diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 420a82407fb339157095ff7ee9fe5dfe98848e2d..b74b1da271ab96741351b298ec8685e34a504791 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- For a Release Candidate: Uncomment the following line: -->
+    <!-- For a Release Candidate uncomment the following line: -->
     <!--<DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants),RELEASE_CANDIDATE</DefineConstants>-->
 
-    <!-- For a Release: Uncomment the following line: -->
+    <!-- For a Release uncomment the following line: -->
     <!--<DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants),CERTIFICATION_RELEASE</DefineConstants>-->
+
+    <!-- Global VECTO Version -->
+    <MainProductVersion>0.7.7</MainProductVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- The following settings define the default values for ALL projects -->
+  <!-- The following settings are used as default values for ALL projects -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>0.7.7.$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.Subtract($([System.DateTime]::new(2015,1,1))).Days)</VersionPrefix>
+    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
+    <VersionPrefix>$(MainProductVersion).$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.Subtract($([System.DateTime]::new(2015,1,1))).Days)</VersionPrefix>
     <Authors>Graz University of Technology</Authors>
     <Company>European Union</Company>
     <Copyright>Copyright © 2012-$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.Year)</Copyright>
-    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -28,10 +31,11 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG</DefineConstants>
+    <!--<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>-->
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <WarningLevel>5</WarningLevel>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <CheckForOverflowUnderflow>true</CheckForOverflowUnderflow>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
     <DefineConstants />
     <DebugType>none</DebugType>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <WarningLevel>5</WarningLevel>
     <DebugSymbols>false</DebugSymbols>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..137b6c1c4943c5855778764c2f21938254edf09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<Project>
+    <!--<Target Name="VersionMessage" AfterTargets="build">
+        <Message Text="$(AssemblyName) -> $(Version)" importance="high"/>
+    </Target>-->
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/packages.config b/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/packages.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 6798d5a11d50a9174306e5071bcf3741e1256c7a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="NLog" version="4.7.13" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="System.ValueTuple" version="4.5.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-</packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cb6c91fcc8449097199e9465cd3f3b29c4f93ab..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* This file is part of VECTO.
-*
-* Copyright © 2012-2019 European Union
-*
-* Developed by Graz University of Technology,
-*              Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics,
-*              Institute of Technical Informatics
-*
-* VECTO is licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.1 or - as soon they will be approved
-* by the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "Licence");
-* You may not use VECTO except in compliance with the Licence.
-* You may obtain a copy of the Licence at:
-*
-* https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eupl/og_page/eupl
-*
-* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, VECTO
-* distributed under the Licence is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-* See the Licence for the specific language governing permissions and
-* limitations under the Licence.
-*
-* Authors:
-*   Stefan Hausberger, hausberger@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Christian Kreiner, christian.kreiner@tugraz.at, ITI, Graz University of Technology
-*   Michael Krisper, michael.krisper@tugraz.at, ITI, Graz University of Technology
-*   Raphael Luz, luz@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Markus Quaritsch, markus.quaritsch@tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Martin Rexeis, rexeis@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*/
-
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-
-// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
-// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
-// associated with an assembly.
-
-[assembly: AssemblyTitle("VectoHashing")]
-[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyProduct("VectoHashing")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2017")]
-[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-
-// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
-// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
-// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
-
-[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
-
-// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
-
-[assembly: Guid("334248fa-331e-4255-97fe-617e1a497f6f")]
-
-// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
-//
-//      Major Version
-//      Minor Version 
-//      Build Number
-//      Revision
-//
-// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
-// by using the '*' as shown below:
-// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/Version.cs b/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/Version.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f3fd2a3bf40edec40cde6f2873c753f0c7559f4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/Version.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* This file is part of VECTO.
-*
-* Copyright © 2012-2016 European Union
-*
-* Developed by Graz University of Technology,
-*              Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics,
-*              Institute of Technical Informatics
-*
-* VECTO is licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.1 or - as soon they will be approved
-* by the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "Licence");
-* You may not use VECTO except in compliance with the Licence.
