diff --git a/build/Common.prod.props b/build/Common.prod.props
index d26edcb2b08..e7c7faba45a 100644
--- a/build/Common.prod.props
+++ b/build/Common.prod.props
@@ -48,26 +48,48 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Target Name="AssemblyVersionTarget" AfterTargets="MinVer" Condition="'$(MinVerVersion)'!='' AND '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">
+    <!-- Note: $(BuildNumber) is typically only set for builds initiated by the
+    publish workflow. The goal here is to set the assembly FileVersion and
+    resolve ExposeExperimentalFeatures based on the version MinVer resolved from
+    the git tag -->
     <PropertyGroup>
       <FileVersion>$(MinVerMajor).$(MinVerMinor).$(MinVerPatch).$(BuildNumber)</FileVersion>
       <ExposeExperimentalFeatures Condition="'$(MinVerPreRelease)' != ''">true</ExposeExperimentalFeatures>
       <ExposeExperimentalFeatures Condition="'$(MinVerPreRelease)' == ''">false</ExposeExperimentalFeatures>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <Message Importance="high" Text="**AssemblyVersionDebug** TargetFramework: $(TargetFramework), MinVerVersion: $(MinVerVersion), MinVerMajor: $(MinVerMajor), MinVerMinor: $(MinVerMinor), MinVerPatch: $(MinVerPatch), MinVerPreRelease: $(MinVerPreRelease), BuildNumber: $(BuildNumber), FileVersion: $(FileVersion), ExposeExperimentalFeatures: $(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)" />
+    <!-- Note: The '$(TargetFramework)' != '' check here is to reduce log spam
+    in builds like dotnet pack which fire MinVer but don't resolve the actual
+    TargetFramework -->
+    <Message
+      Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != ''"
+      Importance="high"
+      Text="**AssemblyVersionDebug** TargetFramework: $(TargetFramework), MinVerVersion: $(MinVerVersion), BuildNumber: $(BuildNumber), FileVersion: $(FileVersion), ExposeExperimentalFeatures: $(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)" />
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="ResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures" BeforeTargets="BeforeCompile" DependsOnTargets="AssemblyVersionTarget">
+  <Target Name="ResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile" DependsOnTargets="AssemblyVersionTarget">
+    <!-- Note: This runs for all builds. The goal here is to set the
+    EXPOSE_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES compiler constant if
+    $(ExposeExperimentalFeatures) is enabled and then select the correct api
+    files for the analyzer -->
     <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'">
       <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);EXPOSE_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES</DefineConstants>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <!--PublicApi Analyzer-->
+    <!-- Note: This selects the correct PublicApiAnalyzers files based on $(ExposeExperimentalFeatures) -->
     <ItemGroup>
       <AdditionalFiles Include=".publicApi\Stable\$(TargetFramework)\PublicAPI.*.txt" />
       <AdditionalFiles Include=".publicApi\Experimental\$(TargetFramework)\PublicAPI.*.txt" Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'" />
       <AdditionalFiles Include=".publicApi\$(TargetFramework)\PublicAPI.*.txt" />
     </ItemGroup>
+
+    <!-- Note: The '$(BuildNumber)' != '' check here is to reduce log spam in
+    local and CI builds. We only want to log this for the publish workflows
+    where official builds are generated -->
+    <Message
+      Condition="'$(BuildNumber)' != ''"
+      Importance="high"
+      Text="**ResolveExposeExperimentalFeaturesDebug** TargetFramework: $(TargetFramework), DefineConstants: $(DefineConstants)" />
   </Target>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -101,7 +123,7 @@
     <ContinuousIntegrationBuild>true</ContinuousIntegrationBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!--PublicApi Analyzer-->
+  <!-- Note: This includes all the PublicApiAnalyzers files in projects to make editing easier in the IDE -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include=".publicApi\**\PublicAPI.*.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj
index 6b065829b60..7c742dc9b3f 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry\OpenTelemetry.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'">
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\ExceptionExtensions.cs" Link="Includes\ExceptionExtensions.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SpanAttributeConstants.cs" Link="Includes\SpanAttributeConstants.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry\Metrics\Base2ExponentialBucketHistogram.LowerBoundary.cs" Link="Includes\Base2ExponentialBucketHistogram.LowerBoundary.cs" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="PostResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures" AfterTargets="ResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures">
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'">
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\ExceptionExtensions.cs" Link="Includes\ExceptionExtensions.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SpanAttributeConstants.cs" Link="Includes\SpanAttributeConstants.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry\Metrics\Base2ExponentialBucketHistogram.LowerBoundary.cs" Link="Includes\Base2ExponentialBucketHistogram.LowerBoundary.cs" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\PeriodicExportingMetricReaderHelper.cs" Link="Includes\PeriodicExportingMetricReaderHelper.cs" />
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory.csproj
index d026e8d970d..71290b1e9ba 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory.csproj
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry\OpenTelemetry.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <Target Name="PostResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures" AfterTargets="ResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures">
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'">
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'" />
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\PeriodicExportingMetricReaderHelper.cs" Link="Includes\PeriodicExportingMetricReaderHelper.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
index cbca4fbb74b..be957ded089 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
@@ -22,17 +22,19 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net6.0'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'">
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\ResourceSemanticConventions.cs" Link="Includes\ResourceSemanticConventions.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\EnvironmentVariables\*.cs" Link="Includes\EnvironmentVariables\%(Filename).cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\ExceptionExtensions.cs" Link="Includes\ExceptionExtensions.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Options\*.cs" Link="Includes\Options\%(Filename).cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SemanticConventions.cs" Link="Includes\SemanticConventions.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SpanAttributeConstants.cs" Link="Includes\SpanAttributeConstants.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\StatusHelper.cs" Link="Includes\StatusHelper.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Shims\NullableAttributes.cs" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="PostResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures" AfterTargets="ResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures">
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'">
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\ResourceSemanticConventions.cs" Link="Includes\ResourceSemanticConventions.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\EnvironmentVariables\*.cs" Link="Includes\EnvironmentVariables\%(Filename).cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\ExceptionExtensions.cs" Link="Includes\ExceptionExtensions.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Options\*.cs" Link="Includes\Options\%(Filename).cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SemanticConventions.cs" Link="Includes\SemanticConventions.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SpanAttributeConstants.cs" Link="Includes\SpanAttributeConstants.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\StatusHelper.cs" Link="Includes\StatusHelper.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Shims\NullableAttributes.cs" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\PeriodicExportingMetricReaderHelper.cs" Link="Includes\PeriodicExportingMetricReaderHelper.cs" />
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.csproj
index cff040fe290..39bdc54ad4b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting.csproj
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry\OpenTelemetry.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'">
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\ExceptionExtensions.cs" Link="Includes\ExceptionExtensions.cs" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <Target Name="PostResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures" AfterTargets="ResolveExposeExperimentalFeatures">
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(ExposeExperimentalFeatures)' == 'true'">
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
+      <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\ExceptionExtensions.cs" Link="Includes\ExceptionExtensions.cs" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
 
 </Project>