diff --git a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/MSBuildConversionWorkspace.cs b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/MSBuildConversionWorkspace.cs
index 0cb39601f..c976e6a5b 100644
--- a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/MSBuildConversionWorkspace.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/MSBuildConversionWorkspace.cs
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ private bool IsSupportedOutputType(ProjectOutputType type) =>
                 ProjectOutputType.Library => true,
                 ProjectOutputType.WinExe => true,
                 ProjectOutputType.AppContainerExe => true,
+                ProjectOutputType.WinMdObj => true,
                 _ => false
             };
 
@@ -295,6 +296,10 @@ private ProjectOutputType GetProjectOutputType(IProjectRootElement root, Project
             {
                 return ProjectOutputType.AppContainerExe;
             }
+            else if (ProjectPropertyHelpers.IsWinMdObjProjectType(outputTypeNode))
+            {
+                return ProjectOutputType.WinMdObj;
+            }
             else
             {
                 return ProjectOutputType.Other;
diff --git a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/ProjectOutputType.cs b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/ProjectOutputType.cs
index 795d1db67..2d72d2bbe 100644
--- a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/ProjectOutputType.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/ProjectOutputType.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public enum ProjectOutputType
         Exe,
         WinExe,
         AppContainerExe,
+        WinMdObj,
         Other,
         None
     }
diff --git a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/ProjectPropertyHelpers.cs b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/ProjectPropertyHelpers.cs
index 5c049641d..600ed3853 100644
--- a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/ProjectPropertyHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Abstractions/ProjectPropertyHelpers.cs
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ public static bool IsWinExeOutputType(ProjectPropertyElement prop) =>
             prop.ElementName.Equals(MSBuildFacts.OutputTypeNodeName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
             && prop.Value.Equals(MSBuildFacts.WinExeOutputType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks if an OutputType node is WinMdObj.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool IsWinMdObjProjectType(ProjectPropertyElement prop) =>
+            prop.ElementName.Equals(MSBuildFacts.OutputTypeNodeName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            && prop.Value.Equals(MSBuildFacts.WinMdObjOutputType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
         public static bool IsVisualBasicProject(ProjectPropertyElement prop) =>
             IsProjectTypeGuidsNode(prop) && prop.Value.Split(';').Any(guidString => Guid.Parse(guidString) == MSBuildFacts.LanguageProjectTypeVisualBasic);
 
diff --git a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Facts/MSBuildFacts.cs b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Facts/MSBuildFacts.cs
index ffd10c0a2..22042b255 100644
--- a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Facts/MSBuildFacts.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Facts/MSBuildFacts.cs
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ public static class MSBuildFacts
         public const string ExeOutputType = "Exe";
         public const string WinExeOutputType = "WinExe";
         public const string AppContainerExeOutputType = "AppContainerExe";
+        public const string WinMdObjOutputType = "winmdobj";
         public const string NuGetPackageImportStampNodeName = "NuGetPackageImportStamp";
         public const string ReferencePathNodeName = "ReferencePath";
         public const string LegacyTargetFrameworkPropertyNodeName = "TargetFrameworkIdentifier";
@@ -311,5 +312,7 @@ public static class MSBuildFacts
         public const string TargetPlatformIdentifierNodeName = "TargetPlatformIdentifier";
         public const string UapValue = "UAP";
         public const string TargetPlatformVersionNodeName = "TargetPlatformVersion";
+        public const string CsWinRTComponentName = "CsWinRTComponent";
+        public static readonly (string Name, string Version) CsWinRTPackageReference = (Name: "Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT", Version: "1.6.4");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Project/Converter.cs b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Project/Converter.cs
index c6b18b00d..b98dae548 100644
--- a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Project/Converter.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Project/Converter.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public void Convert(string outputPath)
 
                 // Now we can convert the project over
                 .ChangeImportsAndAddSdkAttribute(_sdkBaselineProject, _forceRemoveCustomImports)
+                .AddCsWinRTReferenceAndComponentProperty(_sdkBaselineProject)
                 .UpdateOutputTypeProperty(_sdkBaselineProject)
                 .RemoveDefaultedProperties(_sdkBaselineProject, _differs)
                 .RemoveUnnecessaryPropertiesNotInSDKByDefault(_sdkBaselineProject.ProjectStyle)
diff --git a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Project/ProjectRootElementExtensionsForConversion.cs b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Project/ProjectRootElementExtensionsForConversion.cs
index 56987f280..5b04ea63f 100644
--- a/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Project/ProjectRootElementExtensionsForConversion.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/try-convert/MSBuild.Conversion.Project/ProjectRootElementExtensionsForConversion.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ public static IProjectRootElement ChangeImportsAndAddSdkAttribute(this IProjectR
             return projectRootElement;
         }
 