-* You may obtain a copy of the Licence at:
-*	
-* https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eupl/og_page/eupl
-*
-* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, VECTO
-* distributed under the Licence is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-* See the Licence for the specific language governing permissions and
-* limitations under the Licence.
-*
-* Authors:
-*   Stefan Hausberger, hausberger@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Christian Kreiner, christian.kreiner@tugraz.at, ITI, Graz University of Technology
-*   Michael Krisper, michael.krisper@tugraz.at, ITI, Graz University of Technology
-*   Raphael Luz, luz@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Markus Quaritsch, markus.quaritsch@tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Martin Rexeis, rexeis@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*/
-
-using System.Reflection;
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.2.0.2527")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.2.0.2527")]
diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/Version.tt b/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/Version.tt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d01959c7f78fbd0f727127a37ed5ebf9f8a7f4b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/Properties/Version.tt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* This file is part of VECTO.
-*
-* Copyright © 2012-2016 European Union
-*
-* Developed by Graz University of Technology,
-*              Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics,
-*              Institute of Technical Informatics
-*
-* VECTO is licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.1 or - as soon they will be approved
-* by the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "Licence");
-* You may not use VECTO except in compliance with the Licence.
-* You may obtain a copy of the Licence at:
-*	
-* https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eupl/og_page/eupl
-*
-* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, VECTO
-* distributed under the Licence is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-* See the Licence for the specific language governing permissions and
-* limitations under the Licence.
-*
-* Authors:
-*   Stefan Hausberger, hausberger@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Christian Kreiner, christian.kreiner@tugraz.at, ITI, Graz University of Technology
-*   Michael Krisper, michael.krisper@tugraz.at, ITI, Graz University of Technology
-*   Raphael Luz, luz@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Markus Quaritsch, markus.quaritsch@tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*   Martin Rexeis, rexeis@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
-*/
-
-<#@ template language="C#" #>
-<#@ output extension=".cs"#>
-<#@ include file="../../../VectoCore/VectoCore/VersionNumber.t4" once="true" #>
-using System.Reflection;
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.2.0.<#= GetBuildNumber() #>")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.2.0.<#= GetBuildNumber() #>")]
-<#+ 
-	int RevisionNumber = (int)(DateTime.UtcNow - new DateTime(2015, 1, 1)).TotalDays; 
-#>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/VectoHashing.csproj b/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/VectoHashing.csproj
index 8d496c1df758544767cf3891ffe0b7b60c586f1d..7b3124ed952839bcc0d28f109a742ef6f5627384 100644
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/VectoHashing.csproj
+++ b/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/VectoHashing.csproj
@@ -1,37 +1,17 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Version Information (only needed if it differs from Global VECTO Version)-->
+    <MainProductVersion>1.2.9</MainProductVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
-    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
     <ProjectGuid>{B673E12F-D323-4C4C-8805-9915B2C72D3D}</ProjectGuid>
-    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>TUGraz.VectoHashing</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>VectoHashing</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <DocumentationFile>
-    </DocumentationFile>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <DocumentationFile>bin\Release\VectoHashing.XML</DocumentationFile>
+    <Product>$(AssemblyName)</Product>
+    <VersionPrefix>$(MainProductVersion).$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.Subtract($([System.DateTime]::new(2015,1,1))).Days)</VersionPrefix>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
@@ -42,43 +22,10 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="Impl\XmlDsigVectoTransform.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Util\XmlDocumentExtensions.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="VectoHash.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Impl\XmlHashProvider.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Properties\Version.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>Version.tt</DependentUpon>
-      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
-      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
-    </Compile>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\XSLT\SortInputData.xslt" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="Properties\Version.tt">
-      <Generator>TextTemplatingFileGenerator</Generator>
-      <LastGenOutput>Version.cs</LastGenOutput>
-    </None>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Service Include="{508349B6-6B84-4DF5-91F0-309BEEBAD82D}" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\VectoCommon\VectoCommon.csproj">
-      <Project>{79A066AD-69A9-4223-90F6-6ED5D2D084F4}</Project>
-      <Name>VectoCommon</Name>
-    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\VectoCommon\VectoCommon.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.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">
-  </Target>
-  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
-  </Target>
-  -->
-  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)Build\TextPreProcessing.targets" />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>