diff --git a/Build-Toolkit-Components.ps1 b/Build-Toolkit-Components.ps1
index 5b3bd3cc..4b9d0f8a 100644
--- a/Build-Toolkit-Components.ps1
+++ b/Build-Toolkit-Components.ps1
@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ function Invoke-MSBuildWithBinlog {
         # Ensure output is relative to $pwd, not to the csproj of each component. 
         $NupkgOutput = (Resolve-Path $NupkgOutput).Path
 
-        $msbuildArgs += "-t:Clean,Build,Pack"
+        $msbuildArgs += "-t:Build,Pack"
         $msbuildArgs += "/p:PackageOutputPath=$NupkgOutput"
         $msbuildArgs += "/p:DateForVersion=$DateForVersion"
         $msbuildArgs += "/p:PreviewVersion=$PreviewVersion"
     }
     else {
-        $msbuildArgs += "-t:Clean,Build"
+        $msbuildArgs += "-t:Build"
     }
 
     # Add additional properties to the msbuild arguments
diff --git a/Build-Toolkit-Gallery.ps1 b/Build-Toolkit-Gallery.ps1
index a6f96cb6..b6fc3668 100644
--- a/Build-Toolkit-Gallery.ps1
+++ b/Build-Toolkit-Gallery.ps1
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Param (
   [string[]]$MultiTargets = @('uwp', 'wasdk', 'wasm'), # default settings
   
   [ValidateSet('wasm', 'uwp', 'wasdk', 'wpf', 'linuxgtk', 'macos', 'ios', 'android', 'netstandard')]
-  [string[]]$ExcludeMultiTargets = @() # default settings
+  [string[]]$ExcludeMultiTargets = @(), # default settings
 
   [ValidateSet('all', 'Uwp', 'Wasdk', 'Wasm', 'Tests.Uwp', 'Tests.Wasdk')]
   [string[]]$Heads = @('Uwp', 'Wasdk', 'Wasm'),
diff --git a/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Converters/StringToUriConverter.cs b/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Converters/StringToUriConverter.cs
index d9aa0f57..5c148d41 100644
--- a/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Converters/StringToUriConverter.cs
+++ b/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Converters/StringToUriConverter.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace CommunityToolkit.App.Shared.Converters;
 
-public class StringToUriConverter : IValueConverter
+public partial class StringToUriConverter : IValueConverter
 {
     public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, string language)
     {
diff --git a/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/DocOrSampleTemplateSelector.cs b/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/DocOrSampleTemplateSelector.cs
index 530ed2bb..bd6d80ad 100644
--- a/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/DocOrSampleTemplateSelector.cs
+++ b/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/DocOrSampleTemplateSelector.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 namespace CommunityToolkit.App.Shared;
 
-public class DocOrSampleTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
+public partial class DocOrSampleTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
 {
     public DataTemplate? Document { get; set; }
     public DataTemplate? Sample { get; set; }
diff --git a/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Renderers/GeneratedSampleOptionTemplateSelector.cs b/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Renderers/GeneratedSampleOptionTemplateSelector.cs
index 7c55f1ba..c42e84d0 100644
--- a/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Renderers/GeneratedSampleOptionTemplateSelector.cs
+++ b/CommunityToolkit.App.Shared/Renderers/GeneratedSampleOptionTemplateSelector.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace CommunityToolkit.App.Shared.Renderers;
 /// <summary>
 /// Selects a sample option template for the provided <see cref="IGeneratedToolkitSampleOptionViewModel"/>.
 /// </summary>
-internal class GeneratedSampleOptionTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
+internal partial class GeneratedSampleOptionTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
 {
     public DataTemplate? BoolOptionTemplate { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/MultiTarget/EnabledTargetFrameworks.props b/MultiTarget/EnabledTargetFrameworks.props
index 4fd9da63..ee92d5c9 100644
--- a/MultiTarget/EnabledTargetFrameworks.props
+++ b/MultiTarget/EnabledTargetFrameworks.props
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
         <UwpTargetFramework>uap10.0.17763</UwpTargetFramework>
         <WinAppSdkTargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.22621.0;net7.0-windows10.0.22621.0;net6.0-windows10.0.22621.0;</WinAppSdkTargetFramework>
-
+        
         <WasmHeadTargetFramework>net8.0</WasmHeadTargetFramework>
         <LinuxHeadTargetFramework>net8.0</LinuxHeadTargetFramework>
         <WpfHeadTargetFramework>net8.0</WpfHeadTargetFramework>
+        
+        
+        
+        
 