+        public static IProjectRootElement AddCsWinRTReferenceAndComponentProperty(this IProjectRootElement projectRootElement, BaselineProject baselineProject)
+        {
+            if (baselineProject.OutputType == ProjectOutputType.WinMdObj)
+            {
+                var topLevelPropGroup = MSBuildHelpers.GetOrCreateTopLevelPropertyGroup(baselineProject, projectRootElement);
+                topLevelPropGroup.AddProperty(MSBuildFacts.CsWinRTComponentName, "true");
+
+                var packageReferenceItemGroup = projectRootElement.ItemGroups.Where(ig => ig.Items.Any(i => i.ItemType == MSBuildFacts.MSBuildPackageReferenceName))
+                    .FirstOrDefault() ?? projectRootElement.AddItemGroup();
+                AddPackageReferenceElement(packageReferenceItemGroup, MSBuildFacts.CsWinRTPackageReference.Name, MSBuildFacts.CsWinRTPackageReference.Version);
+            }
+
+            return projectRootElement;
+        }
+
         public static IProjectRootElement UpdateOutputTypeProperty(this IProjectRootElement projectRootElement, BaselineProject baselineProject)
         {
             var outputTypeNode = projectRootElement.GetOutputTypeNode();
@@ -79,6 +94,7 @@ public static IProjectRootElement UpdateOutputTypeProperty(this IProjectRootElem
                     ProjectOutputType.Library => MSBuildFacts.LibraryOutputType,
                     ProjectOutputType.WinExe => MSBuildFacts.WinExeOutputType,
                     ProjectOutputType.AppContainerExe => MSBuildFacts.WinExeOutputType,
+                    ProjectOutputType.WinMdObj => MSBuildFacts.LibraryOutputType,
                     _ => throw new InvalidOperationException("Unsupported output type: " + baselineProject.OutputType)
                 };
             }
diff --git a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/Utils/IProjectExtensions.cs b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/Utils/IProjectExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9e0a6259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/Utils/IProjectExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade.Utils
+{
+    public static class IProjectExtensions
+    {
+        public static IEnumerable<string> AllProjectReferences(this IProject project) => project.GetRoslynProject().AllProjectReferences.Select(projRef => projRef.ProjectId.ToString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/UWPToWinUIHelpers.cs b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/Utils/SyntaxNodeExtensions.cs
similarity index 92%
rename from src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/UWPToWinUIHelpers.cs
rename to src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/Utils/SyntaxNodeExtensions.cs
index 7bdf103d6..f7bfa1c16 100644
--- a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/UWPToWinUIHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/Utils/SyntaxNodeExtensions.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Diagnostics;
 
-namespace Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade.Utils
 {
-    internal static class UWPToWinUIHelpers
+    internal static class SyntaxNodeExtensions
     {
         public static IEnumerable<string> GetAllImportedNamespaces(this SyntaxNode node)
         {
diff --git a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIAppWIndowAnalyzer.cs b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIAppWIndowAnalyzer.cs
index ae4409be9..72ca770ca 100644
--- a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIAppWIndowAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIAppWIndowAnalyzer.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Diagnostics;
-using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade.Abstractions;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade.Utils;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows
 {
diff --git a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIInteropAnalyzer.cs b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIInteropAnalyzer.cs
index 4d1924067..3ddcc4eb9 100644
--- a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIInteropAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIInteropAnalyzer.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Diagnostics;
-using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade.Utils;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows
 {
diff --git a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIMRTResourceManagerAnalyzer.cs b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIMRTResourceManagerAnalyzer.cs
index ed93572f2..a07b58dc0 100644
--- a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIMRTResourceManagerAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIMRTResourceManagerAnalyzer.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Diagnostics;
-using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade.Utils;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows
 {
diff --git a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIPropertiesUpdater.cs b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIPropertiesUpdater.cs
index 693e4bb67..9852d6c18 100644
--- a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIPropertiesUpdater.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIPropertiesUpdater.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade.Utils;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
@@ -18,6 +21,12 @@ public class WinUIPropertiesUpdater : IUpdater<IProject>
     {
         public const string RuleID = "UA302";
 
