diff --git a/NuGet/ServiceStack.Azure.Core/servicestack.azure.core.nuspec b/NuGet/ServiceStack.Azure.Core/servicestack.azure.core.nuspec
index 86cb0d0..4c4feeb 100644
--- a/NuGet/ServiceStack.Azure.Core/servicestack.azure.core.nuspec
+++ b/NuGet/ServiceStack.Azure.Core/servicestack.azure.core.nuspec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <id>ServiceStack.Azure.Core</id>
     <title>ServiceStack.Azure .NET Standard 2.0</title>
     <version>5.0.0</version>
-    <authors>ServiceStack</authors> 
+    <authors>ServiceStack</authors>
     <owners>ServiceStack</owners>
     <description>
       .NET Standard 2.0 version of ServiceStack.Azure
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
     <licenseUrl>https://servicestack.net/terms</licenseUrl>
     <iconUrl>https://servicestack.net/img/logo-32.png</iconUrl>
     <tags>ServiceStack Azure WebServices ServiceBus Cache CacheClient</tags>
-    <language>en-US</language> 
+    <language>en-US</language>
     <copyright>ServiceStack and contributors</copyright>
       <dependencies>
           <group targetFramework=".netstandard2.0">
-              <dependency id="Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus" version="[2.0.0, )" />
-              <dependency id="Microsoft.Azure.Management.ServiceBus" version="[1.2.0, )" />
+              <dependency id="Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus" version="[3.1.0-preview, )" />
               <dependency id="WindowsAzure.Storage" version="[9.1.1, )" />
               <dependency id="ServiceStack.Core" version="5.0.0" />
           </group>
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/QueueClientExtensions.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/QueueClientExtensions.cs
index d3f79a6..431907b 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/QueueClientExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/QueueClientExtensions.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System;
 using System.Text;
-using ServiceStack.Text;
 
 namespace ServiceStack.Azure.Messaging
 {
-
     public static class QueueClientExtensions
     {
 #if NETSTANDARD2_0
@@ -26,11 +24,11 @@ public static class QueueClientExtensions
         public static string GetBodyString(this Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus.Message message)
         {
             var strMessage = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(message.Body);
-            
+
             //Windows Azure Client is not wire-compatible with .NET Core client
-            //we check if the message comes from Windows client and cut off 
+            //we check if the message comes from Windows client and cut off
             //64 header chars and 2 footer chars
-            //see https://github.com/Azure/azure-service-bus-dotnet/issues/239  
+            //see https://github.com/Azure/azure-service-bus-dotnet/issues/239
             if (strMessage.StartsWith("@\u0006string", StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
                 strMessage = strMessage.Substring(64, strMessage.Length - 66);
@@ -43,5 +41,5 @@ public static string GetBodyString(this Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus.Message messa
         internal static string SafeQueueName(this string queueName) =>
             queueName?.Replace(":", ".");
     }
-    
+
 }
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqClient.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqClient.cs
index 464bead..7ef7b54 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqClient.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqClient.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 using ServiceStack.Text;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 #if NETSTANDARD2_0
 using Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus;
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ public override void Dispose()
 
                 if (!task.IsCompleted)
                     throw new TimeoutException("Reached timeout while getting message from client");
-            } else 
+            } else
             {
                 await task;
             }
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ public void Notify(string queueName, IMessage message)
         {
             if (parentFactory.MqServer.DisableNotifyMessages)
                 return;
-            
+
             Publish(queueName, message);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqMessageFactory.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqMessageFactory.cs
index 6813f07..8a9bc8e 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqMessageFactory.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqMessageFactory.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 #if NETSTANDARD2_0
 using Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus;
+using Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus.Management;
 #else
 using Microsoft.ServiceBus;
 using Microsoft.ServiceBus.Messaging;
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ public class ServiceBusMqMessageFactory : IMessageFactory
         protected internal readonly string address;
 #if !NETSTANDARD2_0
         protected internal readonly NamespaceManager namespaceManager;
+#else
+        protected internal readonly ManagementClient managementClient;
 #endif
 
         internal Dictionary<Type, IMessageHandlerFactory> handlerMap;
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ public ServiceBusMqMessageFactory(ServiceBusMqServer mqServer, string address)
             this.address = address;
 #if !NETSTANDARD2_0
             this.namespaceManager = NamespaceManager.CreateFromConnectionString(address);
+#else
+            this.managementClient = new ManagementClient(address);
 #endif
         }
 
