diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner/Common/Utils.vb b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner/Common/Utils.vb
index 061c6aebde0..ef58e4c9003 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner/Common/Utils.vb
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner/Common/Utils.vb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Imports System.ComponentModel.Design
 Imports System.Drawing
 Imports System.IO
 Imports System.Reflection
+Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices
 Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
 Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
 Imports System.Windows.Forms
@@ -626,6 +627,12 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.AppDesCommon
             Private Const UNKNOWN_PAGE As Byte = &HFF
             Private Const DEFAULT_PAGE As Byte = 0
 
+            Private Const ProjectSystemEventNamePrefix As String = "vs/projectsystem/"
+            Private Const AppDesignerEventNamePrefix As String = ProjectSystemEventNamePrefix + "appdesigner/"
+
+            Private Const ProjectSystemPropertyNamePrefix As String = "vs.projectsystem."
+            Private Const AppDesignerPropertyNamePrefix As String = ProjectSystemPropertyNamePrefix + "appdesigner."
+
             ''' <summary>
             ''' Map a known property page or designer id to telemetry display name to log.
             ''' </summary>
@@ -648,33 +655,53 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.AppDesCommon
                 LogAppDesignerPageOpened(pageId, pageGuid, tabTitle, alreadyOpened)
             End Sub
 
+            Private Const PageOpenedEventName As String = AppDesignerEventNamePrefix + "page-opened"
+            Private Const PageOpenedPropertyName As String = AppDesignerPropertyNamePrefix + "page-opened"
+            Private Const PageOpenedPropertyNamePrefix As String = PageOpenedPropertyName + "."
+
             Private Shared Sub LogAppDesignerPageOpened(pageId As Byte, Optional pageGuid As Guid? = Nothing, Optional tabTitle As String = Nothing, Optional alreadyOpened As Boolean = False)
-                Dim userTask = New UserTaskEvent("vs/projectsystem/appdesigner/page-opened", TelemetryResult.Success)
-                userTask.Properties("vs.projectsystem.appdesigner.page-opened") = pageId
+                Dim userTask = New UserTaskEvent(PageOpenedEventName, TelemetryResult.Success)
+                userTask.Properties(PageOpenedPropertyName) = pageId
 
                 If pageGuid IsNot Nothing Then
-                    userTask.Properties("vs.projectsystem.appdesigner.page-opened.pageguid") = pageGuid.Value.ToString()
+                    userTask.Properties(PageOpenedPropertyNamePrefix + "pageguid") = pageGuid.Value.ToString()
                 End If
 
                 If tabTitle IsNot Nothing Then
-                    userTask.Properties("vs.projectsystem.appdesigner.page-opened.tabtitle") = tabTitle
+                    userTask.Properties(PageOpenedPropertyNamePrefix + "tabtitle") = tabTitle
                 End If
 
-                userTask.Properties("vs.projectsystem.appdesigner.page-opened.alreadyopened") = alreadyOpened
+                userTask.Properties(PageOpenedPropertyNamePrefix + "alreadyopened") = alreadyOpened
 
                 TelemetryService.DefaultSession.PostEvent(userTask)
             End Sub
 
-            Public Shared Sub LogEditorCreation(useNewEditor As Boolean, fileName As String, physicalView As String)
-                Dim telemetryEventRootPath As String = "vs/projectsystem/propertiespages/"
-                Dim telemetryPropertyPrefix As String = "vs.projectsystem.propertiespages."
+            Private Const EditorCreationEventName As String = ProjectSystemEventNamePrefix + "propertiespages/createEditor"
+            Private Const EditorCreationPropertyNamePrefix As String = ProjectSystemPropertyNamePrefix + "propertiespages.createEditor."
 
