diff --git a/build.json b/build.json
index 6e39cb4ea8d3956f0971eb41796762faaf966621..286a63c05c30182f361cc35703f4868ef83ead84 100644
--- a/build.json
+++ b/build.json
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@
         "gpr"
       ],
       "baselib": true,
+      "dll": "yes",
       "filegroups": [
         "grpc_base",
         "census"
@@ -560,6 +561,7 @@
         "gpr"
       ],
       "baselib": true,
+      "dll": "yes",
       "filegroups": [
         "grpc_base",
         "census"
@@ -589,6 +591,7 @@
         "grpc"
       ],
       "baselib": true,
+      "dll": "yes",
       "filegroups": [
         "grpc++_base"
       ],
@@ -640,6 +643,7 @@
         "grpc_unsecure"
       ],
       "baselib": true,
+      "dll": "yes",
       "filegroups": [
         "grpc++_base"
       ],
@@ -828,6 +832,7 @@
         "gpr",
         "grpc"
       ],
+      "dll": "only",
       "vs_project_guid": "{D64C6D63-4458-4A88-AB38-35678384A7E4}"
     }
   ],
diff --git a/src/csharp/buildall.bat b/src/csharp/buildall.bat
index e73feb87b9da6053cfe9cb995f05819e381b1292..d85896c255bcbc6e6aa6ef5e6921ca5fa38c0606 100644
--- a/src/csharp/buildall.bat
+++ b/src/csharp/buildall.bat
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cd /d %~dp0
 @call "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\..\..\vc\vcvarsall.bat" x86
 
 @rem Build the C# native extension
-msbuild ..\..\vsprojects\grpc.sln /t:grpc_csharp_ext /p:PlatformToolset=v120 || goto :error
+msbuild ..\..\vsprojects\grpc_csharp_ext.sln /p:PlatformToolset=v120 || goto :error
 
 msbuild Grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Debug || goto :error
 msbuild Grpc.sln /p:Configuration=Release || goto :error
diff --git a/templates/vsprojects/grpc.sln.template b/templates/vsprojects/grpc.sln.template
index 70be6b4f7a33ab52643205823479aac2cf46d641..5c5e28c885d006736c5cd122685fa97b44ebfb65 100644
--- a/templates/vsprojects/grpc.sln.template
+++ b/templates/vsprojects/grpc.sln.template
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <%namespace file="sln_defs.include" import="gen_solution"/>\
 <%
-solution_projects = [p for p in vsprojects if p.build != 'protoc']
+solution_projects = [p for p in vsprojects if p.build != 'protoc' and p.language in ['c', 'c++']]
 %>\
-${gen_solution(solution_projects)}
\ No newline at end of file
+${gen_solution(solution_projects, use_dlls='yes')}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/vsprojects/grpc_csharp_ext.sln.template b/templates/vsprojects/grpc_csharp_ext.sln.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eb33ce2eb600886d421901326da58eaf0db09ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/vsprojects/grpc_csharp_ext.sln.template
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<%namespace file="sln_defs.include" import="gen_solution"/>\
+<%
+solution_projects = [p for p in vsprojects if p.build == 'all' and p.language in ['c', 'csharp']]
+%>\
+${gen_solution(solution_projects, use_dlls='only')}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/vsprojects/grpc_csharp_ext/grpc_csharp_ext.vcxproj.template b/templates/vsprojects/grpc_csharp_ext/grpc_csharp_ext.vcxproj.template
index 8a5f1ca5b7b8ec9c8468e6c85d1f5e7e2a10564a..25b02b8c82e12eabd615d3deb975d2da05cc79bd 100644
--- a/templates/vsprojects/grpc_csharp_ext/grpc_csharp_ext.vcxproj.template
+++ b/templates/vsprojects/grpc_csharp_ext/grpc_csharp_ext.vcxproj.template
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <%namespace file="../vcxproj_defs.include" import="gen_project"/>\
-${gen_project('grpc_csharp_ext', libs, configuration_type = 'DynamicLibrary', props = ['winsock'], packages=['openssl','zlib'])}
+${gen_project('grpc_csharp_ext', libs, configuration_type = 'DynamicLibrary', props=['zlib-dll'], packages=['openssl','zlib'])}
diff --git a/templates/vsprojects/sln_defs.include b/templates/vsprojects/sln_defs.include
index 4ba0fbff0755ad4f3641aad0230d841a7c1e8e82..224f2cd1d5f03c43f58896a8b95ac3e7bec9376b 100644
--- a/templates/vsprojects/sln_defs.include
+++ b/templates/vsprojects/sln_defs.include
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%def name="gen_solution(solution_projects)">\
+<%def name="gen_solution(solution_projects, use_dlls = 'no')">\
 ## Template for Visual Studio solution
 ## based on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb165951(v=vs.90).aspx
 ## NOTE: tabs in this file are needed by Visual Studio to correctly interpret
@@ -35,11 +35,63 @@ Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
 		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
+% if use_dlls == 'yes':
+		Debug-DLL|Win32 = Debug-DLL|Win32
+		Debug-DLL|x64 = Debug-DLL|x64
+% endif
 		Release|Win32 = Release|Win32
 		Release|x64 = Release|x64
+% if use_dlls == 'yes':
+		Release-DLL|Win32 = Release-DLL|Win32
+		Release-DLL|x64 = Release-DLL|x64
+% endif
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
 % for project in solution_projects:
+  % if use_dlls != 'only':
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+    % if project.get('dll', 'no') != 'only':
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+    % endif
+  % endif
+  % if use_dlls == 'yes':
+    % if project.get('dll', 'no') == 'no':
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+    % else:
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug-DLL|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Debug-DLL|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug-DLL|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Debug-DLL|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release-DLL|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release-DLL|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release-DLL|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release-DLL|x64
+    % endif
+  % endif
+  % if use_dlls == 'only':
+    % if project.get('dll', 'no') == 'yes':
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug-DLL|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug-DLL|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug-DLL|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug-DLL|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release-DLL|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release-DLL|Win32
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release-DLL|x64
+		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release-DLL|x64
+    % else:
 		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
 		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
 		${project.vs_project_guid}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
@@ -48,6 +100,8 @@ Global
 		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		${project.vs_project_guid}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+    % endif
+  % endif
 % endfor
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
diff --git a/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include b/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include
index 39c73860629f5df712d64e2306b00c1669003f2a..507c9a52042e79abf1e79b3474854da173762d63 100644
--- a/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include
+++ b/templates/vsprojects/vcxproj_defs.include
@@ -22,17 +22,37 @@
   if target.build == 'test' and target.language == 'c++':
     props.extend(['cpptest'])
   if configuration_type == 'Application':
-    print target.build
     if target.build == 'protoc':
       props.extend(['protoc'])
     else:
       props.extend(['winsock', 'protobuf', 'zlib', 'openssl'])
+  else:
+    props.extend(['winsock'])
   props.extend(['global'])
+  dll = project.get('dll', 'no')
 %>\
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 ${gen_package_props(packages)}\
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+% if dll == 'yes':
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug-DLL|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug-DLL</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug-DLL|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug-DLL</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release-DLL|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release-DLL</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release-DLL|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release-DLL</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+% endif
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
       <Platform>Win32</Platform>
@@ -63,57 +83,41 @@ ${gen_package_props(packages)}\
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '12.0'" Label="Configuration">
     <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>${configuration_type}</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>${configuration_type}</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+% if dll == 'yes':
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug-DLL'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>${configuration_type}</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release-DLL'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>${configuration_type}</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
+% endif
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    % for prop in props:
-    <Import Project="..\${prop}.props" />
-    % endfor
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    % for prop in props:
-    <Import Project="..\${prop}.props" />
-    % endfor
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    % for prop in props:
-    <Import Project="..\${prop}.props" />
-    % endfor
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     % for prop in props:
     <Import Project="..\${prop}.props" />
     % endfor
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <TargetName>${name}</TargetName>
     % if "zlib" in packages:
     <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
@@ -123,15 +127,82 @@ ${gen_package_props(packages)}\
     <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>Debug</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
     % endif
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <TargetName>${name}</TargetName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-    <TargetName>${name}</TargetName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <TargetName>${name}</TargetName>
+    % if "zlib" in packages:
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>Debug</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    % endif
+    % if "openssl" in packages:
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>Debug</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+    % endif
