diff --git a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/CheckpointState.shared.cs b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/CheckpointState.shared.cs
index f775f3ad49..30fa46ccfc 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/CheckpointState.shared.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/CheckpointState.shared.cs
@@ -19,21 +19,32 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates CheckpointState by loading state from path.
-        /// <param name="checkpointPath"> absolute path to checkpoint file.</param>
-        /// </summary>
-        public CheckpointState(string checkpointPath)
-            : base(IntPtr.Zero, true)
+        private CheckpointState(IntPtr checkpointHandle)
+            : base(checkpointHandle, true)
         {
-            if (NativeTrainingMethods.TrainingEnabled())
+        }
+
+        internal enum PropertyType : long
+        {
+            Int = 0,
+            Float = 1,
+            String = 2
+        }
+
+        private void AddPropertyImpl<T>(string propertyName, PropertyType propertyType, T propertyValue)
+        {
+            var propertyNameUtf8 = NativeOnnxValueHelper.StringToZeroTerminatedUtf8(propertyName);
+            T[] value = new T[1];
+            value[0] = propertyValue;
+            Memory<T> memory = value;
+            using (var memHandle = memory.Pin())
             {
-                var envHandle = OrtEnv.Instance().Handle; // just so it is initialized
-                LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("Training is disabled in the current build. Please build ONNXRuntime from source with the build flags enable_training_apis. \n");
+                IntPtr memPtr;
+                unsafe
+                {
+                    memPtr = (IntPtr)memHandle.Pointer;
+                }
+                NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtAddProperty(handle, propertyNameUtf8, propertyType, memPtr));
             }
         }
 
@@ -47,9 +58,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
         /// Loads Checkpoint state from path
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="checkpointPath"> absolute path to checkpoint</param>
-        private void LoadCheckpoint(string checkpointPath)
+        public static CheckpointState LoadCheckpoint(string checkpointPath)
         {
-            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtLoadCheckpoint(NativeOnnxValueHelper.GetPlatformSerializedString(checkpointPath), out handle));
+            if (!NativeTrainingMethods.TrainingEnabled())
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("This package does not contain the training API. Please install the Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Training NuGet package.\n");
+            }
+
+            var envHandle = OrtEnv.Instance().Handle; // just so it is initialized
+            IntPtr checkpointHandle = IntPtr.Zero;
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtLoadCheckpoint(NativeOnnxValueHelper.GetPlatformSerializedString(checkpointPath), out checkpointHandle));
+
+            return new CheckpointState(checkpointHandle);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -57,9 +77,83 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
         /// <param name="checkpointPath"> absolute path to the checkpoint file.</param>
         /// <param name="includeOptimizerState"> absolute path to the checkpoint file.</param>
         /// </summary>
-        public void SaveCheckpoint(string checkpointPath, bool includeOptimizerState = false)
+        public static void SaveCheckpoint(CheckpointState state, string checkpointPath, bool includeOptimizerState = false)
         {
-            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtSaveCheckpoint(handle, NativeOnnxValueHelper.GetPlatformSerializedString(checkpointPath), includeOptimizerState));
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtSaveCheckpoint(state.Handle, NativeOnnxValueHelper.GetPlatformSerializedString(checkpointPath), includeOptimizerState));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds the given int property to the checkpoint state.
+        /// <param name="propertyName">Unique name of the property being added.</param>
+        /// <param name="propertyValue">Property value associated with the given name.</param>
+        /// </summary>
+        public void AddProperty(string propertyName, long propertyValue)
+        {
+            AddPropertyImpl(propertyName, PropertyType.Int, propertyValue);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds the given float property to the checkpoint state.
+        /// <param name="propertyName">Unique name of the property being added.</param>
+        /// <param name="propertyValue">Property value associated with the given name.</param>
+        /// </summary>
+        public void AddProperty(string propertyName, float propertyValue)
+        {
+            AddPropertyImpl(propertyName, PropertyType.Float, propertyValue);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds the given string property to the checkpoint state.
+        /// <param name="propertyName">Unique name of the property being added.</param>
+        /// <param name="propertyValue">Property value associated with the given name.</param>
+        /// </summary>
+        public void AddProperty(string propertyName, string propertyValue)
+        {
+            var propertyNameUtf8 = NativeOnnxValueHelper.StringToZeroTerminatedUtf8(propertyName);
+            var propertyValueUtf8 = NativeOnnxValueHelper.StringToZeroTerminatedUtf8(propertyValue);
+
+            IntPtr unmanagedPointer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(propertyValueUtf8.Length);
+            try
+            {
+                Marshal.Copy(propertyValueUtf8, 0, unmanagedPointer, propertyValueUtf8.Length);
+                NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtAddProperty(handle, propertyNameUtf8, PropertyType.String, unmanagedPointer));
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(unmanagedPointer);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the property value associated with the given name from the checkpoint state.
+        /// <param name="propertyName">Unique name of the property being retrieved.</param>
+        /// </summary>
+        public object GetProperty(string propertyName)
+        {
+            var propertyNameUtf8 = NativeOnnxValueHelper.StringToZeroTerminatedUtf8(propertyName);
+            var allocator = OrtAllocator.DefaultInstance;
+            IntPtr propertyValue = IntPtr.Zero;
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtGetProperty(handle, propertyNameUtf8, allocator.Pointer, out PropertyType propertyType, out propertyValue));
+
+            if (propertyType == PropertyType.Int)
+            {
+                var longPropertyValue = Marshal.ReadInt64(propertyValue);
+                allocator.FreeMemory(propertyValue);
+                return longPropertyValue;
+            }
+            else if (propertyType == PropertyType.Float)
+            {
+                float[] value = new float[1];
+                Marshal.Copy(propertyValue, value, 0, 1);
+                allocator.FreeMemory(propertyValue);
+                return value[0];
+            }
+            else if (propertyType == PropertyType.String)
+            {
+                return NativeOnnxValueHelper.StringFromNativeUtf8(propertyValue, allocator);
+            }
+
+            throw new ArgumentException("Expected the property type to be one of long, float or string. Unknown type retrieved " + propertyValue.ToString());
         }
 