-                Dim telemetryEvent As TelemetryEvent = New TelemetryEvent(telemetryEventRootPath + "createEditor")
-                telemetryEvent.Properties(telemetryPropertyPrefix + "createEditor.UseNewEditor") = useNewEditor
-                telemetryEvent.Properties(telemetryPropertyPrefix + "createEditor.FileName") = New TelemetryPiiProperty(fileName)
-                telemetryEvent.Properties(telemetryPropertyPrefix + "createEditor.PhysicalView") = physicalView
+            Public Shared Sub LogEditorCreation(useNewEditor As Boolean, fileName As String, physicalView As String)
+                Dim telemetryEvent As TelemetryEvent = New TelemetryEvent(EditorCreationEventName)
+                telemetryEvent.Properties(EditorCreationPropertyNamePrefix + "UseNewEditor") = useNewEditor
+                telemetryEvent.Properties(EditorCreationPropertyNamePrefix + "FileName") = New TelemetryPiiProperty(fileName)
+                telemetryEvent.Properties(EditorCreationPropertyNamePrefix + "PhysicalView") = physicalView
                 TelemetryService.DefaultSession.PostEvent(telemetryEvent)
             End Sub
+
+            Private Const BinaryFormatterEventName As String = AppDesignerEventNamePrefix + "binaryformatter"
+            Private Const BinaryFormatterPropertyNamePrefix As String = AppDesignerPropertyNamePrefix + "binaryformatter."
+            Public Enum BinaryFormatterOperation
+                Serialize = 0
+                Deserialize = 1
+            End Enum
+
+            Public Shared Sub LogBinaryFormatterEvent(className As String, operation As BinaryFormatterOperation, <CallerMemberName> Optional functionName As String = Nothing)
+                Dim userTask = New UserTaskEvent(BinaryFormatterEventName, TelemetryResult.Success)
+                userTask.Properties(BinaryFormatterPropertyNamePrefix + "functionname") = functionName
+                userTask.Properties(BinaryFormatterPropertyNamePrefix + "classname") = className
+                userTask.Properties(BinaryFormatterPropertyNamePrefix + "operation") = operation
+                TelemetryService.DefaultSession.PostEvent(userTask)
+            End Sub
+
         End Class
 #End Region
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner/PropPageDesigner/PropertyPageSerializationService_Store.vb b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner/PropPageDesigner/PropertyPageSerializationService_Store.vb
index a9604da3527..4ce9674a0fd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner/PropPageDesigner/PropertyPageSerializationService_Store.vb
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.AppDesigner/PropPageDesigner/PropertyPageSerializationService_Store.vb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Imports System.ComponentModel.Design
 Imports System.IO
 Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
 Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary
+Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.AppDesCommon
 
 Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.PropPageDesigner
 
@@ -130,8 +131,9 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.PropPageDesigner
             ''' </summary>
             ''' <param name="Stream">The stream to load from</param>
             Public Shared Function Load(Stream As Stream) As PropertyPageSerializationStore
-                Dim f As New BinaryFormatter
-                Return DirectCast(f.Deserialize(Stream), PropertyPageSerializationStore)
+                TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(PropertyPageSerializationStore), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
+                Return DirectCast((New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(Stream), PropertyPageSerializationStore)
             End Function
 
             ''' <summary>
@@ -144,8 +146,9 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.PropPageDesigner
             Public Overrides Sub Save(Stream As Stream)
                 Close()
 
-                Dim f As New BinaryFormatter
-                f.Serialize(Stream, Me)
+                TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(PropertyPageSerializationStore), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Serialize)
+
+                Call (New BinaryFormatter).Serialize(Stream, Me)
             End Sub
 
 #End Region
@@ -507,6 +510,8 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.PropPageDesigner
                 ''' <param name="Object">The object to serialize</param>
                 ''' <returns>The binary serialized object.</returns>
                 Private Shared Function SerializeObject([Object] As Object) As Byte()
+                    TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(SerializedProperty), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Serialize)
+
                     Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream
                     Call (New BinaryFormatter).Serialize(MemoryStream, [Object])
                     Return MemoryStream.ToArray()
@@ -521,6 +526,8 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.PropPageDesigner
                         Throw New Package.InternalException
                     End If
 
+                    TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(SerializedProperty), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
                     Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream(_serializedValue)
                     Return DirectCast((New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(MemoryStream), PropPageDesignerRootComponent)
                 End Function
@@ -538,6 +545,8 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.PropPageDesigner
                         Return Nothing
                     End If
 
+                    TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(SerializedProperty), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
                     Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream(_serializedValue)
                     Return (New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(MemoryStream)
                 End Function
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/Common/Utils.vb b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/Common/Utils.vb
index 365f4be4493..94a24d51055 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/Common/Utils.vb
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/Common/Utils.vb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Imports System.ComponentModel.Design
 Imports System.Drawing
 Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
 Imports System.IO
+Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices
 Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
 Imports System.Runtime.Versioning
 Imports System.Text
@@ -1611,7 +1612,13 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.Common
 #Region "Telemetry"
         Public Class TelemetryLogger
 
-            Private Const InputXmlFormEventName As String = "vs/projectsystem/editors/inputxmlform"
+            Private Const ProjectSystemEventNamePrefix As String = "vs/projectsystem/"
+            Private Const EditorsEventNamePrefix As String = ProjectSystemEventNamePrefix + "editors/"
+
+            Private Const ProjectSystemPropertyNamePrefix As String = "vs.projectsystem."
+            Private Const EditorsPropertyNamePrefix As String = ProjectSystemPropertyNamePrefix + "editors."
+
+            Private Const InputXmlFormEventName As String = EditorsEventNamePrefix + "inputxmlform"
             Public Enum InputXmlFormEvent
                 FormOpened
                 FromFileButtonClicked
@@ -1621,7 +1628,7 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.Common
 
