diff --git a/.github/workflows/nv-ds-chat.yml b/.github/workflows/nv-ds-chat.yml
index 94571eb101bb..cf8756fbd528 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nv-ds-chat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nv-ds-chat.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: 'master'
         type: string
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "deepspeed/runtime/zero/stage_1_and_2.py"
+      - "deepspeed/runtime/zero/stage3.py"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/accelerator/abstract_accelerator.py b/accelerator/abstract_accelerator.py
index 768d5ea34e5e..690f19292299 100644
--- a/accelerator/abstract_accelerator.py
+++ b/accelerator/abstract_accelerator.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class DeepSpeedAccelerator(ABC):
     def __init__(self):
         self._name = None
         self._communication_backend_name = None
+        self._compile_backend = None
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def is_synchronized_device(self):
@@ -295,3 +296,11 @@ def visible_devices_envs(self):
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def set_visible_devices_envs(self, current_env, local_accelerator_ids):
         ...
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def get_compile_backend(self):
+        ...
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def set_compile_backend(self, backend):
+        ...
diff --git a/accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py b/accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py
index 237e7f51dcb4..bd11d034f312 100644
--- a/accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py
+++ b/accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class CPU_Accelerator(DeepSpeedAccelerator):
 
     def __init__(self):
         self._name = 'cpu'
+        self._compile_backend = "inductor"
         if oneccl_imported_p:
             self._communication_backend_name = 'ccl'
         else:
@@ -330,3 +331,14 @@ def visible_devices_envs(self):
     def set_visible_devices_envs(self, current_env, local_accelerator_ids):
         for env in self.visible_devices_envs():
             current_env[env] = ",".join(map(str, local_accelerator_ids))
+
+    def get_compile_backend(self):
+        return self._compile_backend
+
+    def set_compile_backend(self, backend):
+        supported_backends = torch._dynamo.list_backends(exclude_tags=())
+        if backend in supported_backends:
+            self._compile_backend = backend
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{backend} not supported by {self.device_name()}. Supported Backends are {supported_backends}")
diff --git a/accelerator/cuda_accelerator.py b/accelerator/cuda_accelerator.py
index 2fc0cfd94125..60d66b6cdbab 100644
--- a/accelerator/cuda_accelerator.py
+++ b/accelerator/cuda_accelerator.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class CUDA_Accelerator(DeepSpeedAccelerator):
     def __init__(self):
         self._name = 'cuda'
         self._communication_backend_name = 'nccl'
+        self._compile_backend = "inductor"
         if pynvml is None:
             self._init_pynvml()
 
@@ -367,3 +368,14 @@ def visible_devices_envs(self):
     def set_visible_devices_envs(self, current_env, local_accelerator_ids):
         for env in self.visible_devices_envs():
             current_env[env] = ",".join(map(str, local_accelerator_ids))
+
+    def get_compile_backend(self):
+        return self._compile_backend
+
+    def set_compile_backend(self, backend):
+        supported_backends = torch._dynamo.list_backends(exclude_tags=())
+        if backend in supported_backends:
+            self._compile_backend = backend
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{backend} not supported by {self.device_name()}. Supported Backends are {supported_backends}")
diff --git a/accelerator/hpu_accelerator.py b/accelerator/hpu_accelerator.py
index 326efc8fa01b..114f367e879d 100644
--- a/accelerator/hpu_accelerator.py
+++ b/accelerator/hpu_accelerator.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class HPU_Accelerator(DeepSpeedAccelerator):
     def __init__(self):
         self._name = 'hpu'
         self._communication_backend_name = 'hccl'
+        self._compile_backend = "hpu_backend"
         try:
             import habana_frameworks.torch.hpu as hpu
             hpu.setDeterministic(True)
@@ -301,3 +302,14 @@ def visible_devices_envs(self):
     def set_visible_devices_envs(self, current_env, local_accelerator_ids):
         for env in self.visible_devices_envs():
             current_env[env] = ",".join(map(str, local_accelerator_ids))
+
+    def get_compile_backend(self):
+        return self._compile_backend
+
+    def set_compile_backend(self, backend):
+        supported_backends = torch._dynamo.list_backends(exclude_tags=())
+        if backend in supported_backends:
+            self._compile_backend = backend
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{backend} not supported by {self.device_name()}. Supported Backends are {supported_backends}")
diff --git a/accelerator/mps_accelerator.py b/accelerator/mps_accelerator.py
index ff70b860d7c7..5fc9b1c8cfb6 100644
--- a/accelerator/mps_accelerator.py
+++ b/accelerator/mps_accelerator.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MPS_Accelerator(DeepSpeedAccelerator):
     def __init__(self):
         self._name = "mps"
         self._communication_backend_name = None
+        self._compile_backend = "inductor"
 