 #region SafeHandle
diff --git a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/NativeTrainingMethods.shared.cs b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/NativeTrainingMethods.shared.cs
index 5df0720022..35c44c44a0 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/NativeTrainingMethods.shared.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/NativeTrainingMethods.shared.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
                     OrtOptimizerStep = (DOrtOptimizerStep)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.OptimizerStep, typeof(DOrtOptimizerStep));
                     OrtRegisterLinearLRScheduler = (DOrtRegisterLinearLRScheduler)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.RegisterLinearLRScheduler, typeof(DOrtRegisterLinearLRScheduler));
                     OrtSchedulerStep = (DOrtSchedulerStep)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.SchedulerStep, typeof(DOrtSchedulerStep));
+                    OrtGetParametersSize = (DOrtGetParametersSize)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.GetParametersSize, typeof(DOrtGetParametersSize));
+                    OrtCopyParametersToBuffer = (DOrtCopyParametersToBuffer)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.CopyParametersToBuffer, typeof(DOrtCopyParametersToBuffer));
+                    OrtCopyBufferToParameters = (DOrtCopyBufferToParameters)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.CopyBufferToParameters, typeof(DOrtCopyBufferToParameters));
                     OrtReleaseTrainingSession = (DOrtReleaseTrainingSession)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.ReleaseTrainingSession, typeof(DOrtReleaseTrainingSession));
                     OrtReleaseCheckpointState = (DOrtReleaseCheckpointState)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.ReleaseCheckpointState, typeof(DOrtReleaseCheckpointState));
                     OrtExportModelForInferencing = (DOrtExportModelForInferencing)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(trainingApi_.ExportModelForInferencing, typeof(DOrtExportModelForInferencing));
@@ -248,6 +251,30 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
                                                     );
             public static DOrtSchedulerStep OrtSchedulerStep;
 
