diff --git a/src/code/ContainerRegistryServerAPICalls.cs b/src/code/ContainerRegistryServerAPICalls.cs
index 785c7aeae..c30dc391f 100644
--- a/src/code/ContainerRegistryServerAPICalls.cs
+++ b/src/code/ContainerRegistryServerAPICalls.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ internal class ContainerRegistryServerAPICalls : ServerApiCall
         const string containerRegistryStartUploadTemplate = "https://{0}/v2/{1}/blobs/uploads/"; // 0 - registry, 1 - packagename
         const string containerRegistryEndUploadTemplate = "https://{0}{1}&digest=sha256:{2}"; // 0 - registry, 1 - location, 2 - digest
         const string defaultScope = "&scope=repository:*:*&scope=registry:catalog:*";
+        const string catalogScope = "&scope=registry:catalog:*";
+        const string grantTypeTemplate = "grant_type=access_token&service={0}{1}"; // 0 - registry, 1 - scope
+        const string authUrlTemplate = "{0}?service={1}{2}"; // 0 - realm, 1 - service, 2 - scope
+
         const string containerRegistryRepositoryListTemplate = "https://{0}/v2/_catalog"; // 0 - registry
 
         #endregion
@@ -323,7 +327,7 @@ private Stream InstallVersion(
                 return null;
             }
 
-            string containerRegistryAccessToken = GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(out errRecord);
+            string containerRegistryAccessToken = GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(needCatalogAccess: false, out errRecord);
             if (errRecord != null)
             {
                 return null;
@@ -371,7 +375,7 @@ private Stream InstallVersion(
         /// If no credential provided at registration then, check if the ACR endpoint can be accessed without a token. If not, try using Azure.Identity to get the az access token, then ACR refresh token and then ACR access token.
         /// Note: Access token can be empty if the repository is unauthenticated
         /// </summary>
-        internal string GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(out ErrorRecord errRecord)
+        internal string GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(bool needCatalogAccess, out ErrorRecord errRecord)
         {
             _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug("In ContainerRegistryServerAPICalls::GetContainerRegistryAccessToken()");
             string accessToken = string.Empty;
@@ -393,7 +397,7 @@ internal string GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(out ErrorRecord errRecord)
             }
             else
             {
-                bool isRepositoryUnauthenticated = IsContainerRegistryUnauthenticated(Repository.Uri.ToString(), out errRecord, out accessToken);
+                bool isRepositoryUnauthenticated = IsContainerRegistryUnauthenticated(Repository.Uri.ToString(), needCatalogAccess, out errRecord, out accessToken);
                 if (errRecord != null)
                 {
                     return null;
@@ -444,7 +448,7 @@ internal string GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(out ErrorRecord errRecord)
         /// <summary>
         /// Checks if container registry repository is unauthenticated.
         /// </summary>
-        internal bool IsContainerRegistryUnauthenticated(string containerRegistyUrl, out ErrorRecord errRecord, out string anonymousAccessToken)
+        internal bool IsContainerRegistryUnauthenticated(string containerRegistyUrl, bool needCatalogAccess, out ErrorRecord errRecord, out string anonymousAccessToken)
         {
             _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug("In ContainerRegistryServerAPICalls::IsContainerRegistryUnauthenticated()");
             errRecord = null;
@@ -482,18 +486,22 @@ internal bool IsContainerRegistryUnauthenticated(string containerRegistyUrl, out
                                     return false;
                                 }
 
-                                string content = "grant_type=access_token&service=" + service + defaultScope;
+                                string content = needCatalogAccess ? String.Format(grantTypeTemplate, service, catalogScope) : String.Format(grantTypeTemplate, service, defaultScope);
+
                                 var contentHeaders = new Collection<KeyValuePair<string, string>> { new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") };
 
-                                // get the anonymous access token
-                                var url = $"{realm}?service={service}{defaultScope}";
+                                string url = needCatalogAccess ? String.Format(authUrlTemplate, realm, service, catalogScope) : String.Format(authUrlTemplate, realm, service, defaultScope);
 
                                 // we dont check the errorrecord here because we want to return false if we get a 401 and not throw an error
-                                var results = GetHttpResponseJObjectUsingContentHeaders(url, HttpMethod.Get, content, contentHeaders, out _);
+                                _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug($"Getting anonymous access token from the realm: {url}");
+                                ErrorRecord errRecordTemp = null;
+
+                                var results = GetHttpResponseJObjectUsingContentHeaders(url, HttpMethod.Get, content, contentHeaders, out errRecordTemp);
 
                                 if (results == null)
                                 {
                                     _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug("Failed to get access token from the realm. results is null.");
+                                    _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug($"ErrorRecord: {errRecordTemp}");
                                     return false;
                                 }
 
@@ -504,7 +512,6 @@ internal bool IsContainerRegistryUnauthenticated(string containerRegistyUrl, out
                                 }
 
                                 anonymousAccessToken = results["access_token"].ToString();
-                                _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug("Anonymous access token retrieved");
                                 return true;
                             }
                         }
@@ -757,7 +764,7 @@ internal Hashtable GetContainerRegistryMetadata(string packageName, string exact
                     if (!NuGetVersion.TryParse(pkgVersionString, out NuGetVersion pkgVersion))
                     {
                         errRecord = new ErrorRecord(
-                            new ArgumentException($"Version {pkgVersionString} to be parsed from metadata is not a valid NuGet version."),
+                            new ArgumentException($"Version {pkgVersionString} to be parsed from metadata is not a valid NuGet version for package '{packageName}'."),
                             "ParseMetadataFailure",
                             ErrorCategory.InvalidArgument,
                             this);
@@ -984,24 +991,29 @@ internal JObject GetHttpResponseJObjectUsingContentHeaders(string url, HttpMetho
             {
                 HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(method, url);
 
