diff --git a/src/GitHub.Extensions/GitHub.Extensions.csproj b/src/GitHub.Extensions/GitHub.Extensions.csproj
index 15f475fd17..8f61d95b9b 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.Extensions/GitHub.Extensions.csproj
+++ b/src/GitHub.Extensions/GitHub.Extensions.csproj
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/GitHub.InlineReviews/GitHub.InlineReviews.csproj b/src/GitHub.InlineReviews/GitHub.InlineReviews.csproj
index 1e0c3a3f7c..65e7fb0387 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.InlineReviews/GitHub.InlineReviews.csproj
+++ b/src/GitHub.InlineReviews/GitHub.InlineReviews.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.15.8.33\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.15.8.33\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets'))" />
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-  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.14.3.25407\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.14.3.25407\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets')" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.15.8.122\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.15.8.122\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.targets')" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.15.8.33\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.15.8.33\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.targets')" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets')" />
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diff --git a/src/GitHub.InlineReviews/packages.config b/src/GitHub.InlineReviews/packages.config
index 44d71eb082..db312e2179 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.InlineReviews/packages.config
+++ b/src/GitHub.InlineReviews/packages.config
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
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   <package id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop" version="7.10.6070" targetFramework="net452" />
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-  <package id="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" version="14.3.25407" targetFramework="net452" developmentDependency="true" />
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diff --git a/src/GitHub.StartPage/GitHub.StartPage.csproj b/src/GitHub.StartPage/GitHub.StartPage.csproj
index 9f20a07247..8e3823e465 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.StartPage/GitHub.StartPage.csproj
+++ b/src/GitHub.StartPage/GitHub.StartPage.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
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-  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.0.26201\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.props" Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '15.0' And Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.0.26201\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.props')" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.props')" />
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     <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
     <UseCodeBase>true</UseCodeBase>
+    <NuGetPackageImportStamp>
+    </NuGetPackageImportStamp>
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   <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\VSSDK\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != '' And '$(NCrunch)' != '1'" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.15.8.122\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.15.8.122\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.targets')" />
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+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.15.8.122\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.15.8.122\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.15.8.33\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.15.8.33\build\Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers.targets'))" />
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+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.15.8.3252\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets'))" />
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index 3a6b3c833a..0000000000
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index ea78bb8317..0000000000
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index eff341d4fa..0000000000
--- a/src/GitHub.VisualStudio.UI/packages.config
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index f459410743..7e5dc74000 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.VisualStudio/GitHub.VisualStudio.csproj
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