     def is_synchronized_device(self):
         return False
@@ -267,3 +268,14 @@ def visible_devices_envs(self):
     def set_visible_devices_envs(self, current_env, local_accelerator_ids):
         for env in self.visible_devices_envs():
             current_env[env] = ",".join(map(str, local_accelerator_ids))
+
+    def get_compile_backend(self):
+        return self._compile_backend
+
+    def set_compile_backend(self, backend):
+        supported_backends = torch._dynamo.list_backends(exclude_tags=())
+        if backend in supported_backends:
+            self._compile_backend = backend
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{backend} not supported by {self.device_name()}. Supported Backends are {supported_backends}")
diff --git a/accelerator/npu_accelerator.py b/accelerator/npu_accelerator.py
index 5d891ecb707d..b0e0ff948e52 100644
--- a/accelerator/npu_accelerator.py
+++ b/accelerator/npu_accelerator.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self._name = 'npu'
         self._communication_backend_name = 'hccl'
+        self._compile_backend = "inductor"
         # dict that holds class name <--> class type mapping i.e.
         # 'AsyncIOBuilder': <class 'op_builder.async_io.AsyncIOBuilder'>
         # this dict will be filled at init stage
@@ -285,3 +286,14 @@ def visible_devices_envs(self):
     def set_visible_devices_envs(self, current_env, local_accelerator_ids):
         for env in self.visible_devices_envs():
             current_env[env] = ",".join(map(str, local_accelerator_ids))
+
+    def get_compile_backend(self):
+        return self._compile_backend
+
+    def set_compile_backend(self, backend):
+        supported_backends = torch._dynamo.list_backends(exclude_tags=())
+        if backend in supported_backends:
+            self._compile_backend = backend
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{backend} not supported by {self.device_name()}. Supported Backends are {supported_backends }")
diff --git a/accelerator/xpu_accelerator.py b/accelerator/xpu_accelerator.py
index c59f60077d2f..9c4a9c903f96 100644
--- a/accelerator/xpu_accelerator.py
+++ b/accelerator/xpu_accelerator.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class XPU_Accelerator(DeepSpeedAccelerator):
     def __init__(self):
         self._name = 'xpu'
         self._communication_backend_name = 'ccl'
+        self._compile_backend = "inductor"
         self.aligned_tensors = []
 
     def is_synchronized_device(self):
@@ -296,3 +297,14 @@ def visible_devices_envs(self):
     def set_visible_devices_envs(self, current_env, local_accelerator_ids):
         for env in self.visible_devices_envs():
             current_env[env] = ",".join(map(str, local_accelerator_ids))
+
+    def get_compile_backend(self):
+        return self._compile_backend
+
+    def set_compile_backend(self, backend):
+        supported_backends = torch._dynamo.list_backends(exclude_tags=())
+        if backend in supported_backends:
+            self._compile_backend = backend
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{backend} not supported by {self.device_name()}. Supported Backends are {supported_backends}")
diff --git a/build_win.bat b/build_win.bat
index ec8c8a362a78..af5c5103fa4b 100644
--- a/build_win.bat
+++ b/build_win.bat
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 @echo off
 
 set DS_BUILD_AIO=0
+set DS_BUILD_CUTLASS_OPS=0
+set DS_BUILD_EVOFORMER_ATTN=0
+set DS_BUILD_FP_QUANTIZER=0
+set DS_BUILD_RAGGED_DEVICE_OPS=0
 set DS_BUILD_SPARSE_ATTN=0
 