+            [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi)]
+            public delegate IntPtr /*(OrtStatus*)*/ DOrtGetParametersSize(
+                                                    IntPtr /*(OrtTrainingSession*)*/ session,
+                                                    out UIntPtr buffer_size,
+                                                    bool only_trainable
+                                                    );
+            public static DOrtGetParametersSize OrtGetParametersSize;
+
+            [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi)]
+            public delegate IntPtr /*(OrtStatus*)*/ DOrtCopyParametersToBuffer(
+                                                    IntPtr /*(OrtTrainingSession*)*/ session,
+                                                    IntPtr /*(OrtValue*)*/ buffer,
+                                                    bool only_trainable
+                                                    );
+            public static DOrtCopyParametersToBuffer OrtCopyParametersToBuffer;
+
+            [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi)]
+            public delegate IntPtr /*(OrtStatus*)*/ DOrtCopyBufferToParameters(
+                                                    IntPtr /*(OrtTrainingSession*)*/ session,
+                                                    IntPtr /*(OrtValue*)*/ buffer,
+                                                    bool only_trainable
+                                                    );
+            public static DOrtCopyBufferToParameters OrtCopyBufferToParameters;
+
             [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi)]
             public delegate void DOrtReleaseTrainingSession(IntPtr /*(OrtTrainingSession*)*/session);
             public static DOrtReleaseTrainingSession OrtReleaseTrainingSession;
@@ -312,8 +339,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
             [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi)]
             public delegate IntPtr /*(OrtStatus*)*/ DOrtAddProperty(
                                                     IntPtr /*(OrtCheckpointState*)*/ checkpointState,
-                                                    IntPtr /*(const char*)*/ propertyName,
-                                                    OrtPropertyType propertyType,
+                                                    byte[] /*(const char*)*/ propertyName,
+                                                    CheckpointState.PropertyType propertyType,
                                                     IntPtr /*(const void*)*/ propertyValue
                                                     );
 
@@ -322,9 +349,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
             [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi)]
             public delegate IntPtr /*(OrtStatus*)*/ DOrtGetProperty(
                                                     IntPtr /*(OrtCheckpointState*)*/ checkpointState,
-                                                    IntPtr /*(const char*)*/ propertyName,
+                                                    byte[] /*(const char*)*/ propertyName,
                                                     IntPtr /*(OrtAllocator*)*/ allocator,
-                                                    out OrtPropertyType propertyType,
+                                                    out CheckpointState.PropertyType propertyType,
                                                     out IntPtr /*(const void**)*/ propertyValue
                                                     );
 
diff --git a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/OrtPropertyType.shared.cs b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/OrtPropertyType.shared.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 17505d6a27..0000000000
--- a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/OrtPropertyType.shared.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT License.
-
-namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
-{
-#if __ENABLE_TRAINING_APIS__
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Property types
-    /// </summary>
-    public enum OrtPropertyType
-    {
-        OrtIntProperty = 0,
-        OrtFloatProperty = 1,
-        OrtStringProperty = 2,
-    }
-#endif
-}
diff --git a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/TrainingSession.shared.cs b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/TrainingSession.shared.cs
index 9874863e91..5fb983ab37 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/TrainingSession.shared.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime/Training/TrainingSession.shared.cs
@@ -9,12 +9,29 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
 {
 #if __ENABLE_TRAINING_APIS__
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class defines utility methods for training.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class TrainingUtils
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use this function to generate reproducible results. It should be noted that completely
+        /// reproducible results are not guaranteed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="seed">Manual seed to use for random number generation.</param>
+        public static void SetSeed(long seed)
+        {
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtSetSeed(seed));
+        }
+    }
+
     enum LRScheduler
     {
         None = 0,
         Constant = 1,
         Linear = 2
     }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a Training Session on an ONNX Model.
     /// This is a IDisposable class and it must be disposed of
@@ -34,6 +51,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
         private ulong _evalOutputCount;
         private List<string> _trainOutputNames;
         private List<string> _evalOutputNames;
+        private List<string> _trainInputNames;
+        private List<string> _evalInputNames;
 
         private SessionOptions _builtInSessionOptions = null;
         private RunOptions _builtInRunOptions = null;
@@ -240,7 +259,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
             IntPtr[] inputValuesArray = GetOrtValuesHandles(inputValues, true);
 