             Public Shared Sub LogInputXmlFormEvent(eventValue As InputXmlFormEvent)
                 Dim userTask = New UserTaskEvent(InputXmlFormEventName, TelemetryResult.Success)
-                userTask.Properties("vs.projectsystem.editors.inputxmlform") = eventValue
+                userTask.Properties(EditorsPropertyNamePrefix + "inputxmlform") = eventValue
                 TelemetryService.DefaultSession.PostEvent(userTask)
             End Sub
 
@@ -1629,7 +1636,7 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.Common
                 TelemetryService.DefaultSession.PostFault(InputXmlFormEventName, "Exception encountered during Xml Schema Inference", ex)
             End Sub
 
-            Private Const AdvBuildSettingsPropPageEventName As String = "vs/projectsystem/appdesigner/advbuildsettingsproppage"
+            Private Const AdvBuildSettingsPropPageEventName As String = ProjectSystemEventNamePrefix + "appdesigner/advbuildsettingsproppage"
             Public Enum AdvBuildSettingsPropPageEvent
                 FormOpened = 0
                 LangVersionMoreInfoLinkClicked = 1
@@ -1637,7 +1644,22 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.Common
 
             Public Shared Sub LogAdvBuildSettingsPropPageEvent(eventValue As AdvBuildSettingsPropPageEvent)
                 Dim userTask = New UserTaskEvent(AdvBuildSettingsPropPageEventName, TelemetryResult.Success)
-                userTask.Properties("vs.projectsystem.appdesigner.advbuildsettingsproppage") = eventValue
+                userTask.Properties(ProjectSystemPropertyNamePrefix + "appdesigner.advbuildsettingsproppage") = eventValue
+                TelemetryService.DefaultSession.PostEvent(userTask)
+            End Sub
+
+            Private Const BinaryFormatterEventName As String = EditorsEventNamePrefix + "binaryformatter"
+            Private Const BinaryFormatterPropertyNamePrefix As String = EditorsPropertyNamePrefix + "binaryformatter."
+            Public Enum BinaryFormatterOperation
+                Serialize = 0
+                Deserialize = 1
+            End Enum
+
+            Public Shared Sub LogBinaryFormatterEvent(className As String, operation As BinaryFormatterOperation, <CallerMemberName> Optional functionName As String = Nothing)
+                Dim userTask = New UserTaskEvent(BinaryFormatterEventName, TelemetryResult.Success)
+                userTask.Properties(BinaryFormatterPropertyNamePrefix + "functionname") = functionName
+                userTask.Properties(BinaryFormatterPropertyNamePrefix + "classname") = className
+                userTask.Properties(BinaryFormatterPropertyNamePrefix + "operation") = operation
                 TelemetryService.DefaultSession.PostEvent(userTask)
             End Sub
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/DesignerFramework/GenericComponentSerializationStore.vb b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/DesignerFramework/GenericComponentSerializationStore.vb
index 7703acb035a..1285a1c93b2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/DesignerFramework/GenericComponentSerializationStore.vb
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/DesignerFramework/GenericComponentSerializationStore.vb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Imports System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization
 Imports System.IO
 Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
 Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary
+Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.Common
 
 Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.DesignerFramework
 
@@ -110,8 +111,9 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.DesignerFramework
         ''' </summary>
         ''' <param name="Stream">The stream to load from</param>
         Public Shared Function Load(Stream As Stream) As GenericComponentSerializationStore
-            Dim f As New BinaryFormatter
-            Return DirectCast(f.Deserialize(Stream), GenericComponentSerializationStore)
+            TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(GenericComponentSerializationStore), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
+            Return DirectCast((New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(Stream), GenericComponentSerializationStore)
         End Function
 
         ''' <summary>
@@ -124,8 +126,9 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.DesignerFramework
         Public Overrides Sub Save(Stream As Stream)
             Close()
 
-            Dim f As New BinaryFormatter
-            f.Serialize(Stream, Me)
+            TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(GenericComponentSerializationStore), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Serialize)
+
+            Call (New BinaryFormatter).Serialize(Stream, Me)
         End Sub
 
