diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 070e3a14a4bb..9abdc137ad78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,12 +97,14 @@ Here is a quick example of how to use Semantic Kernel from a C# console app.
 
 ```csharp
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.KernelExtensions;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Configuration;
 
 var kernel = Kernel.Builder.Build();
 
 // For Azure Open AI details please see
 // https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cognitive-services/openai/quickstart?pivots=rest-api
-kernel.Config.AddAzureOpenAITextCompletionService(
+kernel.Config.AddAzureOpenAITextCompletion(
     "davinci-azure",                     // Alias used by the kernel
     "text-davinci-003",                  // Azure OpenAI *Deployment ID*
     "https://contoso.openai.azure.com/", // Azure OpenAI *Endpoint*
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/OpenAI/OpenAIClientAbstract.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/OpenAI/OpenAIClientAbstract.cs
index 9097208ba03f..e2ded71b868f 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/OpenAI/OpenAIClientAbstract.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/OpenAI/OpenAIClientAbstract.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/OpenAI/Tokenizers/Settings/EmbeddedResource.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/OpenAI/Tokenizers/Settings/EmbeddedResource.cs
index 30d59479b6a3..a3e3b5a4de12 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/OpenAI/Tokenizers/Settings/EmbeddedResource.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/OpenAI/Tokenizers/Settings/EmbeddedResource.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI.Tokenizers.Settings;
 
@@ -37,16 +38,46 @@ internal static string ReadEncodingTable()
     /// <exception cref="FileNotFoundException">Error in case the file doesn't exist</exception>
     private static string ReadFile(string fileName)
     {
-        // Assume the class namespace matches the directory structure to find the file
-        var dir = s_namespace
+        // Assume the class namespace matches the directory structure
+        var currentClassDir = s_namespace
             .Replace(PrefixToIgnore, "", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
             .Trim('.')
             .Replace('.', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
 
-        var file = Path.Join(dir, fileName);
+        // Check the execution assembly directory first
+        var assembly1 = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
+        var assembly1Dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Path.GetFullPath(assembly1.Location));
 
-        if (!File.Exists(file)) { throw new FileNotFoundException(file); }
+        // Concatenate assembly location with class namespace with file name
+        var filePath1 = Path.Join(assembly1Dir, currentClassDir, fileName);
+        if (File.Exists(filePath1))
+        {
+            return File.ReadAllText(filePath1);
+        }
 
-        return File.ReadAllText(file);
+        // Check the current assembly, in case that's a different file on a different directory
+        Assembly? assembly2 = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(EmbeddedResource));
+        if (assembly2 == null)
+        {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException($"{fileName} not found, path: '{filePath1}'");
+        }
+
+        // Path where the assembly is
+        var assembly2Dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Path.GetFullPath(assembly2.Location));
+
+        // No need to continue if the path is the same
+        if (assembly2Dir == assembly1Dir)
+        {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException($"{fileName} not found, path: '{filePath1}'");
+        }
+
+        // Concatenate assembly location with class namespace with file name
+        var filePath2 = Path.Join(assembly2Dir, currentClassDir, fileName);
+        if (File.Exists(filePath2))
+        {
+            return File.ReadAllText(filePath2);
+        }
+
+        throw new FileNotFoundException($"{fileName} not found, paths: '{filePath1}', '{filePath2}'");
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Memory/Collections/ScoredValue.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Memory/Collections/ScoredValue.cs
index 916a26299d3c..e86a8e9a2018 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Memory/Collections/ScoredValue.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Memory/Collections/ScoredValue.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ public override int GetHashCode()
         return left.CompareTo(right) >= 0;
     }
 
-
     [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Design", "CA1000:Do not declare static members on generic types", Justification = "Min value convenience method")]
     public static ScoredValue<T> Min()
