diff --git a/Apps/Contoso.Forms.Demo/Contoso.Forms.Demo.UWP/App.xaml.cs b/Apps/Contoso.Forms.Demo/Contoso.Forms.Demo.UWP/App.xaml.cs
index 9dfa6eec3..17aa619c9 100644
--- a/Apps/Contoso.Forms.Demo/Contoso.Forms.Demo.UWP/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/Apps/Contoso.Forms.Demo/Contoso.Forms.Demo.UWP/App.xaml.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AppCenter;
+using Microsoft.AppCenter.Push;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation;
+using Windows.Globalization;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Navigation;
-using Microsoft.AppCenter;
-using Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics;
-using Microsoft.AppCenter.Push;
 
 namespace Contoso.Forms.Demo.UWP
 {
@@ -28,7 +26,8 @@ namespace Contoso.Forms.Demo.UWP
             // Note that the country code provided does not reflect the physical device location, but rather the
             // country that corresponds to the culture it uses. You may wish to retrieve the country code using
             // a different means, such as device location.
-            AppCenter.SetCountryCode(RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.TwoLetterISORegionName);
+            var geographicRegion = new GeographicRegion();
+            AppCenter.SetCountryCode(geographicRegion.CodeTwoLetter);
             InitializeComponent();
             Suspending += OnSuspending;
         }
diff --git a/Apps/Contoso.Forms.Puppet/Contoso.Forms.Puppet.UWP/App.xaml.cs b/Apps/Contoso.Forms.Puppet/Contoso.Forms.Puppet.UWP/App.xaml.cs
index 1b2ed3cbb..5635d04ee 100644
--- a/Apps/Contoso.Forms.Puppet/Contoso.Forms.Puppet.UWP/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/Apps/Contoso.Forms.Puppet/Contoso.Forms.Puppet.UWP/App.xaml.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Globalization;
 using Microsoft.AppCenter;
+using Microsoft.AppCenter.Push;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation;
+using Windows.Globalization;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Windows.UI.Xaml.Navigation;
-using Microsoft.AppCenter.Push;
 
 namespace Contoso.Forms.Puppet.UWP
 {
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ namespace Contoso.Forms.Puppet.UWP
             // Note that the country code provided does not reflect the physical device location, but rather the
             // country that corresponds to the culture it uses. You may wish to retrieve the country code using
             // a different means, such as device location.
-            AppCenter.SetCountryCode(RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.TwoLetterISORegionName);
+            var geographicRegion = new GeographicRegion();
+            AppCenter.SetCountryCode(geographicRegion.CodeTwoLetter);
             EventFilterHolder.Implementation = new EventFilterWrapper();
             InitializeComponent();
             Suspending += OnSuspending;
diff --git a/Tests/Microsoft.AppCenter.Test.Windows/Channel/ChannelTest.cs b/Tests/Microsoft.AppCenter.Test.Windows/Channel/ChannelTest.cs
index f2ba7cdca..bb64dcc8f 100644
--- a/Tests/Microsoft.AppCenter.Test.Windows/Channel/ChannelTest.cs
+++ b/Tests/Microsoft.AppCenter.Test.Windows/Channel/ChannelTest.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AppCenter.Test.Channel
         private const int FilteringLogSemaphoreIdx = 4;
         private readonly List<SemaphoreSlim> _eventSemaphores = new List<SemaphoreSlim> { new SemaphoreSlim(0), new SemaphoreSlim(0), new SemaphoreSlim(0), new SemaphoreSlim(0), new SemaphoreSlim(0) };
 
+        public TestContext TestContext { get;set;}
+
         public ChannelTest()
         {
             LogSerializer.AddLogType(TestLog.JsonIdentifier, typeof(TestLog));
@@ -376,11 +378,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AppCenter.Test.Channel
 
         private void SetChannelWithTimeSpan(TimeSpan timeSpan)
         {
-            _storage = new MockStorage();
-            _channel = new Microsoft.AppCenter.Channel.Channel(ChannelName, MaxLogsPerBatch, timeSpan, MaxParallelBatches,
-                _appSecret, _mockIngestion, _storage);
+            if (TestContext.TestName != "ThrowStorageExceptionInDeleteLogsTime")
+            {
+                _storage = new MockStorage();
+                _channel = new Microsoft.AppCenter.Channel.Channel(ChannelName, MaxLogsPerBatch, timeSpan, MaxParallelBatches,
+                    _appSecret, _mockIngestion, _storage);
+                SetupEventCallbacks();
+            }
             MakeIngestionCallsSucceed();
-            SetupEventCallbacks();
         }
 
         private void MakeIngestionCallsFail()