diff --git a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
index d514e22cb5f4..146311afca6f 100644
--- a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
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   </PropertyGroup>
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index 2d11481810cb..9f09181e3846 100644
--- a/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln
+++ b/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln
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 EndProject
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+EndProject
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9fe41232166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/samples/ConceptsV2/ConceptsV2.csproj
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+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.abstractions" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
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+    <Using Include="Xunit" />
+    <Using Include="Xunit.Abstractions" />
+    <Using Include="System.Collections.Generic" />
+    <Using Include="System.Threading" />
+    <Using Include="System.Threading.Tasks" />
+    <Using Include="System" />
+    <Using Include="System.Linq" />
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index 000000000000..046b5999bee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAIV2.UnitTests/Connectors.OpenAIV2.UnitTests.csproj
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+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
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+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector">
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+    <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Tensors" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
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+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/test/AssertExtensions.cs" Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
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new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAIV2/Connectors.OpenAIV2.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
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+
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+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/nuget/nuget-package.props" />
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+  <PropertyGroup>
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index 000000000000..cbfbfe9e4df3
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