             IntPtr[] outputValuesArray = GetOrtValuesHandles(outputValues, false); /* pointers to Pre-allocated OrtValue instances */
-            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtTrainStep(_nativeHandle, options.Handle, (UIntPtr)inputValues.Count,
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtEvalStep(_nativeHandle, options.Handle, (UIntPtr)inputValues.Count,
                 inputValuesArray, (UIntPtr)outputValues.Count, outputValuesArray));
         }
 
@@ -319,6 +338,110 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
 
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Export a model that can be used for inferencing.
+        /// If the training session was provided with an eval model, the training session can generate
+        /// an inference model if it knows the inference graph outputs. The input inference graph outputs
+        /// are used to prune the eval model so that the inference model's outputs align with the provided outputs.
+        /// The exported model is saved at the path provided and can be used for inferencing with Ort::Session.
+        /// Note that the function re-loads the eval model from the path provided to Ort::TrainingSession
+        /// and expects that this path still be valid.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="inference_model_path">Path where the inference model should be serialized to.</param>
+        /// <param name="graphOutputNames">Names of the outputs that are needed in the inference model.</param>
+        public void ExportModelForInferencing(string inferenceModelPath, IReadOnlyCollection<string> graphOutputNames)
+        {
+            using (var cleanupList = new DisposableList<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var outputNamesArray = ConvertNamesToUtf8(graphOutputNames, cleanupList);
+                NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtExportModelForInferencing(
+                    _nativeHandle, NativeOnnxValueHelper.GetPlatformSerializedString(inferenceModelPath),
+                    (UIntPtr)graphOutputNames.Count, outputNamesArray));
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a contiguous buffer that holds a copy of all training state parameters
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="only_trainable">Whether to only copy trainable parameters or to copy all parameters.</param>
+        public FixedBufferOnnxValue ToBuffer(bool only_trainable)
+        {
+            UIntPtr bufferSize = UIntPtr.Zero;
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtGetParametersSize(_nativeHandle, out bufferSize, only_trainable));
+
+            float[] bufferMemory = new float[bufferSize.ToUInt64()];
+
+            var memInfo = OrtMemoryInfo.DefaultInstance; // CPU
+            var shape = new long[] {(long)bufferSize.ToUInt64()};
+            var buffer = FixedBufferOnnxValue.CreateFromMemory<float>(memInfo, bufferMemory, Tensors.TensorElementType.Float, shape, (long)bufferSize.ToUInt64() * sizeof(float));
+
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtCopyParametersToBuffer(_nativeHandle, buffer.Value.Handle, only_trainable));
+
+            return buffer;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads the training session model parameters from a contiguous buffer
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="buffer">Contiguous buffer to load the parameters from.</param>
+        public void FromBuffer(FixedBufferOnnxValue buffer)
+        {
+            if (buffer.OnnxValueType != OnnxValueType.ONNX_TYPE_TENSOR)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Incorrect buffer received. Expected a tensor buffer.");
+            }
+
+            IntPtr typeAndShapeInfo = IntPtr.Zero;
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeMethods.OrtGetTensorTypeAndShape(buffer.Value.Handle, out typeAndShapeInfo));
+            UIntPtr numDimensions = UIntPtr.Zero;
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeMethods.OrtGetDimensionsCount(typeAndShapeInfo, out numDimensions));
+            if (numDimensions.ToUInt64() != 1)
+            {
+                string errorMessage = "Incorrect buffer shape received. Expected a contiguous tensor buffer. Expected number of dimensions: 1, Actual: " + numDimensions.ToString();
+                throw new ArgumentException(errorMessage);
+            }
+
+            IntPtr numElementsTrainingOnly = IntPtr.Zero;
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeMethods.OrtGetTensorShapeElementCount(typeAndShapeInfo, out numElementsTrainingOnly));
+
+            UIntPtr bufferSize = UIntPtr.Zero;
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtGetParametersSize(_nativeHandle, out bufferSize, true));
+            if ((long)bufferSize.ToUInt64() == numElementsTrainingOnly.ToInt64())
+            {
+                NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtCopyBufferToParameters(_nativeHandle, buffer.Value.Handle, true));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            IntPtr numElements = IntPtr.Zero;
+            bufferSize = UIntPtr.Zero;
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtGetParametersSize(_nativeHandle, out bufferSize, false));
+            if ((long)bufferSize.ToUInt64() != numElements.ToInt64())
+            {
+                string errorMessage = "Incorrect buffer size received. Expected size to be one of " + numElementsTrainingOnly.ToString() + " (training only) or " + numElements.ToString() + " (all parameters). Actual size: " + bufferSize.ToString();
+                throw new ArgumentException(errorMessage);
+            }
+
+            NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtCopyBufferToParameters(_nativeHandle, buffer.Value.Handle, false));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieves the names of the user outputs for the training and eval models.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="training">Whether the training model output names are requested or eval model output names.</param>
+        public List<string> OutputNames(bool training)
+        {
+            return training ? _trainOutputNames : _evalOutputNames;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieves the names of the user inputs for the training and eval models.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="training">Whether the training model input names are requested or eval model input names.</param>
+        public List<string> InputNames(bool training)
+        {
+            return training ? _trainInputNames : _evalInputNames;
+        }
+
     #endregion
     #region private methods
 
