diff --git a/vnext/CHANGELOG.md b/vnext/CHANGELOG.md
index f6795265ba7..78c07a0ea77 100644
--- a/vnext/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vnext/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 21:37:51 GMT
 
 - Make react-native-win not depend on sdx-platform build scripts
 - uwp - Add back pressed event firing from View temporarily
-- uwp - update SDK dependency to RS5, runtime target RS3+, permissive-
+- uwp - update SDK dependency to RS5, runtime target RS2+, permissive-
 - Add popup component for uwp
 - autosync
 - V8 Inspector
diff --git a/vnext/PropertySheets/React.Cpp.props b/vnext/PropertySheets/React.Cpp.props
index e9d78ae5771..b0e8b272c71 100644
--- a/vnext/PropertySheets/React.Cpp.props
+++ b/vnext/PropertySheets/React.Cpp.props
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
     <MinimumVisualStudioVersion>14.0</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>
-    <!-- Use RS5 SDK (10.0.17763.0)  Support running on RS3+ (10.0.16299.0) -->
+    <!-- Use RS5 SDK (10.0.17763.0)  Support running on RS2+ (10.0.15063.0) -->
     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.17763.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.16299.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.15063.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
diff --git a/vnext/ReactUWP/Views/TextInputViewManager.cpp b/vnext/ReactUWP/Views/TextInputViewManager.cpp
index 69ea565a5f3..cd143a5e01f 100644
--- a/vnext/ReactUWP/Views/TextInputViewManager.cpp
+++ b/vnext/ReactUWP/Views/TextInputViewManager.cpp
@@ -167,25 +167,28 @@ void TextInputShadowNode::createView()
     });
   }
 
-  textBox.CharacterReceived([=](auto&&, winrt::CharacterReceivedRoutedEventArgs const& args) {
-    auto instance = wkinstance.lock();
-    std::string key;
-    wchar_t s[2] = L" ";
-    s[0] = args.Character();
-    key = facebook::react::UnicodeConversion::Utf16ToUtf8(s, 1);
+  if (textBox.try_as<winrt::IUIElement7>())
+  {
+    textBox.CharacterReceived([=](auto&&, winrt::CharacterReceivedRoutedEventArgs const& args) {
+      auto instance = wkinstance.lock();
+      std::string key;
+      wchar_t s[2] = L" ";
+      s[0] = args.Character();
+      key = facebook::react::UnicodeConversion::Utf16ToUtf8(s, 1);
 
-    if (key.compare("\r") == 0) {
-      key = "Enter";
-    }
-    else if (key.compare("\b") == 0) {
-      key = "Backspace";
-    }
+      if (key.compare("\r") == 0) {
+        key = "Enter";
+      }
+      else if (key.compare("\b") == 0) {
+        key = "Backspace";
+      }
 
-    if (!m_updating && instance != nullptr) {
-      folly::dynamic eventData = folly::dynamic::object("target", tag)("key", folly::dynamic(key));
-      instance->DispatchEvent(tag, "topTextInputKeyPress", std::move(eventData));
-    }
-  });
+      if (!m_updating && instance != nullptr) {
+        folly::dynamic eventData = folly::dynamic::object("target", tag)("key", folly::dynamic(key));
+        instance->DispatchEvent(tag, "topTextInputKeyPress", std::move(eventData));
+      }
+      });
+  }
 }
 void TextInputShadowNode::updateProperties(const folly::dynamic&& props)
 {
@@ -251,10 +254,13 @@ void TextInputShadowNode::updateProperties(const folly::dynamic&& props)
     }
     else if (pair.first == "placeholderTextColor")
     {
-      if (pair.second.isInt())
-        textBox.PlaceholderForeground(SolidColorBrushFrom(pair.second));
-      else if (pair.second.isNull())
-        textBox.ClearValue(winrt::TextBox::PlaceholderForegroundProperty());
+      if (textBox.try_as<winrt::ITextBlock6>())
+      {
+        if (pair.second.isInt())
+          textBox.PlaceholderForeground(SolidColorBrushFrom(pair.second));
+        else if (pair.second.isNull())
+          textBox.ClearValue(winrt::TextBox::PlaceholderForegroundProperty());
+      }
     }
     else if (pair.first == "scrollEnabled")
     {