From 2cbe2d7bdc20210838fef5ba9a6fcd1da7f82db9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Reed <kylereed@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:03:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Update for .NET Core 8 Clean up the netcore vcxproj files

---
 ...t.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj | 318 ++++--------------
 ...Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj | 298 +++-------------
 .../ManagedExamples/ManagedExamples.csproj    |   4 +-
 tests/ManagedETWTests/EtwTestsCS.csproj       |   4 +-
 4 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 516 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj
index c17f754..97de04e 100644
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+++ b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@
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index ac5b87f..edda362 100644
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-      <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
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+
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     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
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+
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     <ClCompile Include="AssemblyInfo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ETWLib.cpp" />
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+
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     <ClInclude Include="Callbacks.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="Conversions.hpp" />
@@ -390,10 +184,12 @@
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     <ClInclude Include="UserTrace.hpp" />
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+
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     <None Include=".nuget\NuGet.Config" />
     <None Include=".nuget\NuGet.exe" />
     <None Include=".nuget\NuGet.targets" />
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+
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diff --git a/examples/ManagedExamples/ManagedExamples.csproj b/examples/ManagedExamples/ManagedExamples.csproj
index 1eb05a0..6978602 100644
--- a/examples/ManagedExamples/ManagedExamples.csproj
+++ b/examples/ManagedExamples/ManagedExamples.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>ManagedExamples</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>ManagedExamples</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net6.0-windows</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net8.0-windows</TargetFrameworks>
     <Company>Microsoft Corporation</Company>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <Configurations>Debug;DebugSigning;Release;ReleaseSigning</Configurations>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
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-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0-windows' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0-windows' ">
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index c66b445..42c8cdd 100644
--- a/tests/ManagedETWTests/EtwTestsCS.csproj
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
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-    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
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     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0' ">
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From ef7b83966886bcb4d2662d5b7fcdcaa72656f04b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Reed <kylereed@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:23:57 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Update test assembly path

---
 .github/workflows/krabsetw.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/krabsetw.yml b/.github/workflows/krabsetw.yml
index 597b3a4..ff09c2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/krabsetw.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/krabsetw.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: test debug net462
       run: vstest.console.exe tests\ManagedETWTests\bin\x64\Debug\net462\EtwTestsCS.dll
     - name: test debug net6.0
-      run: vstest.console.exe tests\ManagedETWTests\bin\x64\Debug\net6.0\EtwTestsCS.dll
+      run: vstest.console.exe tests\ManagedETWTests\bin\x64\Debug\net8.0\EtwTestsCS.dll

From 4fd4d0fc856e8bca1326cd32d0f7fcf99cb77436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Reed <kylereed@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:28:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Don't define a runtime lib in release builds (this is how
 it was before)

---
 .../Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj           | 1 -
 .../Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj                   | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj
index 97de04e..92f053e 100644
--- a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj
+++ b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@
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       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AssemblyDebug>true</AssemblyDebug>
diff --git a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj
index edda362..1e019bf 100644
--- a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj
+++ b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
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       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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     <Link>
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From 71d5a58b61b46de3c19c7e8a532fddc9034fd56f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Reed <kylereed@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:33:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Remove assemblyDebug from release builds

---
 .../Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj         | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj
index 92f053e..446dbb5 100644
--- a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj
+++ b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.NetCore.vcxproj
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@
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       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <AssemblyDebug>true</AssemblyDebug>
-    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
 

From 000fc3a2be6380d5581fda8d6d79712b57143b7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Reed <kylereed@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:39:03 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Remember to actually save file after changing it

---
 .../Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj                 | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj
index 1e019bf..d13e37d 100644
--- a/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj
+++ b/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW/Microsoft.O365.Security.Native.ETW.vcxproj
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@
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-    <Link>
-      <AssemblyDebug>true</AssemblyDebug>
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