 echo Administrative permissions required. Detecting permissions...
diff --git a/deepspeed/runtime/zero/partitioned_param_coordinator.py b/deepspeed/runtime/zero/partitioned_param_coordinator.py
index 8fc962c4f2a7..bdec8a55fcbc 100644
--- a/deepspeed/runtime/zero/partitioned_param_coordinator.py
+++ b/deepspeed/runtime/zero/partitioned_param_coordinator.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def get_all_parameters(sub_module, recurse=False):
     return itertools.chain(sub_module.named_parameters(recurse=recurse), sub_module.ds_external_parameters())
 
 
+@compiler.disable
 def iter_params(module: Module, recurse=False) -> Iterable[Parameter]:
     return map(lambda pair: pair[1], get_all_parameters(module, recurse))
 
diff --git a/deepspeed/runtime/zero/stage3.py b/deepspeed/runtime/zero/stage3.py
index 68cab13c4a93..c6ff216edfcb 100644
--- a/deepspeed/runtime/zero/stage3.py
+++ b/deepspeed/runtime/zero/stage3.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from deepspeed.utils import logger
 from deepspeed.runtime.fp16.loss_scaler import CreateLossScaler
 from deepspeed.runtime.comm.coalesced_collectives import reduce_scatter_coalesced, all_to_all_quant_reduce
-from deepspeed.runtime.utils import inf, is_model_parallel_parameter, get_only_unique_item
+from deepspeed.runtime.utils import inf, get_global_norm, is_model_parallel_parameter, get_only_unique_item
 from deepspeed.runtime.zero.partition_parameters import *
 from deepspeed.runtime.zero.config import ZeroStageEnum
 from deepspeed.runtime.zero.offload_config import OffloadDeviceEnum
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ def step(self, closure=None):
             return
 
         norm_groups = self._get_norm_groups()
-        scaled_global_grad_norm = torch.norm(torch.stack(norm_groups))
+        scaled_global_grad_norm = get_global_norm(norm_list=norm_groups)
 
         # Stash unscaled gradient norm
         self._global_grad_norm = scaled_global_grad_norm / self.loss_scale
diff --git a/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_compile_wrapper.py b/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_compile_wrapper.py
index d1830534f6ea..62af25ac3ba4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_compile_wrapper.py
+++ b/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_compile_wrapper.py
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ def base_config():
         },
         "compile": {
             "enabled": True,
-            "backend": "inductor"
+            "backend": get_accelerator().get_compile_backend()
         }
     }
-    if get_accelerator().device_name() == 'hpu':
-        config_dict['compile']['backend'] = 'hpu_backend'
     return config_dict
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_compile_zero.py b/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_compile_zero.py
index 7568c27e3ed2..9890ea708eec 100644
--- a/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_compile_zero.py
+++ b/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_compile_zero.py
@@ -51,12 +51,10 @@ def test_compile_zero(self, tmpdir, zero_stage, dtype, offload_device):
             },
             "compile": {
                 "enabled": True,
-                "backend": "inductor"
+                "backend": get_accelerator().get_compile_backend()
             }
         }
 
-        if get_accelerator().device_name() == 'hpu':
-            config_dict['compile']['backend'] = 'hpu_backend'
         if offload_device == OffloadDeviceEnum.cpu:
             config_dict["zero_optimization"]["offload_optimizer"] = {"device": offload_device}
         elif offload_device == OffloadDeviceEnum.nvme:
diff --git a/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_load_config.py b/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_load_config.py
index 601adae58884..cee8d3b23f6b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_load_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit/runtime/compile/test_load_config.py
@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ def base_config():
         },
         "compile": {
             "enabled": True,
-            "backend": "inductor"
+            "backend": get_accelerator().get_compile_backend()
         }
     }
 
-    if get_accelerator().device_name() == 'hpu':
-        config_dict['compile']['backend'] = 'hpu_backend'
     return config_dict