPTION"
-
-      - name: Check out repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-
-      - name: Set up project name
-        id: setup
-        run: |
-          PROJECT_NAME=$(echo "${{ matrix.project_name }}" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
-          echo "Matrix name: ${{ matrix.project_name }}"
-          echo "PROJECT_NAME: $PROJECT_NAME"
-          echo "project_name=$PROJECT_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      ########## ACR PROD ##########
-      - name: Log in to Azure - production subscription
-        uses: Azure/login@e15b166166a8746d1a47596803bd8c1b595455cf # v1.6.0
-        with:
-          creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_PROD_KV_CREDENTIALS }}
-
-      - name: Log in to Azure ACR
-        run: az acr login -n $_AZ_REGISTRY --only-show-errors
-
-      - name: Pull latest project image
-        env:
-          PROJECT_NAME: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.project_name }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ inputs.release_type }}" == "Dry Run" ]]; then
-            docker pull $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:latest
-          else
-            docker pull $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_BRANCH_NAME
-          fi
-
-      - name: Tag version and latest
-        env:
-          PROJECT_NAME: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.project_name }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ inputs.release_type }}" == "Dry Run" ]]; then
-            docker tag $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:latest $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:dryrun
-          else
-            docker tag $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_BRANCH_NAME $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_RELEASE_VERSION
-            docker tag $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_BRANCH_NAME $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:latest
-          fi
-
-      - name: Push version and latest image
-        env:
-          PROJECT_NAME: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.project_name }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ inputs.release_type }}" == "Dry Run" ]]; then
-            docker push $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:dryrun
-          else
-            docker push $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:$_RELEASE_VERSION
-            docker push $_AZ_REGISTRY/$PROJECT_NAME:latest
-          fi
-
-      - name: Log out of Docker
-        run: docker logout
-
   release:
     name: Create GitHub release
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04