diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d89b9fce4..b9545fe69a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ nuget.exe
 *.*sdf
 *.ipch
 *.sln.ide
-project.lock.json
 /.vs/
 .testPublish/
 .build/
 autobahnreports/
-*.nuget.props
-*.nuget.targets
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index e704edaec0..ecbe769d13 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreVersion>1.2.0-*</AspNetCoreVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreLabsVersion>0.3.0-*</AspNetCoreLabsVersion>
+    <AspNetCoreModuleVersion>1.0.0-*</AspNetCoreModuleVersion>
     <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
+    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <TestSdkVersion>15.0.0</TestSdkVersion>
+    <XunitVersion>2.2.0</XunitVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/EchoApp/EchoApp.csproj b/samples/EchoApp/EchoApp.csproj
index d28ce5eabb..0424007902 100644
--- a/samples/EchoApp/EchoApp.csproj
+++ b/samples/EchoApp/EchoApp.csproj
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
+  <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
-    <PreserveCompilationContext>true</PreserveCompilationContext>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" 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)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/EchoApp/runtimeconfig.template.json b/samples/EchoApp/runtimeconfig.template.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7305508a37..0000000000
--- a/samples/EchoApp/runtimeconfig.template.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "configProperties": {
-    "System.GC.Server": true
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/EchoApp/web.config b/samples/EchoApp/web.config
deleted file mode 100644
index dc0514fca5..0000000000
--- a/samples/EchoApp/web.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<configuration>
-
-  <!--
-    Configure your application settings in appsettings.json. Learn more at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=786380
-  -->
-
-  <system.webServer>
-    <handlers>
-      <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified"/>
-    </handlers>
-    <aspNetCore processPath="%LAUNCHER_PATH%" arguments="%LAUNCHER_ARGS%" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" forwardWindowsAuthToken="false"/>
-  </system.webServer>
-</configuration>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.csproj
index 40923e0978..953fb4d119 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.csproj
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Vectors" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/AutobahnTestApp/AutobahnTestApp.csproj b/test/AutobahnTestApp/AutobahnTestApp.csproj
index 869b258cd5..56d7f09dcd 100644
--- a/test/AutobahnTestApp/AutobahnTestApp.csproj
+++ b/test/AutobahnTestApp/AutobahnTestApp.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
-  
+
   <Import Project="..\..\build\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -16,14 +15,14 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AspNetCoreModule" Version="1.0.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="1.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.AspNetCoreModule" Version="$(AspNetCoreModuleVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.HttpSys" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/test/AutobahnTestApp/runtimeconfig.template.json b/test/AutobahnTestApp/runtimeconfig.template.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7305508a37..0000000000
--- a/test/AutobahnTestApp/runtimeconfig.template.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "configProperties": {
-    "System.GC.Server": true
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/AutobahnTestApp/web.config b/test/AutobahnTestApp/web.config
deleted file mode 100644
index dc0514fca5..0000000000
--- a/test/AutobahnTestApp/web.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<configuration>
-
-  <!--
-    Configure your application settings in appsettings.json. Learn more at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=786380
-  -->
-
-  <system.webServer>
-    <handlers>
-      <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified"/>
-    </handlers>
-    <aspNetCore processPath="%LAUNCHER_PATH%" arguments="%LAUNCHER_ARGS%" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" forwardWindowsAuthToken="false"/>
-  </system.webServer>
-</configuration>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest.csproj
index bf1315293c..58708a55fa 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest.csproj
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting" Version="0.3.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.0.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting" Version="$(AspNetCoreLabsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo" Version="$(CoreFxVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.Test.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.Test.csproj
index b1163a5c30..72c7be4d12 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.Test.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.Test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.Test.csproj
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net452;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
-    <!-- TODO remove rid when https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/396 is resolved -->
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'!='netcoreapp1.1'">win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <PlatformTarget Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net452'">x64</PlatformTarget>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -14,11 +13,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="1.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.0.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.2.0-*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.2.0-*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Testing" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(TestSdkVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XunitVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.1' ">