diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 948c3710a0..113b207285 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ src/Umbraco.Web.UI/js/*
 src/Umbraco.Tests/media
 tools/docfx/*
 apidocs/_site/*
+src/*/project.lock.json
+
 apidocs/api/*
 build/docs.zip
 build/ui-docs.zip
diff --git a/build/Build.bat b/build/Build.bat
index 2489c08f91..995cef6a48 100644
--- a/build/Build.bat
+++ b/build/Build.bat
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ IF [%1] NEQ [] (SET release=%1)
 IF [%2] NEQ [] (SET comment=%2) ELSE (IF [%1] NEQ [] (SET "comment="))
 
 SET version=%release%
-
-REM SET MSBUILD="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe"
-SET MSBUILD="C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MsBuild.exe"
-SET PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin;%PATH%
-
 IF [%comment%] EQU [] (SET version=%release%) ELSE (SET version=%release%-%comment%)
 ECHO Building Umbraco %version%
 
@@ -39,7 +34,13 @@ DEL /F /Q webpihash.txt
 ECHO Making sure Git is in the path so that the build can succeed
 CALL InstallGit.cmd
 ECHO Performing MSBuild and producing Umbraco binaries zip files
-%MSBUILD% "Build.proj" /p:BUILD_RELEASE=%release% /p:BUILD_COMMENT=%comment% /verbosity:minimal
+
+SET nuGetFolder=%CD%\..\src\packages\
+..\src\.nuget\NuGet.exe restore ..\src\Umbraco.Core\project.json -OutputDirectory %nuGetFolder% -Verbosity quiet
+..\src\.nuget\NuGet.exe restore ..\src\umbraco.datalayer\packages.config -OutputDirectory %nuGetFolder% -Verbosity quiet
+..\src\.nuget\NuGet.exe restore ..\src\Umbraco.Web\project.json -OutputDirectory %nuGetFolder% -Verbosity quiet
+..\src\.nuget\NuGet.exe restore ..\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\packages.config -OutputDirectory %nuGetFolder% -Verbosity quiet
+"%ProgramFiles(x86)%"\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe "Build.proj" /p:BUILD_RELEASE=%release% /p:BUILD_COMMENT=%comment% /verbosity:minimal
 
 ECHO Setting node_modules folder to hidden to prevent VS13 from crashing on it while loading the websites project
 attrib +h ..\src\Umbraco.Web.UI.Client\node_modules
diff --git a/build/Build.proj b/build/Build.proj
index d3730d2b2b..0da79322c4 100644
--- a/build/Build.proj
+++ b/build/Build.proj
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
     <Message Text="Compiling web project to build\$(BuildFolder)" Importance="high" />
     <!-- For UseWPP_CopyWebApplication=True see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1983575/copywebapplication-with-web-config-transformations -->
     <!-- Build the Umbraco.Web.UI project -->
-    <MSBuild Projects="..\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj" Properties="WarningLevel=0;Configuration=$(BuildConfiguration);UseWPP_CopyWebApplication=True;PipelineDependsOnBuild=False;OutDir=$(SolutionBinFolderAbsolutePath);WebProjectOutputDir=$(WebAppFolderAbsolutePath);Verbosity=minimal" Targets="Clean;Rebuild;" BuildInParallel="False" ToolsVersion="14.0" UnloadProjectsOnCompletion="False">
+    <MSBuild Projects="..\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj" Properties="WarningLevel=0;Configuration=$(BuildConfiguration);UseWPP_CopyWebApplication=True;PipelineDependsOnBuild=False;OutDir=$(SolutionBinFolderAbsolutePath);WebProjectOutputDir=$(WebAppFolderAbsolutePath);Verbosity=minimal" Targets="Clean;Rebuild;">
     </MSBuild>
 
