diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 32cd7b75d7..0e1ea98a59 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <DotNetPlatformAbstractionsVersion>1.1.0</DotNetPlatformAbstractionsVersion>
     <CoreFxVersion>4.3.0</CoreFxVersion>
     <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.0.0-*</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <TestSdkVersion>15.0.0</TestSdkVersion>
     <XunitVersion>2.2.0</XunitVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/samples/MusicStore/ForTesting/Mocks/OpenIdConnect/OpenIdConnectBackChannelHttpHandler.cs b/samples/MusicStore/ForTesting/Mocks/OpenIdConnect/OpenIdConnectBackChannelHttpHandler.cs
index 052a721a19..cc84ec534e 100644
--- a/samples/MusicStore/ForTesting/Mocks/OpenIdConnect/OpenIdConnectBackChannelHttpHandler.cs
+++ b/samples/MusicStore/ForTesting/Mocks/OpenIdConnect/OpenIdConnectBackChannelHttpHandler.cs
@@ -12,13 +12,7 @@ namespace MusicStore.Mocks.OpenIdConnect
         {
             var response = new HttpResponseMessage();
 
-            var basePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(
-#if NET451
-                AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,
-#else
-                AppContext.BaseDirectory,
-#endif
-                "ForTesting", "Mocks", "OpenIdConnect"));
+            var basePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "ForTesting", "Mocks", "OpenIdConnect"));
 
             if (request.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri == "https://login.windows.net/[tenantName].onmicrosoft.com/.well-known/openid-configuration")
             {
diff --git a/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj b/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
index c405953a23..8871b8fe21 100644
--- a/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
+++ b/samples/MusicStore/MusicStore.csproj
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Music store application on ASP.NET Core</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);DEMO</DefineConstants>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;win81-x64;win81-x86;win10-x64;win10-x86;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.15.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/E2ETests.csproj b/test/E2ETests/E2ETests.csproj
index 730bc0b4b9..e6dc2d5e3c 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/E2ETests.csproj
+++ b/test/E2ETests/E2ETests.csproj
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <UserSecretsId>MusicStore.E2ETests</UserSecretsId>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x86;win7-x64;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.14.10-x64;ubuntu.15.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;centos.7-x64;debian.8-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs b/test/E2ETests/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
index d84bb7c9a0..440ed3c4b5 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ namespace E2ETests
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.Linux)]
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.MacOSX)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         [InlineData(ServerType.IISExpress, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.IISExpress, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.IISExpress, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         public async Task NtlmAuthenticationTest(ServerType serverType, RuntimeFlavor runtimeFlavor, RuntimeArchitecture architecture, ApplicationType applicationType)
         {
             try
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
                     {
                         PublishApplicationBeforeDeployment = true,
                         PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging = Helpers.PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging,
-                        TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net451" : "netcoreapp1.1",
+                        TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp2.0",
                         Configuration = Helpers.GetCurrentBuildConfiguration(),
                         ApplicationType = applicationType,
                         EnvironmentName = "NtlmAuthentication", //Will pick the Start class named 'StartupNtlmAuthentication'
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/OpenIdConnectTests.cs b/test/E2ETests/OpenIdConnectTests.cs
index dce3ffc2d0..e9e8460d4d 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/OpenIdConnectTests.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/OpenIdConnectTests.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ namespace E2ETests
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.MacOSX)]
         //[InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.Clr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         public async Task OpenIdConnect_OnWindowsOS(
             ServerType serverType,
             RuntimeFlavor runtimeFlavor,
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ namespace E2ETests
         [ConditionalTheory, Trait("E2Etests", "E2Etests")]
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.Windows)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone, Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         public async Task OpenIdConnect_OnNonWindows(ServerType serverType, RuntimeFlavor runtimeFlavor, RuntimeArchitecture architecture, ApplicationType applicationType)
         {
             await OpenIdConnectTestSuite(serverType, runtimeFlavor, architecture, applicationType);
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
                     {
                         PublishApplicationBeforeDeployment = true,
                         PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging = Helpers.PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging,
-                        TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net451" : "netcoreapp1.1",
+                        TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp2.0",
                         Configuration = Helpers.GetCurrentBuildConfiguration(),
                         ApplicationType = applicationType,
                         EnvironmentName = "OpenIdConnectTesting",
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/PublishAndRunTests.cs b/test/E2ETests/PublishAndRunTests.cs
index 2baa23c2e3..12e4915c8f 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/PublishAndRunTests.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/PublishAndRunTests.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ namespace E2ETests
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.MacOSX)]
