diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 96586e054cdd1..8b2b082dbf502 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 /sdk/cognitiveservices/vision.computervision/   @toothache
 /sdk/cognitiveservices/vision.face/             @TFR258 
 
+/sdk/digitaltwins/                              @drwill-ms @timtay-microsoft @abhipsaMisra @vinagesh @azabbasi @prmathur-microsoft @bikamani @barustum
+
 /sdk/eventgrid/                                 @Kishp01 @ahamad-MS
 
 /sdk/eventhub/                                  @serkantkaraca @jsquire @kinelski
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb77b3cf385d6..1477efbcfa42f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 .vs/
 *.lock.json
 developer/
+launch.json
 
 # Build results
 binaries/
diff --git a/eng/Packages.Data.props b/eng/Packages.Data.props
index c67ee2236933c..5438482c00cde 100644
--- a/eng/Packages.Data.props
+++ b/eng/Packages.Data.props
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     <PackageReference Update="Azure.Storage.Queues" Version="12.1.1" />
     <PackageReference Update="Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake" Version="12.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Update="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.11.5" />
+    <PackageReference Update="Castle.Core" Version="4.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Update="FluentAssertions" Version="5.10.3" />
     <PackageReference Update="FsCheck.Xunit" Version="2.14.0" />
     <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.Azure.Amqp" Version="[2.4.2, 3.0.0)" />
     <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.Azure.Batch" Version="11.0.0" />
diff --git a/sdk/digitaltwins/.gitignore b/sdk/digitaltwins/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..76b9f1a863989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/digitaltwins/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.config.json
+!*common.config.json
+!*common.test.assets.config.json
diff --git a/sdk/digitaltwins/ci.yml b/sdk/digitaltwins/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3185604d9e334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/digitaltwins/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
+# This file is generated automatically and any changes will be lost.
+
+resources:
+  repositories:
+    - repository: azure-sdk-tools
+      type: github
+      name: Azure/azure-sdk-tools
+      endpoint: azure
+    - repository: azure-sdk-build-tools
+      type: git
+      name: internal/azure-sdk-build-tools
+
+trigger:
+  branches:
+    include:
+    - master
+    - hotfix/*
+    - release/*
+  paths:
+    include:
+    - sdk/digitaltwins/
+
+pr:
+  branches:
+    include:
+    - master
+    - feature/*
+    - hotfix/*
+    - release/*
+  paths:
+    include:
+    - sdk/digitaltwins/
+
+stages:
+- template: ../../eng/pipelines/templates/stages/archetype-sdk-client.yml
+  parameters:
+    ServiceDirectory: digitaltwins
+    ArtifactName: packages
+    Artifacts:
+    - name: Azure.DigitalTwins.Core
+      safeName: AzureDigitalTwinsCore
diff --git a/sdk/digitaltwins/tests.yml b/sdk/digitaltwins/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..91c208817fb68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/digitaltwins/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+trigger: none
+
+resources:
+  repositories:
+    - repository: azure-sdk-tools
+      type: github
+      name: Azure/azure-sdk-tools
+      endpoint: azure
+
+jobs:
+- template: ../../eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-tests.yml
+  parameters:
+    ServiceDirectory: digitaltwins
+    Location: southcentralus
+    SubscriptionConfiguration: $(sub-config-azure-cloud-test-resources-preview)
+    EnvVars:
+      # Runs live tests.
+      AZURE_IOT_TEST_MODE: Live