diff --git a/build/tasks/PublishToAzureBlob.cs b/build/tasks/PublishToAzureBlob.cs
index 94da58dc8a..86150d0be3 100644
--- a/build/tasks/PublishToAzureBlob.cs
+++ b/build/tasks/PublishToAzureBlob.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ namespace RepoTasks
         [Required]
         public string ContainerName { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum number of parallel pushes.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int MaxParallelism { get; set; } = 8;
+
         public void Cancel() => _cts.Cancel();
 
         public override bool Execute()
@@ -57,44 +63,82 @@ namespace RepoTasks
             var container = client.GetContainerReference(ContainerName);
 
             var ctx = new OperationContext();
+            var tasks = new List<Task>();
 
-            foreach (var item in Files)
+            using (var throttler = new SemaphoreSlim(MaxParallelism))
             {
-                // normalize slashes
-                var dest = item.GetMetadata("RelativeBlobPath")
-                    .Replace('\\', '/')
-                    .Replace("//", "/");
-                var contentType = item.GetMetadata("ContentType");
-                var cacheControl = item.GetMetadata("CacheControl");
-
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dest))
+                foreach (var item in Files)
                 {
-                    Log.LogError($"Item {item.ItemSpec} is missing required metadata 'RelativeBlobPath'");
-                    return false;
+                    _cts.Token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                    await throttler.WaitAsync( _cts.Token);
+                    tasks.Add(
+                        Task.Run(async () =>
+                        {
+                            try
+                            {
+                                await PushFileAsync(ctx, container, item, _cts.Token);
+                            }
+                            finally
+                            {
+                                throttler.Release();
+                            }
+                        }));
                 }
 
-                var blob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(dest);
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cacheControl))
-                {
-                    blob.Properties.CacheControl = cacheControl;
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
-                {
-                    blob.Properties.ContentType = contentType;
-                }
-
-                Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.High, $"Publishing {item.ItemSpec} to https://{AccountName}.blob.core.windows.net/{ContainerName}/{dest}");
-
-                var accessCondition = bool.TryParse(item.GetMetadata("Overwrite"), out var overwrite) && overwrite
-                    ? AccessCondition.GenerateEmptyCondition()
-                    : AccessCondition.GenerateIfNotExistsCondition();
-
-                await blob.UploadFromFileAsync(item.ItemSpec, accessCondition, new BlobRequestOptions(), ctx, _cts.Token);
+                await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
             }
 
-            return true;
+            return !Log.HasLoggedErrors;
+        }
+
+        private async Task PushFileAsync(OperationContext ctx, CloudBlobContainer container, ITaskItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+            // normalize slashes
+            var dest = item.GetMetadata("RelativeBlobPath")
+                .Replace('\\', '/')
+                .Replace("//", "/");
+            var contentType = item.GetMetadata("ContentType");
+            var cacheControl = item.GetMetadata("CacheControl");
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dest))
+            {
+                Log.LogError($"Item {item.ItemSpec} is missing required metadata 'RelativeBlobPath'");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var blob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(dest);
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cacheControl))
+            {
+                blob.Properties.CacheControl = cacheControl;
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
+            {
+                blob.Properties.ContentType = contentType;
+            }
+
+            Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.High, $"Beginning push of {item.ItemSpec} to https://{AccountName}.blob.core.windows.net/{ContainerName}/{dest}");
+
+            var accessCondition = bool.TryParse(item.GetMetadata("Overwrite"), out var overwrite) && overwrite
+                ? AccessCondition.GenerateEmptyCondition()
+                : AccessCondition.GenerateIfNotExistsCondition();
+
+            try
+            {
+                await blob.UploadFromFileAsync(item.ItemSpec, accessCondition, new BlobRequestOptions(), ctx, cancellationToken);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Log.LogError($"Error publishing {item.ItemSpec}: {ex}");
+                return;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.High, $"Done publishing {item.ItemSpec} to https://{AccountName}.blob.core.windows.net/{ContainerName}/{dest}");
+            }
         }
     }
 }