         //[InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.Clr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable, false)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable, false)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone, false)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone, false,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         // [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.Clr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable, false)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable, false)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone, false)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone, false,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         public async Task WindowsOS(
             ServerType serverType,
             RuntimeFlavor runtimeFlavor,
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ namespace E2ETests
         [ConditionalTheory, Trait("E2Etests", "PublishAndRun")]
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.Windows)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable, false)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone, false, Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone, false,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         public async Task NonWindowsOS(
             ServerType serverType,
             RuntimeFlavor runtimeFlavor,
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
                     {
                         PublishApplicationBeforeDeployment = true,
                         PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging = Helpers.PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging,
-                        TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net451" : "netcoreapp1.1",
+                        TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp2.0",
                         Configuration = Helpers.GetCurrentBuildConfiguration(),
                         ApplicationType = applicationType,
                         UserAdditionalCleanup = parameters =>
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/SmokeTests.cs b/test/E2ETests/SmokeTests.cs
index 16b6f72944..ba891a73df 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/SmokeTests.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/SmokeTests.cs
@@ -79,13 +79,16 @@ namespace E2ETests
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.MacOSX)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.Clr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.Clr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         [InlineData(ServerType.IISExpress, RuntimeFlavor.Clr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.IISExpress, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.IISExpress, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.IISExpress, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         public async Task WindowsOS(
             ServerType serverType,
             RuntimeFlavor runtimeFlavor,
@@ -99,7 +102,8 @@ namespace E2ETests
         [ConditionalTheory, Trait("E2Etests", "Smoke")]
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.Windows)]
         [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Portable)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone, Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         public async Task NonWindowsOS(
             ServerType serverType,
             RuntimeFlavor runtimeFlavor,
@@ -183,7 +187,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
                         SiteName = "MusicStoreTestSite",
                         PublishApplicationBeforeDeployment = true,
                         PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging = Helpers.PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging,
-                        TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp1.1",
+                        TargetFramework = runtimeFlavor == RuntimeFlavor.Clr ? "net46" : "netcoreapp2.0",
                         Configuration = Helpers.GetCurrentBuildConfiguration(),
                         ApplicationType = applicationType,
                         UserAdditionalCleanup = parameters =>
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/SmokeTestsOnNanoServer.cs b/test/E2ETests/SmokeTestsOnNanoServer.cs
index a0622e75cf..850c8b9ac5 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/SmokeTestsOnNanoServer.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/SmokeTestsOnNanoServer.cs
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ namespace E2ETests
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.Linux)]
         [OSSkipCondition(OperatingSystems.MacOSX)]
         [SkipIfEnvironmentVariableNotEnabled("RUN_TESTS_ON_NANO")]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, 5000, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, 5000, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
-        [InlineData(ServerType.IIS, 8080, ApplicationType.Standalone)]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.Kestrel, 5000, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.WebListener, 5000, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
+        [InlineData(ServerType.IIS, 8080, ApplicationType.Standalone,
+            Skip = "https://github.com/aspnet/MusicStore/issues/761")]
         public async Task Test(ServerType serverType, int portToListen, ApplicationType applicationType)
         {
             var applicationBaseUrl = $"http://{_remoteDeploymentConfig.ServerName}:{portToListen}/";
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
                         _remoteDeploymentConfig.AccountName,
                         _remoteDeploymentConfig.AccountPassword)
                     {
-                        TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.1",
+                        TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0",
                         ApplicationBaseUriHint = applicationBaseUrl,
                         ApplicationType = applicationType
                     };
diff --git a/test/MusicStore.Test/MusicStore.Test.csproj b/test/MusicStore.Test/MusicStore.Test.csproj
index 9454c5ea7b..8b9dc784fd 100644
--- a/test/MusicStore.Test/MusicStore.Test.csproj
+++ b/test/MusicStore.Test/MusicStore.Test.csproj
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\build\dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.1;net46</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">netcoreapp1.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.0;net46</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>