diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe1152bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+**/.classpath
+**/.dockerignore
+**/.env
+**/.git
+**/.gitignore
+**/.project
+**/.settings
+**/.toolstarget
+**/.vs
+**/.vscode
+**/*.*proj.user
+**/*.dbmdl
+**/*.jfm
+**/azds.yaml
+**/bin
+**/charts
+**/docker-compose*
+**/Dockerfile*
+**/node_modules
+**/npm-debug.log
+**/obj
+**/secrets.dev.yaml
+**/values.dev.yaml
+LICENSE
+README.md
+!**/.gitignore
+!.git/HEAD
+!.git/config
+!.git/packed-refs
+!.git/refs/heads/**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/csharp-examples/Dockerfile b/csharp-examples/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c67d39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csharp-examples/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:8.0-nanoserver-1809 AS base
+WORKDIR /app
+
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0-nanoserver-1809 AS build
+ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Release
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY ["csharp-examples/csharp-examples.csproj", "csharp-examples/"]
+COPY ["Conductor/conductor-csharp.csproj", "Conductor/"]
+RUN dotnet restore "./csharp-examples/./csharp-examples.csproj"
+COPY . .
+WORKDIR "/src/csharp-examples"
+RUN dotnet build "./csharp-examples.csproj" -c %BUILD_CONFIGURATION% -o /app/build
+
+FROM build AS publish
+ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Release
+RUN dotnet publish "./csharp-examples.csproj" -c %BUILD_CONFIGURATION% -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false
+
+FROM base AS final
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "csharp-examples.dll"]
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diff --git a/csharp-examples/Properties/launchSettings.json b/csharp-examples/Properties/launchSettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72e9b2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csharp-examples/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "profiles": {
+    "csharp-examples": {
+      "commandName": "Project"
+    },
+    "Docker": {
+      "commandName": "Docker"
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/csharp-examples/csharp-examples.csproj b/csharp-examples/csharp-examples.csproj
index 7b3e51d5..71d71348 100644
--- a/csharp-examples/csharp-examples.csproj
+++ b/csharp-examples/csharp-examples.csproj
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
     <RootNamespace>csharp_examples</RootNamespace>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Windows</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.19.5" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Conductor\conductor-csharp.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>