   </PropertyGroup>
+  % if dll == 'yes':
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug-DLL|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;_USE_32BIT_TIME_T;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>${get_subsystem(project.is_library)}</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug-DLL|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>${get_subsystem(project.is_library)}</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-DLL|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
+      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_USE_32BIT_TIME_T;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>${get_subsystem(project.is_library)}</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-DLL|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
+      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>${get_subsystem(project.is_library)}</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  % endif
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
@@ -139,6 +210,7 @@ ${gen_package_props(packages)}\
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;_USE_32BIT_TIME_T;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>${get_subsystem(project.is_library)}</SubSystem>
@@ -152,6 +224,7 @@ ${gen_package_props(packages)}\
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>${get_subsystem(project.is_library)}</SubSystem>
@@ -167,6 +240,7 @@ ${gen_package_props(packages)}\
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_USE_32BIT_TIME_T;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>${get_subsystem(project.is_library)}</SubSystem>
@@ -184,6 +258,7 @@ ${gen_package_props(packages)}\
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>${get_subsystem(project.is_library)}</SubSystem>
diff --git a/vsprojects/gpr/gpr.vcxproj b/vsprojects/gpr/gpr.vcxproj
index 32a08a232146d604a9f1c3ba24e02263ff6a2748..1d1d813c8c8f46e64dd5cc4fbad994bbf4246407 100644
--- a/vsprojects/gpr/gpr.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/gpr/gpr.vcxproj
@@ -31,23 +31,12 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '12.0'" Label="Configuration">
     <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
-    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
-    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
@@ -56,33 +45,16 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="..\global.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="..\global.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-    <Import Project="..\global.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="..\winsock.props" />
     <Import Project="..\global.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-    <TargetName>gpr</TargetName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
-    <TargetName>gpr</TargetName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <TargetName>gpr</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <TargetName>gpr</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
@@ -92,6 +64,7 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;_USE_32BIT_TIME_T;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -105,6 +78,7 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -120,6 +94,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
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+      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release-DLL|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
+      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
@@ -94,6 +159,7 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;_USE_32BIT_TIME_T;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -107,6 +173,7 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -122,6 +189,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_USE_32BIT_TIME_T;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -139,6 +207,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
diff --git a/vsprojects/nuget_package/buildall.bat b/vsprojects/nuget_package/buildall.bat
index f94b1487e2e27040aca1ac0028a330921578ee1c..80f5235fd9997b99f745a9a828b232be09746b55 100644
--- a/vsprojects/nuget_package/buildall.bat
+++ b/vsprojects/nuget_package/buildall.bat
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ endlocal
 goto :eof
 
 :build
-msbuild /t:grpc_csharp_ext /P:Platform=%1 /P:Configuration=%2 /P:PlatformToolset=%3 /P:OutDir=..\nuget_package\output\%3\%1\%2\ /P:IntDir=..\nuget_package\tmp\%3\%1\%2\ ..\grpc.sln || goto :eof
+msbuild /P:Platform=%1 /P:Configuration=%2 /P:PlatformToolset=%3 /P:OutDir=..\nuget_package\output\%3\%1\%2\ /P:IntDir=..\nuget_package\tmp\%3\%1\%2\ ..\grpc_csharp_ext.sln || goto :eof
 goto :eof
 
 
diff --git a/vsprojects/zlib-dll.props b/vsprojects/zlib-dll.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..752b3926b40e7ffcc9fe332b131aac644751945c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vsprojects/zlib-dll.props
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>zlib.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ProjectDir)\..\packages\grpc.dependencies.zlib.1.2.8.9\build\native\lib\$(PlatformToolset)\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\dynamic\cdecl;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup />
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file