 #End Region
@@ -468,8 +471,10 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.DesignerFramework
                 If [Object] Is Nothing Then
                     Return Array.Empty(Of Byte)
                 Else
+                    TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(SerializedObjectData), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Serialize)
+
                     Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream
-                    Call New BinaryFormatter().Serialize(MemoryStream, [Object])
+                    Call (New BinaryFormatter).Serialize(MemoryStream, [Object])
                     Return MemoryStream.ToArray()
                 End If
             End Function
@@ -478,6 +483,8 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.DesignerFramework
                 If _serializedValue.Length = 0 Then
                     Return Nothing
                 Else
+                    TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(SerializedObjectData), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
                     Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream(_serializedValue)
                     Return (New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(MemoryStream)
                 End If
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditorView.vb b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditorView.vb
index 59499189a57..ec1ebc8b25a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditorView.vb
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditorView.vb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Imports System.Globalization
 Imports System.IO
 Imports System.Reflection
 Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
+Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary
 Imports System.Text
 Imports System.Windows.Forms
 Imports System.Windows.Forms.Design
@@ -2491,10 +2492,11 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.ResourceEditor
             '1) Create a structure with our raw resources data (our preferred format)
             Dim ResourcesData As New ResourcesDataFormat(Resources)
 
+            TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(ResourceEditorView), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Serialize)
+
             '... then package it into a serialized blob
-            Dim Formatter As New System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
             Dim Stream As New MemoryStream
-            Formatter.Serialize(Stream, ResourcesData)
+            Call (New BinaryFormatter).Serialize(Stream, ResourcesData)
 
             '... and stuff into a DataObject
             Stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin)
@@ -2989,11 +2991,12 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.ResourceEditor
                 Return
             End If
 
+            TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(ResourceEditorView), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
             'Decode the data format
             Dim RawBytes() As Byte = DirectCast(Data.GetData(_CF_RESOURCES), Byte())
             Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream(RawBytes)
-            Dim Formatter As New System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
-            Dim ResourcesData As ResourcesDataFormat = DirectCast(Formatter.Deserialize(MemoryStream), ResourcesDataFormat)
+            Dim ResourcesData As ResourcesDataFormat = DirectCast((New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(MemoryStream), ResourcesDataFormat)
 
             'Okay, we have our copied resources, let's add them
             AddResources(ResourcesData.Resources, CopyFileIfExists, AddToProject:=True)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/ResourceEditor/ResourceSerializationService_Store.vb b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/ResourceEditor/ResourceSerializationService_Store.vb
index 4da03fd3c43..9df433c5a7a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/ResourceEditor/ResourceSerializationService_Store.vb
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors/ResourceEditor/ResourceSerializationService_Store.vb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Imports System.ComponentModel
 Imports System.IO
 Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
 Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary
+Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.Common
 
 Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.ResourceEditor
 
@@ -166,8 +167,9 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.ResourceEditor
             ''' </summary>
             ''' <param name="Stream">The stream to load from</param>
             Public Shared Function Load(Stream As Stream) As ResourceSerializationStore
-                Dim f As New BinaryFormatter
-                Return DirectCast(f.Deserialize(Stream), ResourceSerializationStore)
+                TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(ResourceSerializationStore), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
+                Return DirectCast((New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(Stream), ResourceSerializationStore)
             End Function
 
             ''' <summary>
@@ -180,8 +182,9 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.ResourceEditor
             Public Overrides Sub Save(Stream As Stream)
                 Close()
 
-                Dim f As New BinaryFormatter
-                f.Serialize(Stream, Me)
+                TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(ResourceSerializationStore), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Serialize)
+
+                Call (New BinaryFormatter).Serialize(Stream, Me)
 
                 Trace("Saved store")
             End Sub
@@ -579,6 +582,8 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.ResourceEditor
                 ''' <param name="Object">The object to serialize</param>
                 ''' <returns>The binary serialized object.</returns>
                 Private Shared Function SerializeObject([Object] As Object) As Byte()
+                    TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(SerializedResourceOrProperty), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Serialize)
+
                     Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream
                     Call (New BinaryFormatter).Serialize(MemoryStream, [Object])
                     Return MemoryStream.ToArray()
@@ -593,6 +598,8 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.ResourceEditor
                         Throw New Package.InternalException
                     End If
 
+                    TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(SerializedResourceOrProperty), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
                     Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream(_serializedValue)
                     Return DirectCast((New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(MemoryStream), Resource)
                 End Function
@@ -610,6 +617,8 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.ResourceEditor
                         Return Nothing
                     End If
 
+                    TelemetryLogger.LogBinaryFormatterEvent(NameOf(SerializedResourceOrProperty), TelemetryLogger.BinaryFormatterOperation.Deserialize)
+
                     Dim MemoryStream As New MemoryStream(_serializedValue)
                     Return (New BinaryFormatter).Deserialize(MemoryStream)
                 End Function