@@ -326,7 +449,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
         {
             if (!NativeTrainingMethods.TrainingEnabled())
             {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("Training is disabled in the current build. Please build ONNXRuntime from source with the build flags enable_training_apis. \n");
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("This package does not contain the training API. Please install the Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Training NuGet package.\n");
             }
             var options = sessOptions;
             if (sessOptions == null)
@@ -351,6 +474,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
                     _trainOutputNames.Add(GetOutputName(i, true));
                 }
 
+                _trainInputNames = new List<string>();
+                UIntPtr inputCount = UIntPtr.Zero;
+                NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtGetTrainingModelInputCount(_nativeHandle, out inputCount));
+                for (ulong i = 0; i < inputCount.ToUInt64(); i++)
+                {
+                    _trainInputNames.Add(GetInputName(i, true));
+                }
+
                 if (evalModelPath != null)
                 {
                     outputCount = UIntPtr.Zero;
@@ -361,6 +492,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
                     {
                         _evalOutputNames.Add(GetOutputName(i, false));
                     }
+
+                    _evalInputNames = new List<string>();
+                    inputCount = UIntPtr.Zero;
+                    NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtGetEvalModelInputCount(_nativeHandle, out inputCount));
+                    for (ulong i = 0; i < inputCount.ToUInt64(); i++)
+                    {
+                        _evalInputNames.Add(GetInputName(i, false));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 _builtInRunOptions = new RunOptions();  // create a default built-in run option, and avoid creating a new one every run() call
@@ -395,6 +534,29 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
             return NativeOnnxValueHelper.StringFromNativeUtf8(nameHandle, allocator);
         }
 
+        private string GetInputName(ulong index, bool training)
+        {
+            var allocator = OrtAllocator.DefaultInstance;
+            IntPtr nameHandle;
+            if (training)
+            {
+                NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtGetTrainingModelInputName(
+                                           _nativeHandle,
+                                           (UIntPtr)index,
+                                           allocator.Pointer,
+                                           out nameHandle));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                NativeApiStatus.VerifySuccess(NativeTrainingMethods.OrtGetEvalModelInputName(
+                                           _nativeHandle,
+                                           (UIntPtr)index,
+                                           allocator.Pointer,
+                                           out nameHandle));
+            }
+            return NativeOnnxValueHelper.StringFromNativeUtf8(nameHandle, allocator);
+        }
+
         private IntPtr[] GetOrtValuesHandles(IReadOnlyCollection<FixedBufferOnnxValue> values, bool input)
         {
             var valuesArray = new IntPtr[values.Count];
@@ -410,6 +572,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime
             return valuesArray;
         }
 