     <!-- DONE -->
diff --git a/build/RevertToEmptyInstall.bat b/build/RevertToEmptyInstall.bat
index b8abe4e64e..aeb0cdac72 100644
--- a/build/RevertToEmptyInstall.bat
+++ b/build/RevertToEmptyInstall.bat
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ echo Removing bin files
 del ..\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\bin\*.*
 
 echo Building solution
-%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe ..\src\umbraco.sln /t:Clean,Build
+"%ProgramFiles(x86)%"\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ..\src\umbraco.sln /t:Clean,Build
 
 echo Resetting installedPackages.config
 echo ^<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?^>^<packages^>^</packages^> >..\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\App_Data\packages\installed\installedPackages.config
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ echo Removing bin files
  FOR %%A IN (..\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\bin\*.*) DO DEL %%A
 
 echo Building solution
-%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe ..\src\umbraco.sln /t:Clean,Build
+"%ProgramFiles(x86)%"\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ..\src\umbraco.sln /t:Clean,Build
 
 echo Resetting installedPackages.config
 echo ^<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?^>^<packages^>^</packages^> >..\src\Umbraco.Web.UI\App_Data\packages\installed\installedPackages.config
diff --git a/src/.nuget/NuGet.exe b/src/.nuget/NuGet.exe
index 9ca66594f9..31fc9885e4 100644
Binary files a/src/.nuget/NuGet.exe and b/src/.nuget/NuGet.exe differ
diff --git a/src/.nuget/NuGet.targets b/src/.nuget/NuGet.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ff51f6e83..0000000000
--- a/src/.nuget/NuGet.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-        <SolutionDir Condition="$(SolutionDir) == '' Or $(SolutionDir) == '*Undefined*'">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\</SolutionDir>
-        
-        <!-- Enable the restore command to run before builds -->
-        <RestorePackages Condition="  '$(RestorePackages)' == '' ">false</RestorePackages>
-
-        <!-- Property that enables building a package from a project -->
-        <BuildPackage Condition=" '$(BuildPackage)' == '' ">false</BuildPackage>
-
-        <!-- Determines if package restore consent is required to restore packages -->
-        <RequireRestoreConsent Condition=" '$(RequireRestoreConsent)' != 'false' ">true</RequireRestoreConsent>
-        
-        <!-- Download NuGet.exe if it does not already exist -->
-        <DownloadNuGetExe Condition=" '$(DownloadNuGetExe)' == '' ">false</DownloadNuGetExe>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    
-    <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageSources)' == '' ">
-        <!-- Package sources used to restore packages. By default, registered sources under %APPDATA%\NuGet\NuGet.Config will be used -->
-        <!-- The official NuGet package source (https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/) will be excluded if package sources are specified and it does not appear in the list -->
-        <!--
-            <PackageSource Include="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/" />
-            <PackageSource Include="https://my-nuget-source/nuget/" />
-        -->
-      <PackageSource Include="https://nuget.org/api/v2/" />
-      <PackageSource Include="http://www.myget.org/F/umbracocore/" />		
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
-        <!-- Windows specific commands -->
-        <NuGetToolsPath>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(SolutionDir), ".nuget"))</NuGetToolsPath>
-        <PackagesConfig>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(ProjectDir), "packages.config"))</PackagesConfig>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    
-    <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">
-        <!-- We need to launch nuget.exe with the mono command if we're not on windows -->
-        <NuGetToolsPath>$(SolutionDir).nuget</NuGetToolsPath>
-        <PackagesConfig>packages.config</PackagesConfig>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    
-    <PropertyGroup>
-        <!-- NuGet command -->
-        <NuGetExePath Condition=" '$(NuGetExePath)' == '' ">$(NuGetToolsPath)\NuGet.exe</NuGetExePath>
-        <PackageSources Condition=" $(PackageSources) == '' ">@(PackageSource)</PackageSources>
-        
-        <NuGetCommand Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">"$(NuGetExePath)"</NuGetCommand>
-        <NuGetCommand Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">mono --runtime=v4.0.30319 $(NuGetExePath)</NuGetCommand>
-
-        <PackageOutputDir Condition="$(PackageOutputDir) == ''">$(TargetDir.Trim('\\'))</PackageOutputDir>
-        
-        <RequireConsentSwitch Condition=" $(RequireRestoreConsent) == 'true' ">-RequireConsent</RequireConsentSwitch>
-        <NonInteractiveSwitch Condition=" '$(VisualStudioVersion)' != '' AND '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">-NonInteractive</NonInteractiveSwitch>
-        
-        <PaddedSolutionDir Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">"$(SolutionDir) "</PaddedSolutionDir>
-        <PaddedSolutionDir Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">"$(SolutionDir)"</PaddedSolutionDir>
-
-        <!-- Commands -->
-        <RestoreCommand>$(NuGetCommand) install "$(PackagesConfig)" -source "$(PackageSources)"  $(NonInteractiveSwitch) $(RequireConsentSwitch) -solutionDir $(PaddedSolutionDir)</RestoreCommand>
-        <BuildCommand>$(NuGetCommand) pack "$(ProjectPath)" -Properties "Configuration=$(Configuration);Platform=$(Platform)" $(NonInteractiveSwitch) -OutputDirectory "$(PackageOutputDir)" -symbols</BuildCommand>
-
-        <!-- We need to ensure packages are restored prior to assembly resolve -->
-        <BuildDependsOn Condition="$(RestorePackages) == 'true'">
-            RestorePackages;
-            $(BuildDependsOn);
-        </BuildDependsOn>
-
-        <!-- Make the build depend on restore packages -->
-        <BuildDependsOn Condition="$(BuildPackage) == 'true'">
-            $(BuildDependsOn);
-            BuildPackage;
-        </BuildDependsOn>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <Target Name="CheckPrerequisites">
-        <!-- Raise an error if we're unable to locate nuget.exe  -->
-        <Error Condition="'$(DownloadNuGetExe)' != 'true' AND !Exists('$(NuGetExePath)')" Text="Unable to locate '$(NuGetExePath)'" />
-        <!--
-        Take advantage of MsBuild's build dependency tracking to make sure that we only ever download nuget.exe once.
-        This effectively acts as a lock that makes sure that the download operation will only happen once and all
-        parallel builds will have to wait for it to complete.
-        -->
-        <MsBuild Targets="_DownloadNuGet" Projects="$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)" Properties="Configuration=NOT_IMPORTANT;DownloadNuGetExe=$(DownloadNuGetExe)" />
-    </Target>
-
-    <Target Name="_DownloadNuGet">
-        <DownloadNuGet OutputFilename="$(NuGetExePath)" Condition=" '$(DownloadNuGetExe)' == 'true' AND !Exists('$(NuGetExePath)')" />
-    </Target>
-
-    <Target Name="RestorePackages" DependsOnTargets="CheckPrerequisites">
-        <Exec Command="$(RestoreCommand)"
-              Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' And Exists('$(PackagesConfig)')" />
-              
-        <Exec Command="$(RestoreCommand)"
-              LogStandardErrorAsError="true"
-              Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' And Exists('$(PackagesConfig)')" />
-    </Target>
-
-    <Target Name="BuildPackage" DependsOnTargets="CheckPrerequisites">
-        <Exec Command="$(BuildCommand)" 
-              Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' " />
-              
-        <Exec Command="$(BuildCommand)"
-              LogStandardErrorAsError="true"
-              Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' " />
-    </Target>
-    
-    <UsingTask TaskName="DownloadNuGet" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
-        <ParameterGroup>
-            <OutputFilename ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
-        </ParameterGroup>
-        <Task>
-            <Reference Include="System.Core" />
-            <Using Namespace="System" />
-            <Using Namespace="System.IO" />
-            <Using Namespace="System.Net" />
-            <Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Framework" />
-            <Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Utilities" />
-            <Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs">
-                <![CDATA[
-                try {
-                    OutputFilename = Path.GetFullPath(OutputFilename);
-
-                    Log.LogMessage("Downloading latest version of NuGet.exe...");
-                    WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
-                    webClient.DownloadFile("https://www.nuget.org/nuget.exe", OutputFilename);
-
-                    return true;
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex) {
-                    Log.LogErrorFromException(ex);
-                    return false;
-                }
-            ]]>
-            </Code>
-        </Task>
-    </UsingTask>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/SQLCE4Umbraco/SqlCE4Umbraco.csproj b/src/SQLCE4Umbraco/SqlCE4Umbraco.csproj
index 216fa74a67..604cbd2592 100644
--- a/src/SQLCE4Umbraco/SqlCE4Umbraco.csproj
+++ b/src/SQLCE4Umbraco/SqlCE4Umbraco.csproj
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
     <PostBuildEvent>
     </PostBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\nuget.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
diff --git a/src/SolutionInfo.cs b/src/SolutionInfo.cs
index caeb303f68..0f61a177ce 100644
--- a/src/SolutionInfo.cs
+++ b/src/SolutionInfo.cs
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ using System.Resources;
 
