diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index d35b44f4e5b..7e462b908b7 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "tools": {
-    "dotnet": "3.0.100-preview6-012264",
+    "dotnet": "3.0.100-preview7-012512",
     "runtimes": {
       "dotnet": [
         "2.1.7",
diff --git a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props
index ffc525ac3f5..985437424fe 100644
--- a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props
+++ b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.props
@@ -2,8 +2,29 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_MicrosoftNetSdkWindowsDesktop>true</_MicrosoftNetSdkWindowsDesktop>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true' And '$(UseWPF)' == 'true'">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- 
+    WindowsDesktop SDK supports WPF and WinForms on 
+      - .NET Core 3.0 and greater
+      - .NET Framework 3.0 and greater
+   
+    Note that on .NET Framework versions < 4.0, additional workarounds may be required to build applications 
+    using the SDK style projects. For e.g., see https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/issues/1333
+    
+    Irrespective of whether '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' is '.NETCoreApp' or '.NETFramework', 
+    the minimum value of $(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV) we will be testing for is '3.0'
+    
+    Note:
+      Please see https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/issues/3212 for a discussion about the use of 
+      the private $(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV) property - which will likely remain supported and
+      is safe to use here. 
+  -->
+    <_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor>3.0</_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" ('$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And 
+                         ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != '') And ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
     <ApplicationDefinition Include="App.xaml"
                            Condition="'$(EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition)' != 'false' And Exists('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/App.xaml') And '$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
@@ -13,30 +34,43 @@
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
     </ApplicationDefinition>
 
-    <None Remove="@(ApplicationDefinition)"
-          Condition="'$(EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition)' != 'false'" />
-
     <Page Include="**/*.xaml"
           Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes);$(DefaultExcludesInProjectFolder);@(ApplicationDefinition)"
           Condition="'$(EnableDefaultPageItems)' != 'false'" >
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
     </Page>
 
-    <None Remove="@(Page)"
-          Condition="'$(EnableDefaultPageItems)' != 'false'" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true' And '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' And '$(UseWPF)' == 'true' And '$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true'">
-    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+    <!-- 
+      See https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/issues/685
+      Visual Studio would prefer that we remove **/*.xaml instead of 
+      being more precise.
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true' And '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' And '$(UseWPF)' == 'true' And '$(UseWindowsForms)' != 'true'">
-    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WPF" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" />
+      <None Remove="@(Page)"
+              Condition="'$(EnableDefaultPageItems)' != 'false'" />
+      <None Remove="@(ApplicationDefinition)"
+            Condition="'$(EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition)' != 'false'" />
+    -->
+    <None Remove="**/*.xaml"
+          Condition="'$(EnableDefaultApplicationDefinition)' != 'false' And '$(EnableDefaultPageItems)' != 'false'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true' And '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' And '$(UseWPF)' != 'true' And '$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true'">
-    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WindowsForms" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" />
+  
+  <ItemGroup Condition="('$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true') And
+                      ('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp') And
+                      ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != '') And
+                      ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+
+    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App" IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+                        Condition="('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true')"/>
+
+    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WPF" IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+                        Condition="('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWindowsForms)' != 'true')"/>
+
+    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WindowsForms" IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
+                        Condition="('$(UseWPF)' != 'true') And ('$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true')"/>
   </ItemGroup>
+  
 
   <!--
     Traditionally, Visual Studio has supplied these references for .NET Framework based
@@ -57,16 +91,21 @@
     .NET 4.5+:  PresentationCore, PresentationFramework, WindowsBase, System.Xaml, 
                 UIAutomationClient, UIAutomationClientSideProviders, UIAutomationProvider, UIAutomationTypes
                 System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon
-                
-    Note:
-      Please see https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/issues/3212 for a discussion about the use of 
-      the private $(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV) property - which will likely remain supported and
-      is safe to use here. 
+
   -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework' And '$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != ''">
-    <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="WindowsBase" Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '3.0'" />
-    <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="PresentationCore" Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '3.0'" />
-    <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="PresentationFramework" Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '3.0'" />
+  <ItemGroup Condition="('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework') And ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != '') And 
+                        ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+
+    <!--
+      The following 3 _WpfCommonNetFxReference items normally require Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '3.0'", since
+      they are supported on .NET Framework 3.0 and above. 
+      
+      This condition is implicitly satisfied by '$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)' 
+      in the outer ItemGroup
+    -->
+    <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="WindowsBase" /> 
+    <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="PresentationCore" />
+    <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="PresentationFramework" />
 
