diff --git a/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/RecognizerFunction.csproj b/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/RecognizerFunction.csproj
index 3f46aab652..a10a66aa84 100644
--- a/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/RecognizerFunction.csproj
+++ b/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/RecognizerFunction.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
-    <AzureFunctionsVersion>v3</AzureFunctionsVersion>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <AzureFunctionsVersion>v4</AzureFunctionsVersion>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions" Version="3.0.9" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions" Version="4.1.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="2.1.22" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/host.json b/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/host.json
index 7a73a41bfd..bb3b8dadd7 100644
--- a/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/host.json
+++ b/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/host.json
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 {
+    "version": "2.0",
+    "logging": {
+        "applicationInsights": {
+            "samplingExcludedTypes": "Request",
+            "samplingSettings": {
+                "isEnabled": true
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/local.settings.json b/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/local.settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fce9ff39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.NET/Samples/RecognizerFunction/local.settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "IsEncrypted": false,
+    "Values": {
+        "AzureWebJobsStorage": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true",
+        "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME": "dotnet"
+    }
+}
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