 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
 
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("7.5.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("7.5.0")]
\ No newline at end of file
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("8.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("8.0.0-beta")]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoVersion.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoVersion.cs
index 07a3307a77..200658daeb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoVersion.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoVersion.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
         /// Gets the version comment (like beta or RC).
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The version comment.</value>
-        public static string CurrentComment => "alpha0001";
+        public static string CurrentComment => "beta";
 
         // Get the version of the Umbraco.Core.dll by looking at a class in that dll
         // Had to do it like this due to medium trust issues, see: http://haacked.com/archive/2010/11/04/assembly-location-and-medium-trust.aspx
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 13f48bb2bf..603eb0a3ce 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
@@ -37,88 +37,10 @@
     <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="AutoMapper, Version=4.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=be96cd2c38ef1005, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\AutoMapper.4.2.1\lib\net45\AutoMapper.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="HtmlAgilityPack, Version=1.4.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=bd319b19eaf3b43a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\HtmlAgilityPack.1.4.9\lib\Net45\HtmlAgilityPack.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\SharpZipLib.0.86.0\lib\20\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="LightInject, Version=4.0.9.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\LightInject.4.0.9\lib\net46\LightInject.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="LightInject.Annotation, Version=1.0.0.4, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\LightInject.Annotation.1.0.0.4\lib\net45\LightInject.Annotation.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.15.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.5\lib\net45-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core.2.2.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin.2.2.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Owin.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin.Security">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Owin.Security.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth, Version=3.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth.3.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="MiniProfiler, Version=3.2.0.157, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b44f9351044011a3, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\MiniProfiler.3.2.0.157\lib\net40\MiniProfiler.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="MySql.Data">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.9.8\lib\net45\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.8.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="NPoco, Version=3.3.3.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\NPoco.3.3.3\lib\net45\NPoco.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Owin">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\Owin.1.0\lib\net40\Owin.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Semver, Version=1.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <HintPath>..\packages\semver.1.1.2\lib\net451\Semver.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>True</Private>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations" />
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data.Entity" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\SqlServerCE.4.0.0.1\lib\System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="System.Data.SqlServerCe.Entity, Version=4.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
-      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\SqlServerCE.4.0.0.1\lib\System.Data.SqlServerCe.Entity.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.WebRequest" />
@@ -1395,9 +1317,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="app.config" />
     <None Include="FileResources\BlockingWeb.config" />
-    <None Include="packages.config">
-      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
-    </None>
+    <None Include="project.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="FileResources\Files.resx">
@@ -1410,7 +1330,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\nuget.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 80fe5b3e37..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="AutoMapper" version="4.2.1" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="HtmlAgilityPack" version="1.4.9" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="LightInject" version="4.0.9" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="LightInject.Annotation" version="1.0.0.4" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="log4net" version="2.0.5" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core" version="2.2.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin" version="2.2.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Owin" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="MiniProfiler" version="3.2.0.157" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.8" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="8.0.3" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="NPoco" version="3.3.3" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="semver" version="1.1.2" targetFramework="net461" />
-  <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net4" />
