diff --git a/.MetaTestOptIn.json b/.MetaTestOptIn.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..053c1a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.MetaTestOptIn.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[
+        "Common Tests - Validate Markdown Files",
+        "Common Tests - Validate Example Files"
+]
diff --git a/.appveyor/appveyor.psm1 b/.appveyor/appveyor.psm1
deleted file mode 100644
index 07987b15..00000000
--- a/.appveyor/appveyor.psm1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-function Start-AppveyorInstallTask
-{
-    Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force
-    Install-Module -Name Pester -Force
-    Start-Process -Wait -FilePath "git" -ArgumentList @(
-        "clone",
-        "-q",
-        "https://github.com/PowerShell/DscResource.Tests",
-        (Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER `
-                   -ChildPath "Modules\xNetworking\DscResource.Tests")
-    )
-    Start-Process -Wait -FilePath "git" -ArgumentList @(
-        "clone",
-        "-q",
-        "https://github.com/PowerShell/DscResources",
-        (Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER -ChildPath "DscResources")
-    )
-    $testHelperPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER `
-                                -ChildPath "Modules\xNetworking\DscResource.Tests\TestHelper.psm1"
-    Import-Module -Name $testHelperPath -Force
-}
-
-function Start-AppveyorTestScriptTask
-{
-    $testResultsFile = ".\TestsResults.xml"
-    $testHarnessPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER `
-                                 -ChildPath "\Tests\xNetworking.TestHarness.psm1"
-    $dscTestsPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER `
-                              -ChildPath "Modules\xNetworking\DscResource.Tests"
-    Import-Module -Name $testHarnessPath
-
-    $result = Invoke-xNetworkingTest -TestResultsFile $testResultsFile `
-                                     -DscTestsPath $dscTestsPath
-
-    $webClient = New-Object -TypeName "System.Net.WebClient" 
-
-    $testResultsFilePath = Resolve-Path -Path $testResultsFile
-    $webClient.UploadFile("https://ci.appveyor.com/api/testresults/nunit/$($env:APPVEYOR_JOB_ID)", 
-                          $testResultsFilePath)
-    
-    if ($result.FailedCount -gt 0) 
-    { 
-        throw "$($result.FailedCount) tests failed."
-    }
-}
-
-function Start-AppveyorAfterTestTask
-{
-    # Move the DSC resource tests folder out so it isn't included in the ZIP module that is made
-    $dscTestsPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER `
-                              -ChildPath "Modules\xNetworking\DscResource.Tests"
-    Move-Item -Path $dscTestsPath -Destination $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER
-    
-    # Import the module again from its new location
-    $testHelperPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER `
-                                -ChildPath "DscResource.Tests\TestHelper.psm1"
-    Import-Module -Name $testHelperPath -Force
-
-    $mainModulePath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER -ChildPath "modules\xNetworking"
-
-    # Write the PowerShell help files
-    $docoPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER `
-                          -ChildPath "modules\xNetworking\en-US"
-    New-Item -Path $docoPath -ItemType Directory
-    $docoHelperPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER `
-                                -ChildPath "DscResources\DscResource.DocumentationHelper"
-    Import-Module -Name $docoHelperPath
-    Write-DscResourcePowerShellHelp -OutputPath $docoPath -ModulePath $mainModulePath -Verbose
-
-    # Import so we can create zip files
-    Add-Type -assemblyname System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
-
-    # Generate the wiki content for the release and zip/publish it to appveyor
-    $wikiContentPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER -ChildPath "wikicontent"
-    New-Item -Path $wikiContentPath -ItemType Directory
-    Write-DscResourceWikiSite -OutputPath $wikiContentPath -ModulePath $mainModulePath -Verbose
-
-    $zipFileName = "xNetworking_$($env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION)_wikicontent.zip"
-    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($wikiContentPath, 
-                                                         "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\$zipFileName")
-    Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\$zipFileName" | ForEach-Object -Process { 
-        Push-AppveyorArtifact $_.FullName -FileName $_.Name 
-    }
-
-    # Remove the readme files that are used to generate documentation so they aren't shipped
-    $readmePaths = "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\Modules\**\readme.md"
-    Get-ChildItem -Path $readmePaths -Recurse | Remove-Item -Confirm:$false
-
-    # Add the appropriate build number to the manifest and zip/publish everything to appveyor
