diff --git a/Composer/packages/server/src/models/settings/defaultSettingManager.ts b/Composer/packages/server/src/models/settings/defaultSettingManager.ts
index 5eb92ae0d8..5674bae736 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/server/src/models/settings/defaultSettingManager.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/server/src/models/settings/defaultSettingManager.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import set from 'lodash/set';
-import { SensitiveProperties } from '@bfc/shared';
+import { DialogSetting, SensitiveProperties } from '@bfc/shared';
 import { UserIdentity } from '@bfc/extension';
 
 import { Path } from '../../utility/path';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class DefaultSettingManager extends FileSettingManager {
     super(basePath, user);
   }
 
-  protected createDefaultSettings = (): any => {
+  protected createDefaultSettings = (): DialogSetting => {
     return {
       feature: {
         UseShowTypingMiddleware: false,
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ export class DefaultSettingManager extends FileSettingManager {
         maxImbalanceRatio: 10,
         maxUtteranceAllowed: 15000,
       },
-      skill: {
+      skillConfiguration: {
         isSkill: false,
         allowedCallers: ['*'],
       },
+      skill: {},
       defaultLanguage: 'en-us',
       languages: ['en-us'],
     };
diff --git a/runtime/dotnet/azurewebapp/Authorization/AllowedCallersClaimsValidator.cs b/runtime/dotnet/azurewebapp/Authorization/AllowedCallersClaimsValidator.cs
index 8b40fde37d..71b7a191f6 100644
--- a/runtime/dotnet/azurewebapp/Authorization/AllowedCallersClaimsValidator.cs
+++ b/runtime/dotnet/azurewebapp/Authorization/AllowedCallersClaimsValidator.cs
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ public class AllowedCallersClaimsValidator : ClaimsValidator
     {
         private readonly List<string> _allowedCallers;
 
-        public AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(BotSkillSettings settings)
+        public AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(BotSkillConfiguration settings)
         {
-            // skill.allowedCallers is the setting in the appsettings.json file
+            // skillConfiguration.allowedCallers is the setting in the appsettings.json file
             // that consists of the list of parent bot IDs that are allowed to access the skill.
             // To add a new parent bot, simply edit the AllowedCallers and add
             // the parent bot's Microsoft app ID to the list.
diff --git a/runtime/dotnet/azurewebapp/Startup.cs b/runtime/dotnet/azurewebapp/Startup.cs
index 7f02fa4329..c7a52195cc 100644
--- a/runtime/dotnet/azurewebapp/Startup.cs
+++ b/runtime/dotnet/azurewebapp/Startup.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public IStorage ConfigureStorage(BotSettings settings)
 
         public bool IsSkill(BotSettings settings)
         {
-            return settings?.Skill?.IsSkill == true;
+            return settings?.SkillConfiguration?.IsSkill == true;
         }
 
         public BotFrameworkHttpAdapter GetBotAdapter(IStorage storage, BotSettings settings, UserState userState, ConversationState conversationState, IServiceProvider s, TelemetryInitializerMiddleware telemetryInitializerMiddleware)
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
             // Register AuthConfiguration to enable custom claim validation for skills.
             if (IsSkill(settings))
             {
-                services.AddSingleton(sp => new AuthenticationConfiguration { ClaimsValidator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(settings.Skill) });
+                services.AddSingleton(sp => new AuthenticationConfiguration { ClaimsValidator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(settings.SkillConfiguration) });
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                services.AddSingleton(sp => new AuthenticationConfiguration());
             }
 
             // register components.
diff --git a/runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSettings.cs b/runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSettings.cs
index 73f8a8c2f2..c706a087e6 100644
--- a/runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSettings.cs
+++ b/runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSettings.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class BotSettings
 
         public string Bot { get; set; }
 
-        public BotSkillSettings Skill { get; set; }
+        public BotSkillConfiguration SkillConfiguration { get; set; }
 
         public class BlobStorageConfiguration
         {
diff --git a/runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSkillSettings.cs b/runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSkillConfiguration.cs
similarity index 87%
rename from runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSkillSettings.cs
rename to runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSkillConfiguration.cs
index 35214931b6..7f78a46d22 100644
--- a/runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSkillSettings.cs
+++ b/runtime/dotnet/core/Settings/BotSkillConfiguration.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.BotFramework.Composer.Core.Settings
 {
-    public class BotSkillSettings
+    public class BotSkillConfiguration
     {
         // Is skill
         public bool IsSkill { get; set; }
diff --git a/runtime/dotnet/tests/AllowedCallersClaimsValidationTests.cs b/runtime/dotnet/tests/AllowedCallersClaimsValidationTests.cs
index e96e7cb7ed..ac123eb05f 100644
--- a/runtime/dotnet/tests/AllowedCallersClaimsValidationTests.cs
+++ b/runtime/dotnet/tests/AllowedCallersClaimsValidationTests.cs
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ public class AllowedCallersClaimsValidationTests
         [ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentException))]
         public void WhenAllowedCallersIsNullThrowException()
         {
-            var unused = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillSettings());
+            var unused = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillConfiguration());
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         [ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentException))]
         public void WhenAllowedCallersIsEmptyThrowException()
         {
-            var unused = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillSettings()
+            var unused = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillConfiguration()
             {
                 AllowedCallers = new string[0]
             });
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public void WhenAllowedCallersIsEmptyThrowException()
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task AllowAnyCaller()
         {
-            var validator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillSettings()
+            var validator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillConfiguration()
             {
                 AllowedCallers = new string[]{"*"}
             });
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public async Task AllowAnyCaller()
         public async Task AllowedCaller()
         {
             const string callerAppId = "BE3F9920-D42D-4D3A-9BDF-DBA62DAE3A00";
-            var validator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillSettings()
+            var validator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillConfiguration()
             {
                 AllowedCallers = new string[]{callerAppId}
             });
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public async Task AllowedCaller()
         public async Task AllowedCallers()
         {
             const string callerAppId = "BE3F9920-D42D-4D3A-9BDF-DBA62DAE3A00";
-            var validator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillSettings()
+            var validator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillConfiguration()
             {
                 AllowedCallers = new string[]{"anotherId", callerAppId}
             });
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public async Task AllowedCallers()
         public async Task NonAllowedCallerShouldThrowException()
         {
             var callerAppId = "BE3F9920-D42D-4D3A-9BDF-DBA62DAE3A00";
-            var validator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillSettings()
+            var validator = new AllowedCallersClaimsValidator(new BotSkillConfiguration()
             {
                 AllowedCallers = new string[]{callerAppId}
             });