-  <package id="SqlServerCE" version="4.0.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-</packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/project.json b/src/Umbraco.Core/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..638bec0f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "HtmlAgilityPack": "1.4.*",
+    "AutoMapper": "4.2.*",
+    "LightInject.Annotation": "1.0.*",
+    "LightInject": "4.0.*",
+    "log4net": "2.0.*",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core": "2.2.*",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin": "2.2.*",
+    "Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth": "3.0.*",
+    "Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies": "3.0.*",
+    "MiniProfiler": "3.2.*",
+    "Newtonsoft.Json": "8.0.*",
+    "NPoco": "3.3.3",
+    "semver": "1.*",
+    "SqlServerCE": "4.*",
+    "SharpZipLib": "0.86.0",
+    "MySql.Data": "6.9.*"
+  },
+  "frameworks": {
+    "net461": { }
+  },
+  "runtimes": {
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@@ -1830,6 +1624,7 @@
       <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
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   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
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@@ -1877,5 +1672,4 @@
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 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d05151382..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/project.json b/src/Umbraco.Web/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8912a26d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "AutoMapper": "4.2.*",
+    "ClientDependency": "1.8.*",
+    "dotless": "1.4.1.0",
+    "Examine": "2.0.0-beta2",
+    "HtmlAgilityPack": "1.4.*",
+    "LightInject": "4.0.*",
+    "LightInject.Annotation": "1.0.*",
+    "LightInject.Mvc": "1.0.*",
+    "LightInject.Web": "1.0.*",
+    "LightInject.WebApi": "1.0.*",
+    "log4net": "2.0.*",
+    "Lucene.Net": "3.0.3",
+    "Markdown": "1.*",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core": "2.2.1",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin": "2.2.1",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc": "5.2.3",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.Razor": "3.2.3",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi": "5.2.3",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client": "5.2.3",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core": "5.2.3",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.WebHost": "5.2.3",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages": "3.2.3",
+    "Microsoft.Owin": "3.0.*",
+    "Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb": "3.0.*",
+    "Microsoft.Owin.Security": "3.0.*",
+    "Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies": "3.0.*",
+    "Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth": "3.0.*",
+    "Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure": "1.0.0.0",
+    "MiniProfiler": "3.2.*",
+    "Newtonsoft.Json": "8.0.*",
+    "NPoco": "3.3.3",
+    "Owin": "1.0.*",
+    "semver": "1.*",
+    "SharpZipLib": "0.86.0",
+    "UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter": "2.0.7",
+    "xmlrpcnet": "2.5.0"
+  },
+  "frameworks": {
+    "net461": { }
+  },
+  "runtimes": {
+    "win-anycpu": { },
+    "win": { }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoExamine.csproj b/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoExamine.csproj
index 149bcb11c5..749faaf27c 100644
--- a/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoExamine.csproj
+++ b/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoExamine.csproj
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
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   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
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diff --git a/src/packages/repositories.config b/src/packages/repositories.config
deleted file mode 100644
index bc14e14f0f..0000000000
--- a/src/packages/repositories.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<repositories>
-  <repository path="..\SQLCE4Umbraco\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\umbraco.businesslogic\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\umbraco.cms\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\umbraco.controls\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\Umbraco.Core\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\umbraco.datalayer\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\Umbraco.Tests\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\Umbraco.Web.UI\packages.config" />
-  <repository path="..\Umbraco.Web\packages.config" />
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/umbraco.cms.csproj b/src/umbraco.cms/umbraco.cms.csproj
index b77ce72519..1fb0b2c99a 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/umbraco.cms.csproj
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/umbraco.cms.csproj
@@ -297,5 +297,4 @@
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 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/umbraco.controls/umbraco.controls.csproj b/src/umbraco.controls/umbraco.controls.csproj
index 51f76635d7..d58c95ce66 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.controls/umbraco.controls.csproj
+++ b/src/umbraco.controls/umbraco.controls.csproj
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
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   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
diff --git a/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj b/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
index c21ca17077..00b177fa0b 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
+++ b/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
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        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">