-    $manifest = Join-Path -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER -ChildPath "modules\xNetworking\xNetworking.psd1"
-    (Get-Content $manifest -Raw).Replace("3.2.0.0", $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION) | Out-File $manifest
-    $zipFileName = "xNetworking_$($env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION).zip"
-    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($mainModulePath, "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\$zipFileName")
-    New-DscChecksum -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER -Outpath $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER
-    Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\$zipFileName" | ForEach-Object -Process { 
-        Push-AppveyorArtifact $_.FullName -FileName $_.Name 
-    }
-    Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\$zipFileName.checksum" | ForEach-Object -Process { 
-        Push-AppveyorArtifact $_.FullName -FileName $_.Name 
-    }
-    
-    Set-Location -Path $mainModulePath
-    $nuspecParams = @{
-        packageName = "xNetworking"
-        version = $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION
-        author = "Microsoft"
-        owners = "Microsoft"
-        licenseUrl = "https://github.com/PowerShell/DscResources/blob/master/LICENSE"
-        projectUrl = "https://github.com/$($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_NAME)"
-        packageDescription = "xNetworking"
-        tags = "DesiredStateConfiguration DSC DSCResourceKit"
-        destinationPath = "."
-    }
-    New-Nuspec @nuspecParams
-
-    Start-Process -FilePath "nuget" -Wait -ArgumentList @(
-        "pack",
-        ".\xNetworking.nuspec",
-        "-outputdirectory $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER"
-    )
-    $nuGetPackageName = "xNetworking." + $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION + ".nupkg"
-    Get-ChildItem "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\$nuGetPackageName" | ForEach-Object -Process { 
-        Push-AppveyorArtifact $_.FullName -FileName $_.Name 
-    }
-}
-
-Export-ModuleMember -Function *
diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..411198f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+codecov:
+  notify:
+    require_ci_to_pass: no
+  # dev should be the baseline for reporting
+  branch: dev
+
+comment:
+  layout: "reach, diff"
+  behavior: default
+
+coverage:
+  range: 50..80
+  round: down
+  precision: 0
+
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        # Set the overall project code coverage requirement to 70%
+        target: 70
+    patch:
+      default:
+        # Set the pull request requirement to not regress overall coverage by more than 5%
+        # and let codecov.io set the goal for the code changed in the patch.
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 5
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 457e0aea..6aa84213 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 .vs
 .psproj
 .sln
+DscResource.Tests
+DscResource.Tests/*
 Modules/xNetworking/DscResource.Tests
 Modules/xNetworking/DscResource.Tests/*
 node_modules
 node_modules/*
 markdownissues.txt
+TestResults.xml
diff --git a/.markdownlint.json b/.markdownlint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f59d82e5..00000000
--- a/.markdownlint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "default": true,
-    "MD029": {
-        "style": "ordered"
-    },
-    "MD034": false,
-    "no-hard-tabs": true
-}
diff --git a/.vscode/RunAllTests.ps1 b/.vscode/RunAllTests.ps1
index 159bb5d9..3e986a2d 100644
--- a/.vscode/RunAllTests.ps1
+++ b/.vscode/RunAllTests.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-Import-Module (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "..\Tests\xNetworking.TestHarness.psm1" -Resolve)
+[string] $repoRoot = Split-Path -Path (Split-Path -Path $Script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)
+if ( (-not (Test-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path $repoRoot -ChildPath 'DSCResource.Tests'))) -or `
+     (-not (Test-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path $repoRoot -ChildPath 'DSCResource.Tests\TestHelper.psm1'))) )
+{
+    & git @('clone','https://github.com/PowerShell/DscResource.Tests.git',(Join-Path -Path $repoRoot -ChildPath '\DSCResource.Tests\'))
+}
+
+Import-Module (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "..\Tests\TestHarness.psm1" -Resolve)
 $dscTestsPath = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot `
-                    -ChildPath "..\Modules\xNetworking\DscResource.Tests\Meta.Tests.ps1"
-Invoke-xNetworkingTest -DscTestsPath $dscTestsPath
+                          -ChildPath "..\Modules\xNetworking\DscResource.Tests\Meta.Tests.ps1"
+Invoke-TestHarness -DscTestsPath $dscTestsPath
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1656ec87..2bfc08a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Converted to use AppVeyor.psm1 in DSCResource.Tests repository.
+- Converted to use Example and Markdown tests in DSCResource.Tests repository.
+- Added CodeCov.io support.
+
 ## 3.2.0.0
 