+        private IntPtr[] ConvertNamesToUtf8(IReadOnlyCollection<string> names, DisposableList<IDisposable> cleanupList)
+        {
+            cleanupList.Capacity += names.Count;
+            var result = new IntPtr[names.Count];
+            for (int i = 0; i < names.Count; ++i)
+            {
+                var name = names.ElementAt(i);
+                var utf8Name = NativeOnnxValueHelper.StringToZeroTerminatedUtf8(name);
+                var pinnedHandle = new Memory<byte>(utf8Name).Pin();
+                unsafe
+                {
+                    result[i] = (IntPtr)pinnedHandle.Pointer;
+                }
+                cleanupList.Add(pinnedHandle);
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Other classes access
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests.Common/TrainingTest.cs b/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests.Common/TrainingTest.cs
index 0d16203dbc..7babed7f42 100644
--- a/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests.Common/TrainingTest.cs
+++ b/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests.Common/TrainingTest.cs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
         public void TestLoadCheckpointThrows()
         {
             string path = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
-            var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => { var opt = new CheckpointState(path); });
-            Assert.Contains("Training is disabled in the current build.", ex.Message);
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => { var opt = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(path); });
+            Assert.Contains("Please install the Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Training NuGet package.", ex.Message);
         }
 #endif
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
         public void TestLoadCheckpoint()
         {
             string path = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
-            using (var opt = new CheckpointState(path))
+            using (var opt = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(path))
             {
                 Assert.NotNull(opt);
             }
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
             string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
             using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
             {
-                var state = new CheckpointState(checkpointPath);
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(state);
                 Assert.NotNull(state);
                 string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
             string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
             using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
             {
-                var state = new CheckpointState(checkpointPath);
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(state);
                 Assert.NotNull(state);
                 string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
             string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
             using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
             {
-                var state = new CheckpointState(checkpointPath);
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(state);
                 Assert.NotNull(state);
                 string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
             string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
             using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
             {
-                var state = new CheckpointState(checkpointPath);
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(state);
                 Assert.NotNull(state);
                 string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
 
                 // Save checkpoint
                 string savedCheckpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "saved_checkpoint.ckpt");
-                state.SaveCheckpoint(savedCheckpointPath, true);
+                CheckpointState.SaveCheckpoint(state, savedCheckpointPath, true);
 