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ protected internal void StartQueues(Dictionary<Type, IMessageHandlerFactory> han
 
             queueMap = new Dictionary<string, Type>();
 
-            var mqSuffixes = new [] { ".inq", ".outq", ".priorityq", ".dlq" };
+            var mqSuffixes = new[] { ".inq", ".outq", ".priorityq", ".dlq" };
             foreach (var type in this.handlerMap.Keys)
             {
                 foreach (var mqSuffix in mqSuffixes)
@@ -69,11 +74,7 @@ protected internal void StartQueues(Dictionary<Type, IMessageHandlerFactory> han
 
                     if (!queueMap.ContainsKey(queueName))
                         queueMap.Add(queueName, type);
-#if !NETSTANDARD2_0
-                    var mqDesc = new QueueDescription(queueName);
-                    if (!namespaceManager.QueueExists(queueName))
-                        namespaceManager.CreateQueue(mqDesc);
-#endif
+                    RegisterQueueByName(queueName);
                 }
 
                 var mqNames = new QueueNames(type);
@@ -85,29 +86,27 @@ protected internal void StartQueues(Dictionary<Type, IMessageHandlerFactory> han
         private void AddQueueHandler(string queueName)
         {
             queueName = queueName.SafeQueueName();
-
+            var sbClient = GetOrCreateClient(queueName);
 #if NETSTANDARD2_0
-            var sbClient = new QueueClient(address, queueName, ReceiveMode.PeekLock);
             var sbWorker = new ServiceBusMqWorker(this, CreateMessageQueueClient(), queueName, sbClient);
             sbClient.RegisterMessageHandler(sbWorker.HandleMessageAsync,
                 new MessageHandlerOptions(
-                    (eventArgs) => Task.CompletedTask) 
-                { 
+                    (eventArgs) => Task.CompletedTask)
+                {
                     MaxConcurrentCalls = 1,
                     AutoComplete = false
                 });
 #else
             var options = new OnMessageOptions
             {
-                // Cannot use AutoComplete because our HandleMessage throws errors into SS's handlers; this would 
+                // Cannot use AutoComplete because our HandleMessage throws errors into SS's handlers; this would
                 // normally release the BrokeredMessage back to the Azure Service Bus queue, which we don't actually want
 
-                AutoComplete = false,          
+                AutoComplete = false,
                 //AutoRenewTimeout = new TimeSpan()
                 MaxConcurrentCalls = 1
             };
 
-            var sbClient = QueueClient.CreateFromConnectionString(address, queueName, ReceiveMode.PeekLock);
             var sbWorker = new ServiceBusMqWorker(this, CreateMessageQueueClient(), queueName, sbClient);
             sbClient.OnMessage(sbWorker.HandleMessage, options);
 #endif
@@ -124,28 +123,49 @@ protected internal void StopQueues()
             sbClients.Clear();
         }
 
-        protected internal QueueClient GetOrCreateClient(string queueName)
+        protected internal QueueClient GetOrCreateClient(string queueName, ReceiveMode receiveMode = ReceiveMode.PeekLock)
         {
             queueName = queueName.SafeQueueName();
-            
+
             if (sbClients.ContainsKey(queueName))
                 return sbClients[queueName];
 
-#if !NETSTANDARD2_0
-            // Create queue on ServiceBus namespace if it doesn't exist
-            var qd = new QueueDescription(queueName);
-            if (!namespaceManager.QueueExists(queueName))
-                namespaceManager.CreateQueue(qd);
-#endif
+            var qd = RegisterQueueByName(queueName);
 
 #if NETSTANDARD2_0
-            var sbClient = new QueueClient(address, queueName);
+            var sbClient = new QueueClient(address, qd.Path, receiveMode);
 #else
-            var sbClient = QueueClient.CreateFromConnectionString(address, qd.Path);
+            var sbClient = QueueClient.CreateFromConnectionString(address, qd.Path, receiveMode);
 #endif
-
             sbClient = sbClients.GetOrAdd(queueName, sbClient);
             return sbClient;
         }
+
+        protected internal QueueDescription RegisterQueueByName(string queueName)
+        {
+            var mqDesc = new QueueDescription(queueName);
+#if !NETSTANDARD2_0
+                    if (!namespaceManager.QueueExists(queueName))
+                        namespaceManager.CreateQueue(mqDesc);
+#else
+            try
+            {
+                managementClient.QueueExistsAsync(queueName)
+                    .ContinueWith(async asc =>
+                    {
+                        if (!asc.Result)
+                        {
+                            await managementClient.CreateQueueAsync(mqDesc)
+                                .ConfigureAwait(continueOnCapturedContext: true);
+                        }
+                    });
+            }
+            catch (AggregateException aex)
+            {
+                throw aex.Flatten();
+            }
+#endif
+            return mqDesc;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqMessageProducer.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqMessageProducer.cs
index 4073536..3964276 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqMessageProducer.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqMessageProducer.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using ServiceStack.Messaging;
 using ServiceStack.Text;
 #if NETSTANDARD2_0
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ public virtual void Publish(string queueName, IMessage message)
             message.ReplyTo = message.ReplyTo.SafeQueueName();
 
             var sbClient = parentFactory.GetOrCreateClient(queueName);
+            parentFactory.RegisterQueueByName(queueName);
             using (JsConfig.With(includeTypeInfo: true))
             {
                 var msgBody = JsonSerializer.SerializeToString(message, typeof(IMessage));
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ protected MessageReceiver GetOrCreateMessageReceiver(string queueName)
              parentFactory.address,
              queueName,
              ReceiveMode.ReceiveAndDelete);  //should be ReceiveMode.PeekLock, but it does not delete messages from queue on CompleteAsync()
-             
+
             sbReceivers.Add(queueName, messageReceiver);
             return messageReceiver;
         }
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqServer.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqServer.cs
index 6b12a78..e4c9766 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqServer.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqServer.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace ServiceStack.Azure.Messaging
 {
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ public ServiceBusMqServer(string connectionString)
         public List<Type> RegisteredTypes => handlerMap.Keys.ToList();
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Opt-in to only publish responses on this white list. 
+        /// Opt-in to only publish responses on this white list.
         /// Publishes all responses by default.
         /// </summary>
         public string[] PublishResponsesWhitelist { get; set; }
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ public bool DisablePublishingResponses
         {
             set => PublishResponsesWhitelist = value ? TypeConstants.EmptyStringArray : null;
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Disable publishing .outq Messages for Responses with no return type
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqWorker.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqWorker.cs
index 45cc9b2..a36fc36 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqWorker.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/Messaging/ServiceBusMqWorker.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 using ServiceStack.Text;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 #if NETSTANDARD2_0
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/ServiceStack.Azure.csproj b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/ServiceStack.Azure.csproj
index 20bfa95..5682217 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Azure/ServiceStack.Azure.csproj
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Azure/ServiceStack.Azure.csproj
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus" Version="2.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Management.ServiceBus" Version="1.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus" Version="3.1.0-preview" />
 
     <Reference Include="..\..\lib\netstandard2.0\ServiceStack.Interfaces.dll" />
     <Reference Include="..\..\lib\netstandard2.0\ServiceStack.Text.dll" />
diff --git a/tests/ServiceStack.Azure.Tests/ServiceStack.Azure.Tests.csproj b/tests/ServiceStack.Azure.Tests/ServiceStack.Azure.Tests.csproj
index f010275..6863fcf 100644
--- a/tests/ServiceStack.Azure.Tests/ServiceStack.Azure.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/ServiceStack.Azure.Tests/ServiceStack.Azure.Tests.csproj
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="WindowsAzure.ServiceBus" Version="4.1.8" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager" Version="3.2.3" />
 
     <Reference Include="..\..\lib\net45\ServiceStack.Interfaces.dll" />
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus" Version="2.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus" Version="3.1.0-preview" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="2.0.1" />