 - Fixed typo in the example's Action property from "Blocked" (which isn't a valid
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7187b2c..21f389e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # xNetworking
 
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/obmudad7gy8usbx2/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/PowerShell/xnetworking/branch/master)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/PowerShell/xNetworking/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/PowerShell/xNetworking)
 
 The **xNetworking** module contains the following resources:
 
diff --git a/Tests/Helper/xNetworking.Helper.Tests.ps1 b/Tests/Helper/xNetworking.Helper.Tests.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index f47318e9..00000000
--- a/Tests/Helper/xNetworking.Helper.Tests.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-[CmdletBinding()]
-param
-(
-
-)
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'
-Set-StrictMode -Version latest
-
-$RepoRoot = (Resolve-Path $PSScriptRoot\..\..).Path
-
-Describe 'xNetworking whole of module tests' {
-
-    Context -Name "Validate example files" {
-
-        It "Should compile MOFs for all examples correctly" {
-
-            ## For Appveyor builds copy the module to the system modules directory so it falls 
-            ## in to a PSModulePath folder and is picked up correctly. 
-            if ($env:APPVEYOR -eq $true) 
-            {
-                Copy-item -Path "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\Modules\xNetworking" `
-                          -Destination 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\xNetworking' `
-                          -Recurse
-            }
-
-            $examplesWithErrors = 0
-            Get-ChildItem -Path "$RepoRoot\Modules\xNetworking\Examples" -Filter "*.ps1" -Recurse | ForEach-Object -Process {
-                    $path = $_.FullName
-                    try
-                    {
-                        . $path
- 
-                        $command = Get-Command Example
-                        $params = @{}
-                        $command.Parameters.Keys | Where-Object { $_ -like "*Account" -or $_ -eq "Passphrase" } | ForEach-Object -Process {
-                            $params.Add($_, $mockCredential)
-                        }
-                        Example @params -OutputPath "TestDrive:\" -ErrorAction Continue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
-                    }
-                    catch
-                    {
-                        $examplesWithErrors ++
-                        Write-Warning -Message "Unable to compile MOF for example '$path'"
-                        Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
-                    }
-                } 
-            $examplesWithErrors | Should Be 0
-
-            if ($env:APPVEYOR -eq $true) 
-            {
-                Remove-item -Path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\xNetworking' `
-                            -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false
-                # Restore the load of the module to ensure future tests have access to it
-                Import-Module -Name "$RepoRoot\Modules\xNetworking\xNetworking.psd1" -Global -Force
-            }
-        }
-
-        It "Should not have errors in any markdown files" {
-            $runGulp = $false
-            try
-            {
-                Start-Process -FilePath "npm" -ArgumentList "install" -WorkingDirectory $RepoRoot -Wait -PassThru -NoNewWindow
-                $runGulp = $true
-            }
-            catch [System.Exception]
-            {
-                Write-Warning -Message ("Unable to run npm to install dependencies needed to " + `
-                                        "test markdown files. Please be sure that you have " + `
-                                        "installed nodejs.")
-            }
-            
-            if ($runGulp -eq $true)
-            {
-                $mdErrors = 0
-                try
-                {
-                    Start-Process -FilePath "gulp" -ArgumentList "test-mdsyntax --silent" -Wait -WorkingDirectory $RepoRoot -PassThru -NoNewWindow
-                    Start-Sleep -Seconds 3
-                    $mdIssuesPath = Join-Path -Path $RepoRoot -ChildPath "markdownissues.txt"
-                    
-                    if ((Test-Path -Path $mdIssuesPath) -eq $true)
-                    {
-                        Get-Content -Path $mdIssuesPath | ForEach-Object -Process {
-                            if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($_) -eq $false)
-                            {
-                                Write-Warning -Message $_
-                                $mdErrors ++
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                catch [System.Exception]
-                {
-                    Write-Warning -Message ("Unable to run gulp to test markdown files. Please " + `
-                                            "be sure that you have installed nodejs and have " + `
-                                            "run 'npm install -g gulp' in order to have this " + `
-                                            "text execute.")
-                }
-                Remove-Item -Path $mdIssuesPath -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-                $mdErrors | Should Be 0
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Tests/xNetworking.TestHarness.psm1 b/Tests/TestHarness.psm1
similarity index 50%
rename from Tests/xNetworking.TestHarness.psm1
rename to Tests/TestHarness.psm1
index 30b38a62..d9046d61 100644
--- a/Tests/xNetworking.TestHarness.psm1
+++ b/Tests/TestHarness.psm1
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-function Invoke-xNetworkingTest
+function Invoke-TestHarness
 {
     [CmdletBinding()]
     param
     (
-        [System.String] $TestResultsFile,
+        [System.String]
+        $TestResultsFile,
 
-        [System.String] $DscTestsPath
+        [System.String]
+        $DscTestsPath
     )
 
     Write-Verbose -Message 'Commencing all xNetworking tests'
 
-    $repoDir = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath "..\" -Resolve
+    $repoDir = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath '..\' -Resolve
 
     $testCoverageFiles = @()
     Get-ChildItem -Path "$repoDir\modules\xNetworking\DSCResources\**\*.psm1" -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
@@ -28,39 +30,18 @@ function Invoke-xNetworkingTest
     Import-Module -Name "$repoDir\modules\xNetworking\xNetworking.psd1"
     $testsToRun = @()
 