     <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="System.Xaml" Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '4.0'">
       <RequiredTargetFramework>4.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
@@ -79,15 +118,16 @@
     <_WpfCommonNetFxReference Include="System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon" Condition="'$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '4.5'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true' and '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework' And '$(UseWPF)' == 'true' ">
-    <_SDKImplicitReference Include="@(_WpfCommonNetFxReference)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true' and '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework' And '$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true' ">
-    <_SDKImplicitReference Include="System.Windows.Forms"/>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true' and '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework' And '$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true' And '$(UseWPF)' == 'true' ">
-    <_SDKImplicitReference Include="WindowsFormsIntegration"/>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="('$(DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences)' != 'true') And ('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework') And 
+                        ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != '') And ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+    
+    <_SDKImplicitReference Include="@(_WpfCommonNetFxReference)"
+                       Condition="'$(UseWPF)' == 'true'"/>
+    
+    <_SDKImplicitReference Include="System.Windows.Forms"
+                        Condition="('$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true') " />
+    
+    <_SDKImplicitReference Include="WindowsFormsIntegration"
+                       Condition=" ('$(UseWindowsForms)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') "/>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
index 0d4999b49ca..8beb86feab2 100644
--- a/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
+++ b/packaging/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop.targets
@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="Microsoft.WinFX.targets" />
 
-   <!-- 
-    For now, UseLegacyPresentationBuildTasks=true can be used to use the in-box framework 
-    PresentationBuildTasks and targets when running in full framework MSBuild. This is
-    just an escape hatch while the new PresentationBuildTasks bake. 
-    
-    When we remove this,we can remove the correpsonding corresponding mscorlib swap targets in
-    Microsoft.DesktopUI.App.targets, and the production of ref-mscorlib shims 
-  -->
- <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.WinFX.targets" 
-         Condition ="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'Core' and '$(UseLegacyPresentationBuildTasks)' == 'true'"/>
-
- <Import Project="Microsoft.WinFX.targets" 
-         Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core' or '$(UseLegacyPresentationBuildTasks)' != 'true'" />
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true' And '$(UseWPF)' == 'true'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" ('$(EnableDefaultItems)' == 'true') And ('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != '') And 
+                         ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
     
     <!-- In the WindowsDesktop .props, we globbed all .xaml files as Page items.  If any of those files are included
          as Resource, Content, or None items, then remove them from the Page items. -->
@@ -25,9 +13,10 @@
   <!-- Generate error if there are duplicate page items.  The task comes from the .NET SDK, and this target follows
        the pattern in the CheckForDuplicateItems task, where the .NET SDK checks for duplicate items for the item
        types it knows about. -->
-  <Target Name="CheckForDuplicatePageItems" BeforeTargets="_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform;CoreCompile"
+  <Target Name="CheckForDuplicatePageItems" 
+          BeforeTargets="_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform;CoreCompile"
           DependsOnTargets="CheckForDuplicateItems"
-          Condition="'$(UseWPF)' == 'true'">
+          Condition="('$(UseWPF)' == 'true') And ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != '') And ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
 
     <CheckForDuplicateItems
       Items="@(Page)"
@@ -47,4 +36,29 @@
 
   </Target>
 
+  <!-- 
+    This warning can be suppressed by setting $(MSBuildWarningsAsMessages) property, like this:
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <MSBuildWarningsAsMessages>$(MSBuildWarningsAsMessages);NETSDK1106</MSBuildWarningsAsMessages>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+  --> 
+  <Target Name="_WindowsDesktopFrameworkRequiresUseWpfOrUseWindowsForms"
+          BeforeTargets="_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform"
+          Condition="('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != '') And ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' >= '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+    <NetSdkWarning ResourceName="WindowsDesktopFrameworkRequiresUseWpfOrUseWindowsForms" 
+                   Condition="'$(UseWpf)' != 'true' And '$(UseWindowsForms)' != 'true'"/>
+  </Target>
+
+    <!-- 
+    This warning can be suppressed by setting $(MSBuildWarningsAsMessages) property, like this:
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <MSBuildWarningsAsMessages>$(MSBuildWarningsAsMessages);NETSDK1105</MSBuildWarningsAsMessages>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+  --> 
+  <Target Name="_WindowsDesktopFrameworkRequiresVersion30"
+        BeforeTargets="_CheckForInvalidConfigurationAndPlatform"
+        Condition="('$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp') And 
+                  ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' != '') And ('$(_TargetFrameworkVersionWithoutV)' &lt; '$(_WindowsDesktopSdkTargetFrameworkVersionFloor)')">
+    <NetSdkWarning ResourceName="WindowsDesktopFrameworkRequiresVersion30" />
+  </Target>
 </Project>