Update sample packages and projects

[jviau]

Issue describing the changes in this PR

resolves #issue_for_this_pr

Pull request checklist

• My changes do not require documentation changes
  • Otherwise: Documentation issue linked to PR
• My changes should not be added to the release notes for the next release
  • Otherwise: I've added my notes to release_notes.md
• My changes do not need to be backported to a previous version
  • Otherwise: Backport tracked by issue/PR #issue_or_pr
• I have added all required tests (Unit tests, E2E tests)

Additional information

Some general house keeping for our samples to ensure their packages are up to date. Also cleaned up the project files a bit as part of this work.