-    # Helper tests
-
-    $helperTests = (Get-ChildItem -Path (Join-Path -Path $repoDir -ChildPath '\Tests\Helper\')).Name
-
-    $helperTests | ForEach-Object {
-        $testsToRun += @(@{
-            'Path' = "$repoDir\Tests\Helper\$_"
-        })
-    }
-
     # Run Unit Tests
-    $unitTests = (Get-ChildItem (Join-Path -Path $repoDir -ChildPath '\Tests\Unit\')).Name
-
-    $unitTests | ForEach-Object {
-        $testsToRun += @(@{
-            'Path' = "$repoDir\Tests\Unit\$_"
-        })
-    }
+    $unitTestsPath = Join-Path -Path $repoDir -ChildPath 'Tests\Unit'
+    $testsToRun += @( (Get-ChildItem -Path $unitTestsPath).FullName )
 
     # Integration Tests
-    $integrationTests = (Get-ChildItem -Path (Join-Path -Path $repoDir -ChildPath '\Tests\Integration\') -Filter '*.Tests.ps1').Name
-
-    $integrationTests | ForEach-Object {
-        $testsToRun += @(@{
-            'Path' = "$repoDir\Tests\Integration\$_"
-        })
-    }
+    $integrationTestsPath = Join-Path -Path $repoDir -ChildPath 'Tests\Integration'
+    $testsToRun += @( (Get-ChildItem -Path $integrationTestsPath -Filter '*.Tests.ps1').FullName )
 
     # DSC Common Tests
-    if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('DscTestsPath') -eq $true) {
-        $testsToRun += @{
-            'Path' = $DscTestsPath
-        }
+    if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('DscTestsPath') -eq $true)
+    {
+        $testsToRun += @( $DscTestsPath )
     }
 
     $results = Invoke-Pester -Script $testsToRun `
@@ -68,5 +49,4 @@ function Invoke-xNetworkingTest
         -PassThru @testResultSettings
 
     return $results
-
 }
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 39b88ead..5a419436 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 #---------------------------------#
 version: 3.1.{build}.0
 install:
-    - appveyor DownloadFile https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe
-    - npm install -g gulp
-    - npm install
-    
+    - git clone https://github.com/PowerShell/DscResource.Tests
+
     - ps: |
-        Import-Module "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\.appveyor\appveyor.psm1"
-        Start-AppveyorInstallTask
+        $moduleName = 'xNetworking'
+        $mainModuleFolder = "Modules\$moduleName"
+        Import-Module "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\DscResource.Tests\AppVeyor.psm1"
+        Invoke-AppveyorInstallTask
 
 #---------------------------------#
 #      build configuration        #
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ build: false
 
 test_script:
     - ps: |
-        Start-AppveyorTestScriptTask
+        Invoke-AppveyorTestScriptTask `
+            -Type 'Harness' `
+            -MainModulePath $mainModuleFolder `
+            -CodeCovIo
 
 #---------------------------------#
 #      deployment configuration   #
@@ -32,4 +35,7 @@ test_script:
 # scripts to run before deployment
 deploy_script:
     - ps: |
-        Start-AppveyorAfterTestTask
+        Invoke-AppveyorAfterTestTask `
+            -Type 'Wiki' `
+            -MainModulePath $mainModuleFolder `
+            -ResourceModuleName $moduleName
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
deleted file mode 100644
index decee836..00000000
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-var gulp = require("gulp");
-var concat = require("gulp-concat");
-var through2 = require("through2");
-var markdownlint = require("markdownlint");
-
-gulp.task("test-mdsyntax", function task() {
-  return gulp.src(["./Modules/xNetworking/DSCResources/**/*.md","./README.md","./CHANGELOG.md"], { "read": false })
-    .pipe(through2.obj(function obj(file, enc, next) {
-      markdownlint(
-        { 
-          "files": [ file.path ],
-          "config": require("./.markdownlint.json")
-        },
-        function callback(err, result) {
-          var resultString = (result || "").toString();
-          if (resultString) {
-            file.contents = new Buffer(resultString);
-          }
-          next(err, file);
-        });
-    }))
-    .pipe(concat("markdownissues.txt", { newLine: "\r\n" }))
-    .pipe(gulp.dest("."));
-});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ef44441..00000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "xnetworking",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
-  "description": "The xNetworking PowerShell module provides DSC resources that can be used to modify network interfaces",
-  "main": "gulpfile.js",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "through2": "^2.0.1",
-    "markdownlint": "^0.2.0"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
-    "gulp-debug": "^3.0.0"
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "powershell -File .vscode\\RunAllTests.ps1"
-  },
-  "repository": {
-    "type": "git",
-    "url": "git+https://github.com/PowerShell/xNetworking.git"
-  },
-  "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/PowerShell/xNetworking/issues"
-  },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/PowerShell/xNetworking#readme"
-}