diff --git a/Release/src/build/vs14.uwp/cpprestsdk140.uwp.staticlib.vcxproj b/Release/src/build/vs14.uwp/cpprestsdk140.uwp.staticlib.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..475ec343f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Release/src/build/vs14.uwp/cpprestsdk140.uwp.staticlib.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), build.root))\Build\version.props" />
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|ARM">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|ARM">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}</ProjectGuid>
+    <Keyword>StaticLibrary</Keyword>
+    <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
+    <MinimumVisualStudioVersion>14.0</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>
+    <AppContainerApplication>true</AppContainerApplication>
+    <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
+    <ApplicationTypeRevision>8.2</ApplicationTypeRevision>
+    <ProjectName>cpprestsdk140.uwp.staticlib</ProjectName>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <OutDir>$(OutDir)\$(MsBuildProjectName)</OutDir>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.10240.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.10240.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), build.root))\Build\Config.Definitions.props" />
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), build.root))\Build\Release.Product.Settings" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
+    <Import Project="..\common.vcxitems" Label="Shared" />
+    <Import Project="..\winrt.vcxitems" Label="Shared" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
+    <DebugFileSuffix>d</DebugFileSuffix>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetName>$(CppRestBaseFileName)140$(DebugFileSuffix)_uwp_$(CppRestSDKVersionFileSuffix)</TargetName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
+    <IgnoreImportLibrary>false</IgnoreImportLibrary>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_NO_ASYNCRTIMP;_NO_PPLXIMP;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <CompileAsWinRT>true</CompileAsWinRT>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(CasablancaIncludeDir);$(CasablancaSrcDir)\pch;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>stdafx.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+      <AdditionalOptions>-Zm250 /bigobj %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <WholeProgramOptimization Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
+      <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>false</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
+      <LinkTimeCodeGeneration Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">UseLinkTimeCodeGeneration</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
+      <GenerateWindowsMetadata>false</GenerateWindowsMetadata>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <PostBuildEvent>
+      <Command>copy /Y $(OutDir)\* $(OutDir)..\
+        exit 0</Command>
+      <Message>Copying $(TargetName).winrt binaries to OutDir and removing appcontainer flag</Message>
+    </PostBuildEvent>
+    <Lib>
+      <TargetMachine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">MachineX86</TargetMachine>
+    </Lib>
+    <Lib>
+      <TargetMachine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">MachineX86</TargetMachine>
+    </Lib>
+    <Lib>
+      <TargetMachine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">MachineX64</TargetMachine>
+    </Lib>
+    <Lib>
+      <TargetMachine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">MachineX64</TargetMachine>
+    </Lib>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cpprestsdk140.sln b/cpprestsdk140.sln
index 1041525211..36c7cb8da0 100644
--- a/cpprestsdk140.sln
+++ b/cpprestsdk140.sln
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 EndProject
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 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "cpprestsdk140.uwp.staticlib", "Release\src\build\vs14.uwp\cpprestsdk140.uwp.staticlib.vcxproj", "{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}"
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "TestRunner.android.NativeActivity", "Release\tests\common\TestRunner\vs14.android\TestRunner.android.NativeActivity\TestRunner.android.NativeActivity.vcxproj", "{D1060D0A-A10E-444D-9F6B-9676EA453F9A}"
 EndProject
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 		Release\src\build\android.vcxitems*{65951c40-a332-4b54-89c2-7cdaf30d5f66}*SharedItemsImports = 9
+		Release\src\build\winrt.vcxitems*{47a5cfdc-c244-45a6-9830-38cb303cb495}*SharedItemsImports = 4
+		Release\src\build\common.vcxitems*{47a5cfdc-c244-45a6-9830-38cb303cb495}*SharedItemsImports = 4
 		Release\src\build\win32.vcxitems*{1014c621-bc2d-4813-b8c1-6d83ad6f9249}*SharedItemsImports = 4
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 		{36D79E79-7E9E-4B3A-88A3-9F9B295C80B9}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Debug|ARM.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Debug|ARM.Build.0 = Debug|ARM
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Release|ARM.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Release|ARM.Build.0 = Release|ARM
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{D1060D0A-A10E-444D-9F6B-9676EA453F9A}.Debug|ARM.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM
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+		{47A5CFDC-C244-45A6-9830-38CB303CB495} = {64F2F240-04BE-43B2-97BE-DA47FDFE8393}
 	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal