diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+---
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for NuGet
+  - package-ecosystem: "nuget"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: daily
+    ignore:
+      # ignore all updates since it will most certainly break the plugin compatibility with old VS versions
+      - dependency-name: "Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
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+# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
+# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
+# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
+# documentation.
+
+# This workflow will build, test, sign and package a WPF or Windows Forms desktop application
+# built on .NET Core.
+# To learn how to migrate your existing application to .NET Core,
+# refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop-wpf/migration/convert-project-from-net-framework
+#
+# To configure this workflow:
+#
+# 1. Configure environment variables
+# GitHub sets default environment variables for every workflow run.
+# Replace the variables relative to your project in the "env" section below.
+#
+# 2. Signing
+# Generate a signing certificate in the Windows Application
+# Packaging Project or add an existing signing certificate to the project.
+# Next, use PowerShell to encode the .pfx file using Base64 encoding
+# by running the following Powershell script to generate the output string:
+#
+# $pfx_cert = Get-Content '.\SigningCertificate.pfx' -Encoding Byte
+# [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($pfx_cert) | Out-File 'SigningCertificate_Encoded.txt'
+#
+# Open the output file, SigningCertificate_Encoded.txt, and copy the
+# string inside. Then, add the string to the repo as a GitHub secret
+# and name it "Base64_Encoded_Pfx."
+# For more information on how to configure your signing certificate for
+# this workflow, refer to https://github.com/microsoft/github-actions-for-desktop-apps#signing
+#
+# Finally, add the signing certificate password to the repo as a secret and name it "Pfx_Key".
+# See "Build the Windows Application Packaging project" below to see how the secret is used.
+#
+# For more information on GitHub Actions, refer to https://github.com/features/actions
+# For a complete CI/CD sample to get started with GitHub Action workflows for Desktop Applications,
+# refer to https://github.com/microsoft/github-actions-for-desktop-apps
+
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        configuration: ['Debug', 'Debug Legacy', 'Release', 'Release Legacy']
+
+    env:
+      DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
+      DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE: 1
+      DOTNET_NOLOGO: true
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout the repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Setup MSBuild
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2.0.0
+
+    - name: Build FASTBuildMonitor Standalone in ${{ matrix.configuration }}
+      shell: powershell
+      run: |
+        msbuild -t:build -restore FASTBuildMonitorVSIX/FASTBuildMonitorStandalone/FASTBuildMonitorStandalone.csproj /nologo /v:m /p:Configuration=$env:Configuration
+      env:
+        Configuration: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Needed to get PR information, if any
+
+    - name: Build FASTBuildMonitor VSIX in ${{ matrix.configuration }}
+      shell: powershell
+      run: |
+        msbuild -t:build -restore FASTBuildMonitorVSIX/FASTBuildMonitorVSIX/FASTBuildMonitorVSIX.csproj /nologo /v:m /p:DeployExtension=false /p:Configuration=$env:Configuration
+      env:
+        Configuration: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Needed to get PR information, if any
+
+    - name: Upload Standalone build artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: 'FASTBuildMonitor-${{ matrix.configuration }}-${{github.sha}}'
+        path: FASTBuildMonitorVSIX\FASTBuildMonitorStandalone\bin\${{ matrix.configuration }}\net472\*
+
+    - name: Upload VSIX build artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: 'FASTBuildMonitorVSIX-${{ matrix.configuration }}-${{github.sha}}'
+        path: FASTBuildMonitorVSIX\FASTBuildMonitorVSIX\bin\${{ matrix.configuration }}\net472\FASTBuildMonitorVSIX.vsix