                 // Load checkpoint and run train step
-                var loadedState = new CheckpointState(savedCheckpointPath);
+                var loadedState = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(savedCheckpointPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(loadedState);
                 var newTrainingSession = new TrainingSession(loadedState, trainingPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(newTrainingSession);
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
             string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
             using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
             {
-                var state = new CheckpointState(checkpointPath);
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(state);
                 Assert.NotNull(state);
                 string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
             string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
             using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
             {
-                var state = new CheckpointState(checkpointPath);
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(state);
                 Assert.NotNull(state);
                 string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
             string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
             using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
             {
-                var state = new CheckpointState(checkpointPath);
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
                 cleanUp.Add(state);
                 Assert.NotNull(state);
                 string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
@@ -301,6 +301,226 @@ namespace Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Tests
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestTrainingSessionExportModelForInferencing")]
+        public void TestTrainingSessionExportModelForInferencing()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+                string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
+                string evalPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "eval_model.onnx");
+                string optimizerPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "adamw.onnx");
+
+                var trainingSession = new TrainingSession(state, trainingPath, evalPath, optimizerPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(trainingSession);
+
+                var graphOutputs = new List<string>(){"output-0"};
+
+                string inferencePath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "inference_model.onnx");
+
+                trainingSession.ExportModelForInferencing(inferencePath, graphOutputs);
+                Assert.True(File.Exists(inferencePath));
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestCheckpointStateAddProperty")]
+        public void TestCheckpointStateAddProperty()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+
+                string propertyName = "days in a week";
+                state.AddProperty(propertyName, (long)7);
+
+                var value = state.GetProperty(propertyName);
+                Assert.True(value is long);
+                Assert.Equal((long)7, value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestCheckpointStateAddFloatProperty")]
+        public void TestCheckpointStateAddFloatProperty()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+
+                string propertyName = "pi";
+                state.AddProperty(propertyName, (float)3.14);
+
+                var value = state.GetProperty(propertyName);
+                Assert.True(value is float);
+                Assert.Equal((float)3.14, value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestCheckpointStateAddStringProperty")]
+        public void TestCheckpointStateAddStringProperty()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+
+                string propertyName = "best ai framework";
+                state.AddProperty(propertyName, "onnxruntime");
+
+                var value = state.GetProperty(propertyName);
+                Assert.True(value is string);
+                Assert.Equal("onnxruntime", value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestTrainModelInputNames")]
+        public void TestTrainModelInputNames()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+                string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
+                var trainingSession = new TrainingSession(state, trainingPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(trainingSession);
+
+                var inputNames = trainingSession.InputNames(true);
+
+                Assert.True(inputNames.Count == 2);
+                Assert.Equal("input-0", inputNames[0]);
+                Assert.Equal("labels", inputNames[1]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestEvalModelInputNames")]
+        public void TestEvalModelInputNames()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+                string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
+                string evalPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "eval_model.onnx");
+                string optimizerPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "adamw.onnx");
+
+                var trainingSession = new TrainingSession(state, trainingPath, evalPath, optimizerPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(trainingSession);
+
+                var inputNames = trainingSession.InputNames(false);
+
+                Assert.True(inputNames.Count == 2);
+                Assert.Equal("input-0", inputNames[0]);
+                Assert.Equal("labels", inputNames[1]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestTrainModelOutputNames")]
+        public void TestTrainModelOutputNames()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+                string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
+                var trainingSession = new TrainingSession(state, trainingPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(trainingSession);
+
+                var outputNames = trainingSession.OutputNames(true);
+
+                Assert.Single(outputNames);
+                Assert.Equal("onnx::loss::21273", outputNames[0]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestEvalModelOutputNames")]
+        public void TestEvalModelOutputNames()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+                string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
+                string evalPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "eval_model.onnx");
+                string optimizerPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "adamw.onnx");
+
+                var trainingSession = new TrainingSession(state, trainingPath, evalPath, optimizerPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(trainingSession);
+
+                var outputNames = trainingSession.OutputNames(false);
+
+                Assert.Single(outputNames);
+                Assert.Equal("onnx::loss::21273", outputNames[0]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestToBuffer")]
+        public void TestToBuffer()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+                string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
+                string evalPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "eval_model.onnx");
+                string optimizerPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "adamw.onnx");
+
+                var trainingSession = new TrainingSession(state, trainingPath, evalPath, optimizerPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(trainingSession);
+
+                var buffer = trainingSession.ToBuffer(true);
+                cleanUp.Add(buffer);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestFromBuffer")]
+        public void TestFromBuffer()
+        {
+            string checkpointPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "checkpoint.ckpt");
+            using (var cleanUp = new DisposableListTest<IDisposable>())
+            {
+                var state = CheckpointState.LoadCheckpoint(checkpointPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(state);
+                Assert.NotNull(state);
+                string trainingPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "training_model.onnx");
+                string evalPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "eval_model.onnx");
+                string optimizerPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "adamw.onnx");
+
+                var trainingSession = new TrainingSession(state, trainingPath, evalPath, optimizerPath);
+                cleanUp.Add(trainingSession);
+
+                var buffer = trainingSession.ToBuffer(true);
+                cleanUp.Add(buffer);
+
+                trainingSession.FromBuffer(buffer);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact(DisplayName = "TestSetSeed")]
+        public void TestSetSeed()
+        {
+            TrainingUtils.SetSeed(8888);
+        }
+
         internal class FloatComparer : IEqualityComparer<float>
         {
             private float atol = 1e-3f;