     {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/SemanticKernel.csproj b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/SemanticKernel.csproj
index a96cb89f16c8..5d5f314d3817 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/SemanticKernel.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/SemanticKernel.csproj
@@ -71,4 +71,17 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove="Connectors\OpenAI\Tokenizers\Settings\encoder.json" />
+    <Content Include="Connectors\OpenAI\Tokenizers\Settings\encoder.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      <PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
+    </Content>
+    <None Remove="Connectors\OpenAI\Tokenizers\Settings\vocab.bpe" />
+    <Content Include="Connectors\OpenAI\Tokenizers\Settings\vocab.bpe">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      <PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/.env b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 46a6fd989d3a..000000000000
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-REACT_APP_FUNCTION_URI=http://localhost:7071
-
-REACT_APP_OPEN_AI_EMBEDDING_KEY=
-REACT_APP_OPEN_AI_EMBEDDING_MODEL=
-
-REACT_APP_AZURE_OPEN_AI_EMBEDDING_KEY=
-REACT_APP_AZURE_OPEN_AI_EMBEDDING_MODEL=
-REACT_APP_AZURE_OPEN_AI_EMBEDDING_DEPLOYMENT=
-REACT_APP_AZURE_OPEN_AI_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT=
-
-REACT_APP_OPEN_AI_COMPLETION_KEY=
-REACT_APP_OPEN_AI_COMPLETION_MODEL=
-
-REACT_APP_AZURE_OPEN_AI_COMPLETION_KEY=
-REACT_APP_AZURE_OPEN_AI_COMPLETION_MODEL=
-REACT_APP_AZURE_OPEN_AI_COMPLETION_DEPLOYMENT=
-REACT_APP_AZURE_OPEN_AI_COMPLETION_ENDPOINT=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/dotnet/FileCompression/FileCompressionSkill.cs b/samples/dotnet/FileCompression/FileCompressionSkill.cs
index d4b7489dafd4..ec7ff93d74d4 100644
--- a/samples/dotnet/FileCompression/FileCompressionSkill.cs
+++ b/samples/dotnet/FileCompression/FileCompressionSkill.cs
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ public FileCompressionSkill(IFileCompressor fileCompressor, ILogger<FileCompress
     [SKFunctionContextParameter(Name = Parameters.DestinationFilePath, Description = "Path of compressed file to create")]
     public async Task<string?> CompressFileAsync(string sourceFilePath, SKContext context)
     {
-        this._logger.LogTrace($"{nameof(CompressFileAsync)} got called");
+        this._logger.LogTrace($"{nameof(this.CompressFileAsync)} got called");
 
         if (!context.Variables.Get(Parameters.DestinationFilePath, out string destinationFilePath))
         {
-            const string errorMessage = $"Missing context variable {Parameters.DestinationFilePath} in {nameof(CompressFileAsync)}";
+            const string errorMessage = $"Missing context variable {Parameters.DestinationFilePath} in {nameof(this.CompressFileAsync)}";
             this._logger.LogError(errorMessage);
             context.Fail(errorMessage);
 
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ await this._fileCompressor.CompressFileAsync(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariab
     [SKFunctionContextParameter(Name = Parameters.DestinationFilePath, Description = "Path of compressed file to create")]
     public async Task<string?> CompressDirectoryAsync(string sourceDirectoryPath, SKContext context)
     {
-        this._logger.LogTrace($"{nameof(CompressDirectoryAsync)} got called");
+        this._logger.LogTrace($"{nameof(this.CompressDirectoryAsync)} got called");
 
         if (!context.Variables.Get(Parameters.DestinationFilePath, out string destinationFilePath))
         {
-            const string errorMessage = $"Missing context variable {Parameters.DestinationFilePath} in {nameof(CompressDirectoryAsync)}";
+            const string errorMessage = $"Missing context variable {Parameters.DestinationFilePath} in {nameof(this.CompressDirectoryAsync)}";
             this._logger.LogError(errorMessage);
             context.Fail(errorMessage);
 
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ await this._fileCompressor.CompressDirectoryAsync(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentV
     [SKFunctionContextParameter(Name = Parameters.DestinationDirectoryPath, Description = "Directory into which to extract the decompressed content")]
     public async Task<string?> DecompressFileAsync(string sourceFilePath, SKContext context)
     {
-        this._logger.LogTrace($"{nameof(DecompressFileAsync)} got called");
+        this._logger.LogTrace($"{nameof(this.DecompressFileAsync)} got called");
 
         if (!context.Variables.Get(Parameters.DestinationDirectoryPath, out string destinationDirectoryPath))
         {
-            const string errorMessage = $"Missing context variable {Parameters.DestinationDirectoryPath} in {nameof(DecompressFileAsync)}";
+            const string errorMessage = $"Missing context variable {Parameters.DestinationDirectoryPath} in {nameof(this.DecompressFileAsync)}";
             this._logger.LogError(errorMessage);
             context.Fail(errorMessage);