+        private const string CsWinRTLogMessageFormat = "A CsWinRTIncludes property with value {0} has been added to specify the namespace of the referenced vcxproj component to project..\n" +
+                            "If your project assembly name differs from {0}, update this value with the assembly name.\n" +
+                            "Read more about C#/WinRT here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/develop/platform/csharp-winrt/";
+
+        private const string CsWinRTIncludesProperty = "CsWinRTIncludes";
+
         public string Id => typeof(WinUIPropertiesUpdater).FullName;
 
         public string Title => "Update WinUI Project Properties";
@@ -69,6 +78,19 @@ public async Task<IUpdaterResult> ApplyAsync(IUpgradeContext context, ImmutableA
                     }
                 }
 
+                foreach (var projRef in project.AllProjectReferences())
+                {
+                    if (projRef.Contains(".vcxproj"))
+                    {
+                        var projectName = ParseProjectNameWithExtension(projRef, ".vcxproj");
+                        var csWinRTIncludesValue = projectFile.GetPropertyValue(CsWinRTIncludesProperty) ?? string.Empty;
+                        var delimiter = csWinRTIncludesValue.Trim().Length == 0 || csWinRTIncludesValue.EndsWith(";") ? string.Empty : ";";
+                        projectFile.SetPropertyValue(CsWinRTIncludesProperty, $"{csWinRTIncludesValue}{delimiter}{projectName}");
+
+                        _logger.LogInformation(string.Format(CsWinRTLogMessageFormat, projectName));
+                    }
+                }
+
                 projectFile.AddItem(new ProjectItemDescriptor(ProjectItemType.Compile) { Remove = "App.xaml.old.cs" });
                 projectFile.AddItem(new ProjectItemDescriptor(ProjectItemType.None) { Include = "App.xaml.old.cs" });
                 projectFile.RemoveItem(new ProjectItemDescriptor(ProjectItemType.Content) { Include = "Properties\\Default.rd.xml" });
@@ -85,6 +107,25 @@ public async Task<IUpdaterResult> ApplyAsync(IUpgradeContext context, ImmutableA
                 new List<string>());
         }
 
+        /*
+          This function parses the project name from projectReference string which includes the file path, project id and more text.
+          It does so by finding the position of ".vcxproj" in the string and then reading the name backwards character by character
+          until the first non-alphanumeric character.
+        */
+        private string ParseProjectNameWithExtension(string projectReference, string extension)
+        {
+            var index = projectReference.IndexOf(".vcxproj");
+            index--;
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+            while (index > -1 && char.IsLetterOrDigit(projectReference[index]))
+            {
+                sb.Append(projectReference[index]);
+                index--;
+            }
+
+            return new string(sb.ToString().Reverse().ToArray());
+        }
+
         public async Task<IUpdaterResult> IsApplicableAsync(IUpgradeContext context, ImmutableArray<IProject> inputs, CancellationToken token)
         {
             await Task.Yield();
diff --git a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIReferenceAnalyzer.cs b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIReferenceAnalyzer.cs
index dcbe761c1..ae96d0a46 100644
--- a/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIReferenceAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/windows/Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows/UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade/WinUIReferenceAnalyzer.cs
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Dependencies;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade.Utils;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Windows.UWPtoWinAppSDKUpgrade
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ internal class WinUIReferenceAnalyzer : IDependencyAnalyzer
     {
         public string Name => "Windows App SDK package analysis";
 
+        private const string CsWinRTPackageName = "Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT";
+        private const string CsWinRTVersion = "1.6.4";
+
         private readonly IPackageLoader _packageLoader;
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
 
@@ -34,6 +39,13 @@ public async Task AnalyzeAsync(IProject project, IDependencyAnalysisState state,
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (project.AllProjectReferences().Any(id => id.Contains(".vcxproj")))
+            {
+                var newPackage = new NuGetReference(CsWinRTPackageName, CsWinRTVersion);
+                state.Packages.Add(newPackage,
+                    new OperationDetails() { Risk = BuildBreakRisk.Medium, Details = ImmutableList.Create<string>(newPackage.Name) });
+            }
+
             foreach (var package in state.Packages)
             {
                 if (package.Name.StartsWith("Microsoft.Toolkit", StringComparison.Ordinal))