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(content))
+                // HTTP GET does not expect a body / content.
+                if (method != HttpMethod.Get)
                 {
-                    errRecord = new ErrorRecord(
-                    exception: new ArgumentNullException($"Content is null or empty and cannot be used to make a request as its content headers."),
-                    "RequestContentHeadersNullOrEmpty",
-                    ErrorCategory.InvalidData,
-                    _cmdletPassedIn);
 
-                    return null;
-                }
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(content))
+                    {
+                        errRecord = new ErrorRecord(
+                        exception: new ArgumentNullException($"Content is null or empty and cannot be used to make a request as its content headers."),
+                        "RequestContentHeadersNullOrEmpty",
+                        ErrorCategory.InvalidData,
+                        _cmdletPassedIn);
 
-                request.Content = new StringContent(content);
-                request.Content.Headers.Clear();
-                if (contentHeaders != null)
-                {
-                    foreach (var header in contentHeaders)
+                        return null;
+                    }
+
+                    request.Content = new StringContent(content);
+                    request.Content.Headers.Clear();
+                    if (contentHeaders != null)
                     {
-                        request.Content.Headers.Add(header.Key, header.Value);
+                        foreach (var header in contentHeaders)
+                        {
+                            request.Content.Headers.Add(header.Key, header.Value);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -1230,7 +1242,7 @@ internal bool PushNupkgContainerRegistry(
 
             // Get access token (includes refresh tokens)
             _cmdletPassedIn.WriteVerbose($"Get access token for container registry server.");
-            var containerRegistryAccessToken = GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(out errRecord);
+            var containerRegistryAccessToken = GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(needCatalogAccess: false, out errRecord);
             if (errRecord != null)
             {
                 return false;
@@ -1695,7 +1707,7 @@ private Hashtable[] FindPackagesWithVersionHelper(string packageName, VersionTyp
             string packageNameLowercase = packageName.ToLower();
 
             string packageNameForFind = PrependMARPrefix(packageNameLowercase);
-            string containerRegistryAccessToken = GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(out errRecord);
+            string containerRegistryAccessToken = GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(needCatalogAccess: false, out errRecord);
             if (errRecord != null)
             {
                 return emptyHashResponses;
@@ -1711,8 +1723,9 @@ private Hashtable[] FindPackagesWithVersionHelper(string packageName, VersionTyp
             List<JToken> allVersionsList = foundTags["tags"].ToList();
 
             SortedDictionary<NuGet.Versioning.SemanticVersion, string> sortedQualifyingPkgs = GetPackagesWithRequiredVersion(allVersionsList, versionType, versionRange, requiredVersion, packageNameForFind, includePrerelease, out errRecord);
-            if (errRecord != null)
+            if (errRecord != null && sortedQualifyingPkgs?.Count == 0)
             {
+                _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug("No qualifying packages found for the specified criteria.");
                 return emptyHashResponses;
             }
 
@@ -1756,12 +1769,14 @@ private Hashtable[] FindPackagesWithVersionHelper(string packageName, VersionTyp
                 if (!NuGetVersion.TryParse(pkgVersionString, out NuGetVersion pkgVersion))
                 {
                     errRecord = new ErrorRecord(
-                        new ArgumentException($"Version {pkgVersionString} to be parsed from metadata is not a valid NuGet version."),
+                        new ArgumentException($"Version {pkgVersionString} to be parsed from metadata is not a valid NuGet version for package '{packageName}'."),
                         "FindNameFailure",
                         ErrorCategory.InvalidArgument,
                         this);
 
-                    return null;
+                    _cmdletPassedIn.WriteError(errRecord);
+                    _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug($"Skipping package '{packageName}' with version '{pkgVersionString}' as it is not a valid NuGet version.");
+                    continue; // skip this version and continue with the next one
                 }
 
                 _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug($"'{packageName}' version parsed as '{pkgVersion}'");
@@ -1804,7 +1819,7 @@ private FindResults FindPackages(string packageName, bool includePrerelease, out
         {
             _cmdletPassedIn.WriteDebug("In ContainerRegistryServerAPICalls::FindPackages()");
             errRecord = null;
-            string containerRegistryAccessToken = GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(out errRecord);
+            string containerRegistryAccessToken = GetContainerRegistryAccessToken(needCatalogAccess: true, out errRecord);
             if (errRecord != null)
             {
                 return emptyResponseResults;
diff --git a/src/code/PSRepositoryInfo.cs b/src/code/PSRepositoryInfo.cs
index b74d52cff..07dd06762 100644
--- a/src/code/PSRepositoryInfo.cs
+++ b/src/code/PSRepositoryInfo.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public enum RepositoryProviderType
 
         internal bool IsMARRepository()
         {
-            return (ApiVersion == APIVersion.ContainerRegistry && Uri.Host.Contains("mcr.microsoft.com"));
+            return (ApiVersion == APIVersion.ContainerRegistry && Uri.Host.StartsWith("mcr.microsoft") );
         }
 
         #endregion