diff --git a/LOGGING/README.md b/LOGGING/README.md
index 7bb316a86c..d1f9fc7bdd 100644
--- a/LOGGING/README.md
+++ b/LOGGING/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ If your application does not have web.config then it can also be configured manu
 		<add assembly="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.NLogTarget" />
     </extensions>
 	<targets>
-		<target xsi:type="ApplicationInsightsTarget" name="aiTarget">
+		<target xsi:type="ApplicationInsightsTarget" name="aiTarget" includeEventProperties="true" includeMdlc="false">
 			<instrumentationKey>Your_Resource_Key</instrumentationKey>	<!-- Only required if not using ApplicationInsights.config -->
 			<contextproperty name="threadid" layout="${threadid}" />	<!-- Can be repeated with more context -->
 		</target>
diff --git a/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/ApplicationInsightsTarget.cs b/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/ApplicationInsightsTarget.cs
index 7d5e65d079..c0e7fb9787 100644
--- a/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/ApplicationInsightsTarget.cs
+++ b/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/ApplicationInsightsTarget.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.NLogTarget
     /// The messages will be uploaded to the Application Insights cloud service.
     /// </summary>
     [Target("ApplicationInsightsTarget")]
-    public sealed class ApplicationInsightsTarget : TargetWithLayout
+    public sealed class ApplicationInsightsTarget : TargetWithContext
     {
         private TelemetryClient telemetryClient;
         private DateTime lastLogEventTime;
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public ApplicationInsightsTarget()
         {
             this.Layout = @"${message}";
             this.OptimizeBufferReuse = true;
+            this.IncludeEventProperties = true;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -50,12 +51,6 @@ public string InstrumentationKey
             set => this.instrumentationKeyLayout = value ?? string.Empty;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the array of custom attributes to be passed into the logevent context.
-        /// </summary>
-        [ArrayParameter(typeof(TargetPropertyWithContext), "contextproperty")]
-        public IList<TargetPropertyWithContext> ContextProperties { get; } = new List<TargetPropertyWithContext>();
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the logging controller we will be using.
         /// </summary>
@@ -91,19 +86,9 @@ internal void BuildPropertyBag(LogEventInfo logEvent, ITelemetry trace)
                 propertyBag.Add("UserStackFrameNumber", logEvent.UserStackFrameNumber.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
             }
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < this.ContextProperties.Count; ++i)
-            {
-                var contextProperty = this.ContextProperties[i];
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contextProperty.Name) && contextProperty.Layout != null)
-                {
-                    string propertyValue = this.RenderLogEvent(contextProperty.Layout, logEvent);
-                    PopulatePropertyBag(propertyBag, contextProperty.Name, propertyValue);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (logEvent.HasProperties)
+            if (ShouldIncludeProperties(logEvent) || ContextProperties.Count > 0)
             {
-                LoadLogEventProperties(logEvent, propertyBag);
+                this.GetContextProperties(logEvent, new StringDictionaryConverter(propertyBag));
             }
         }
 
@@ -182,40 +167,6 @@ protected override void FlushAsync(AsyncContinuation asyncContinuation)
             }
         }
 
-        private static void LoadLogEventProperties(LogEventInfo logEvent, IDictionary<string, string> propertyBag)
-        {
-            if (logEvent.Properties?.Count > 0)
-            {
-                foreach (var keyValuePair in logEvent.Properties)
-                {
-                    string key = keyValuePair.Key.ToString();
-                    object valueObj = keyValuePair.Value;
-                    PopulatePropertyBag(propertyBag, key, valueObj);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static void PopulatePropertyBag(IDictionary<string, string> propertyBag, string key, object valueObj)
-        {
-            if (valueObj == null)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            string value = Convert.ToString(valueObj, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
-            if (propertyBag.ContainsKey(key))
-            {
-                if (string.Equals(value, propertyBag[key], StringComparison.Ordinal))
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                key += "_1";
-            }
-
-            propertyBag.Add(key, value);
-        }
-
         private static SeverityLevel? GetSeverityLevel(LogLevel logEventLevel)
         {
             if (logEventLevel == null)
diff --git a/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/NLogTarget.csproj b/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/NLogTarget.csproj
index e6c2e9ddae..262db96ca7 100644
--- a/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/NLogTarget.csproj
+++ b/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/NLogTarget.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.5.11" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.6.8" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventRegister" Version="1.1.28">
       <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
diff --git a/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/StringDictionaryConverter.cs b/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/StringDictionaryConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..941a19b552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LOGGING/src/NLogTarget/StringDictionaryConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="ApplicationInsightsTarget.cs" company="Microsoft">
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. 
+// All rights reserved.  2013
+// </copyright>
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.NLogTarget
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts from NLog Object-properties to ApplicationInsight String-properties
+    /// </summary>
+    class StringDictionaryConverter : IDictionary<string, object>
+    {
+        private readonly IDictionary<string, string> _wrapped;
+
+        public StringDictionaryConverter(IDictionary<string, string> wrapped)
+        {
+            _wrapped = wrapped;
+        }
+
+        public object this[string key] { get => _wrapped[key]; set => _wrapped[key] = SafeValueConverter(value); }
+
+        public ICollection<string> Keys => _wrapped.Keys;
+
+        public ICollection<object> Values => new List<object>(_wrapped.Values);
+
+        public int Count => _wrapped.Count;
+
+        public bool IsReadOnly => _wrapped.IsReadOnly;
+
+        public void Add(string key, object value)
+        {
+            _wrapped.Add(key, SafeValueConverter(value));
+        }
+
+        public void Add(KeyValuePair<string, object> item)
+        {
+            _wrapped.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>(item.Key, SafeValueConverter(item.Value)));
+        }
+
+        public void Clear()
+        {
+            _wrapped.Clear();
+        }
+
+        public bool Contains(KeyValuePair<string, object> item)
+        {
+            return _wrapped.Contains(new KeyValuePair<string, string>(item.Key, SafeValueConverter(item.Value)));
+        }
+
+        public bool ContainsKey(string key)
+        {
+            return _wrapped.ContainsKey(key);
+        }
+
+        public void CopyTo(KeyValuePair<string, object>[] array, int arrayIndex)
+        {
+            foreach (var item in _wrapped)
+            {
+                array[arrayIndex++] = new KeyValuePair<string, object>(item.Key, item.Value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<string, object>> GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return AsEnumerable().GetEnumerator();
+        }
+
+        public bool Remove(string key)
+        {
+            return _wrapped.Remove(key);
+        }
+
+        public bool Remove(KeyValuePair<string, object> item)
+        {
+            return _wrapped.Remove(new KeyValuePair<string, string>(item.Key, SafeValueConverter(item.Value)));
+        }
+
+        public bool TryGetValue(string key, out object value)
+        {
+            if (_wrapped.TryGetValue(key, out var stringValue))
+            {
+                value = stringValue;
+                return true;
+            }
+            
+            value = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return ((IEnumerable)_wrapped).GetEnumerator();
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>> AsEnumerable()
+        {
+            foreach (var item in _wrapped)
+                yield return new KeyValuePair<string, object>(item.Key, item.Value);
+        }
+
+        private static string SafeValueConverter(object value)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return Convert.ToString(value, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}