diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ca9ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
+    <CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>true</CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU1507</NoWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="2.1.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Contrib.Grpc.Core.M1" Version="2.46.7" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Markdig" Version="0.40.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" Version="3.51.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker" Version="2.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.DurableTask" Version="1.3.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http" Version="3.3.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http.AspNetCore" Version="2.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Storage.Queues" Version="5.5.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk" Version="2.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Azure" Version="1.11.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.2.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components" Version="4.11.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.Emoji" Version="4.11.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.Icons" Version="4.11.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.13.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="MSTest" Version="3.8.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Client/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Client.csproj b/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Client/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Client.csproj
index 2be6a8d..28dc3b6 100644
--- a/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Client/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Client.csproj
+++ b/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Client/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Client.csproj
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <UserSecretsId>160c2475-14d1-483a-893e-bd125fbbecd5</UserSecretsId>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Markdig" Version="0.40.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="9.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components" Version="4.11.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.Emoji" Version="4.11.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.Icons" Version="4.11.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Markdig" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.Emoji" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.Icons" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Shared\DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Shared.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Test/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Test.csproj b/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Test/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Test.csproj
index 15d8555..5a647ba 100644
--- a/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Test/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Test.csproj
+++ b/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Test/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Test.csproj
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.13.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.20.72" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest" Version="3.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\DurableMultiAgentTemplate\DurableMultiAgentTemplate.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <Using Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DurableMultiAgentTemplate/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.csproj b/DurableMultiAgentTemplate/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.csproj
index 2dcb504..ace1e77 100644
--- a/DurableMultiAgentTemplate/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.csproj
+++ b/DurableMultiAgentTemplate/DurableMultiAgentTemplate.csproj
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="2.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" Version="3.46.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" />
     <!-- Application Insights isn't enabled by default. See https://aka.ms/AAt8mw4. -->
     <!-- <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WorkerService" Version="2.22.0" /> -->
     <!-- <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.0.0" /> -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker" Version="2.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.DurableTask" Version="1.1.7" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http" Version="3.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http.AspNetCore" Version="2.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Storage.Queues" Version="5.5.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk" Version="2.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Contrib.Grpc.Core.M1" Version="2.41.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Azure" Version="1.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.DurableTask" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http.AspNetCore" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Storage.Queues" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Contrib.Grpc.Core.M1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Azure" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Shared\DurableMultiAgentTemplate.Shared.csproj" />
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Using Include="System.Threading.ExecutionContext" Alias="ExecutionContext" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <Target Name="CopyGrpcNativeAssetsToOutDir" AfterTargets="Build">
     <ItemGroup>
       <NativeAssetToCopy Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('OSX'))" Include="$(OutDir)runtimes/osx-arm64/native/*" />
diff --git a/DurableMultiAgentTemplate/Properties/serviceDependencies.local.json b/DurableMultiAgentTemplate/Properties/serviceDependencies.local.json
index 0db3279..ad3ed97 100644
--- a/DurableMultiAgentTemplate/Properties/serviceDependencies.local.json
+++ b/DurableMultiAgentTemplate/Properties/serviceDependencies.local.json
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
-{
-
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "appInsights1": {
+      "type": "appInsights.sdk"
+    },
+    "storage1": {
+      "type": "storage.emulator",
+      "connectionId": "AzureWebJobsStorage"
+    }
+  }
 }