         <!-- Used for comparison to current TargetFramework -->
         <LinuxLibTargetFramework>net8.0</LinuxLibTargetFramework>
diff --git a/MultiTarget/PackageReferences/WinAppSdk.props b/MultiTarget/PackageReferences/WinAppSdk.props
index 20463cae..a446d951 100644
--- a/MultiTarget/PackageReferences/WinAppSdk.props
+++ b/MultiTarget/PackageReferences/WinAppSdk.props
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <Project>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.5.240311000" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.6.240807006-preview1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.22621.756" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.2730-prerelease" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.1.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/MultiTarget/WinUI.Extra.props b/MultiTarget/WinUI.Extra.props
index ba824ca0..9858eeb6 100644
--- a/MultiTarget/WinUI.Extra.props
+++ b/MultiTarget/WinUI.Extra.props
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     
     <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers> 
     <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="8 > $([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)'))">win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.22621.37-preview</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IsUno)' == 'true'">
@@ -52,4 +52,23 @@
       <HintPath Condition="Exists('c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Preview\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin.VisualStudio')">c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Preview\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin.VisualStudio\Xamarin.Mac.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
+
+    <!--
+    Workaround for WindowsAppSdk 1.6
+    Track https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Labs-Windows/pull/561#issuecomment-2274727870
+    -->
+  <Target Condition="'$(IsWinAppSdk)' == 'true'" Name="CsWinRTRemoveXamlDllReferences" AfterTargets="ResolveTargetingPackAssets;ResolveReferences" BeforeTargets="XamlPreCompile;CoreCompile" Outputs="@(Reference)">
+      <ItemGroup>
+          <Reference Remove="@(Reference)"
+              Condition="'%(Reference.Filename)%(Reference.Extension)' == 'Microsoft.Windows.UI.Xaml.dll'" />
+          <ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies Remove="@(ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies)"
+              Condition="'%(ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies.Filename)%(ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies.Extension)' == 'Microsoft.Windows.UI.Xaml.dll'" />
+          <ReferenceCopyLocalPaths Remove="@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths)"
+              Condition="'%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Filename)%(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths.Extension)' == 'Microsoft.Windows.UI.Xaml.dll'" />
+          <ReferencePath Remove="@(ReferencePath)"
+              Condition="'%(ReferencePath.Filename)%(ReferencePath.Extension)' == 'Microsoft.Windows.UI.Xaml.dll'" />
+          <RuntimePackAsset Remove="@(RuntimePackAsset)"
+Condition="'%(RuntimePackAsset.Filename)%(RuntimePackAsset.Extension)' == 'Microsoft.Windows.UI.Xaml.dll'" />
+      </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/ProjectHeads/App.Head.WinAppSdk.props b/ProjectHeads/App.Head.WinAppSdk.props
index cd101a86..d51b89fa 100644
--- a/ProjectHeads/App.Head.WinAppSdk.props
+++ b/ProjectHeads/App.Head.WinAppSdk.props
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
     <DependencyVariant>WinUI</DependencyVariant>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+      <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\App.Head.props" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\Head.WinAppSdk.props" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\App.Head.WinAppSdk.Dependencies.props" />
diff --git a/ProjectHeads/Head.WinAppSdk.props b/ProjectHeads/Head.WinAppSdk.props
index 74b8498a..eb8d7476 100644
--- a/ProjectHeads/Head.WinAppSdk.props
+++ b/ProjectHeads/Head.WinAppSdk.props
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\..\MultiTarget\PackageReferences\WinAppSdk.props" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\..\MultiTarget\WinUI.Extra.props" />
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
-      <!-- Set to true when WinAppSdk releases AoT support in 1.6+ -->
-      <PublishAot>false</PublishAot>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+      <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-$(Platform)</RuntimeIdentifier> 
+      <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="8 > $([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)'))">win10-$(Platform)</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>