diff --git a/build/common.props b/build/common.props
index de4792ed5e..89ade5d9ae 100644
--- a/build/common.props
+++ b/build/common.props
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
-
   <Import Project="dependencies.props" />
-  <Import Project="version.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\version.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Product>Microsoft ASP.NET Core</Product>
@@ -10,11 +9,14 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Key.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <PublicSign Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">true</PublicSign>
-    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)'!='' AND '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Internal.AspNetCore.Sdk" Version="$(InternalAspNetCoreSdkVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)'=='.NETFramework' AND '$(OutputType)'=='library'">
+    <PackageReference Include="NETStandard.Library" Version="$(BundledNETStandardPackageVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index c03920fdf2..aab2fe9898 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <AspNetCoreVersion>1.1.0</AspNetCoreVersion>
-    <AspNetCoreMvcVersion>1.1.1</AspNetCoreMvcVersion>
-    <AspNetCoreToolsVersion>1.0.0-msbuild3-final</AspNetCoreToolsVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreVersion>2.0.0-*</AspNetCoreVersion>
     <AutoMapperVersion>5.0.2</AutoMapperVersion>
     <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+    <InternalAspNetCoreSdkVersion>2.1.0-*</InternalAspNetCoreSdkVersion>
     <JsonNetVersion>10.0.1</JsonNetVersion>
-    <InternalAspNetCoreSdkVersion>2.0.0-*</InternalAspNetCoreSdkVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDataflowVersion>4.5.24</MicrosoftDataflowVersion>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>$(BundledNETStandardPackageVersion)</NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
     <ThreadingDataflowVersion>4.7.0</ThreadingDataflowVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/version.props b/build/version.props
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ebde7d57e..0000000000
--- a/build/version.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.1.2</VersionPrefix>
-    <VersionSuffix>preview1</VersionSuffix>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/samples/angular/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj b/samples/angular/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
index 61b754bdb1..8f811943be 100644
--- a/samples/angular/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
+++ b/samples/angular/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/samples/misc/LatencyTest/LatencyTest.csproj b/samples/misc/LatencyTest/LatencyTest.csproj
index 3aec2336f5..8c17cdb50f 100644
--- a/samples/misc/LatencyTest/LatencyTest.csproj
+++ b/samples/misc/LatencyTest/LatencyTest.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/samples/misc/NodeServicesExamples/NodeServicesExamples.csproj b/samples/misc/NodeServicesExamples/NodeServicesExamples.csproj
index 6234309604..e2d0753b17 100644
--- a/samples/misc/NodeServicesExamples/NodeServicesExamples.csproj
+++ b/samples/misc/NodeServicesExamples/NodeServicesExamples.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/samples/misc/Webpack/Webpack.csproj b/samples/misc/Webpack/Webpack.csproj
index 2f5b7d721a..d2606828c5 100644
--- a/samples/misc/Webpack/Webpack.csproj
+++ b/samples/misc/Webpack/Webpack.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/samples/react/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj b/samples/react/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
index 388bcc734c..e8ab8d9226 100644
--- a/samples/react/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
+++ b/samples/react/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -31,9 +31,4 @@
     <Exec Command="npm install" />
     <Exec Command="node node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js" />
   </Target>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools" Version="$(AspNetCoreToolsVersion)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/react/ReactGrid/ReactGrid.csproj b/samples/react/ReactGrid/ReactGrid.csproj
index 5571776346..cefd991a8f 100644
--- a/samples/react/ReactGrid/ReactGrid.csproj
+++ b/samples/react/ReactGrid/ReactGrid.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AngularServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AngularServices.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AngularServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AngularServices.csproj
index 5f3e157027..9b7863fec6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AngularServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AngularServices.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AngularServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.AngularServices.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Helpers for building Angular applications on ASP.NET Core.</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netstandard1.6</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;aspnetcoremvc;nodeservices</PackageTags>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets.csproj
index 3319bf294c..8ebd6a6244 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.Sockets.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Socket-based RPC for Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netstandard1.6</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;aspnetcoremvc;nodeservices</PackageTags>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices\Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net451' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' ">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Tpl.Dataflow" Version="$(MicrosoftDataflowVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.6' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Pipes" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow" Version="$(ThreadingDataflowVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj
index 5c440e4a55..0473d70507 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Invoke Node.js modules at runtime in ASP.NET Core applications.</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netstandard1.6</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;aspnetcoremvc;nodeservices</PackageTags>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="$(JsonNetVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.6' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.Process" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Loader" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ReactServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ReactServices.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ReactServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ReactServices.csproj
index 0f6e26a535..97f288a67d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ReactServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ReactServices.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ReactServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ReactServices.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Helpers for building React applications on ASP.NET Core.</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netstandard1.6</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;aspnetcoremvc;nodeservices</PackageTags>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj
index 6eaa36559e..39839ed63f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Helpers for building single-page applications on ASP.NET MVC Core.</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netstandard1.6</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;aspnetcoremvc;nodeservices</PackageTags>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/templates/WebApplicationBasic/WebApplicationBasic.csproj b/templates/WebApplicationBasic/WebApplicationBasic.csproj
index eba7c6c217..12a3277e02 100644
--- a/templates/WebApplicationBasic/WebApplicationBasic.csproj
+++ b/templates/WebApplicationBasic/WebApplicationBasic.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="$(AspNetCoreMvcVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6af4f81de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.props
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!-- This file may be overwritten by automation. Only values allowed here are VersionPrefix and VersionSuffix.  -->
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <VersionPrefix>2.0.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionSuffix>preview2</VersionSuffix>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>