diff --git a/dotnet/samples/Concepts/PromptTemplates/SafeChatPrompts.cs b/dotnet/samples/Concepts/PromptTemplates/SafeChatPrompts.cs
index 7f81c3a0ff2e..99a07662b4b1 100644
--- a/dotnet/samples/Concepts/PromptTemplates/SafeChatPrompts.cs
+++ b/dotnet/samples/Concepts/PromptTemplates/SafeChatPrompts.cs
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 
 namespace PromptTemplates;
 
-public sealed class SafeChatPrompts : BaseTest, IDisposable
+public sealed class SafeChatPrompts : BaseTest
 {
     private readonly LoggingHandler _handler;
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
     private readonly Kernel _kernel;
+    private bool _isDisposed;
 
     public SafeChatPrompts(ITestOutputHelper output) : base(output)
     {
@@ -25,10 +26,19 @@ public SafeChatPrompts(ITestOutputHelper output) : base(output)
             .Build();
     }
 
-    public void Dispose()
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
     {
-        this._handler.Dispose();
-        this._httpClient.Dispose();
+        if (!this._isDisposed)
+        {
+            if (disposing)
+            {
+                this._handler.Dispose();
+                this._httpClient.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            this._isDisposed = true;
+        }
+        base.Dispose(disposing);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/dotnet/samples/GettingStartedWithProcesses/Step01_Processes.cs b/dotnet/samples/GettingStartedWithProcesses/Step01_Processes.cs
index 84ac65689d1a..ebfa7e31c87d 100644
--- a/dotnet/samples/GettingStartedWithProcesses/Step01_Processes.cs
+++ b/dotnet/samples/GettingStartedWithProcesses/Step01_Processes.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace GettingStartedWithProcesses;
 /// Demonstrate creation of <see cref="KernelProcess"/> and
 /// eliciting its response to three explicit user messages.
 /// </summary>
-public class Step01_Processes(ITestOutputHelper output) : BaseTest(output)
+public class Step01_Processes(ITestOutputHelper output) : BaseTest(output, redirectSystemConsoleOutput: true)
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Demonstrates the creation of a simple process that has multiple steps, takes
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ public override ValueTask ActivateAsync(KernelProcessStepState<UserInputState> s
             _state = state.State;
 
             _state.UserInputs.Add("Hello");
-            _state.UserInputs.Add("How are you?");
+            _state.UserInputs.Add("How tall is the tallest mountain?");
+            _state.UserInputs.Add("How low is the lowest valley?");
+            _state.UserInputs.Add("How wide is the widest river?");
             _state.UserInputs.Add("exit");
 
             return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ public async ValueTask GetUserInputAsync(KernelProcessStepContext context)
             var input = _state!.UserInputs[_state.CurrentInputIndex];
             _state.CurrentInputIndex++;
 
+            System.Console.WriteLine($"User: {input}");
+
             if (input.Equals("exit", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 // Emit the exit event
@@ -168,11 +172,16 @@ public async Task GetChatResponseAsync(KernelProcessStepContext context, string
             _state!.ChatMessages.Add(new(AuthorRole.User, userMessage));
             IChatCompletionService chatService = _kernel.Services.GetRequiredService<IChatCompletionService>();
             ChatMessageContent response = await chatService.GetChatMessageContentAsync(_state.ChatMessages).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            if (response != null)
+            if (response == null)
             {
-                _state.ChatMessages.Add(response!);
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Failed to get a response from the chat completion service.");
             }
 
+            System.Console.WriteLine($"Assistant: {response.Content}");
+
+            // Update state with the response
+            _state.ChatMessages.Add(response);
+
             // emit event: assistantResponse
             await context.EmitEventAsync(new KernelProcessEvent { Id = ChatBotEvents.AssistantResponseGenerated, Data = response });
         }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/samples/InternalUtilities/BaseTest.cs b/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/samples/InternalUtilities/BaseTest.cs
index 5b1916984d30..3b5c8841226f 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/samples/InternalUtilities/BaseTest.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/samples/InternalUtilities/BaseTest.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.ChatCompletion;
 
-public abstract class BaseTest
+public abstract class BaseTest : TextWriter
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Flag to force usage of OpenAI configuration if both <see cref="TestConfiguration.OpenAI"/>
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ protected Kernel CreateKernelWithChatCompletion()
         return builder.Build();
     }
 
-    protected BaseTest(ITestOutputHelper output)
+    protected BaseTest(ITestOutputHelper output, bool redirectSystemConsoleOutput = false)
     {
         this.Output = output;
         this.LoggerFactory = new XunitLogger(output);
@@ -71,36 +72,32 @@ protected BaseTest(ITestOutputHelper output)
             .Build();
 
         TestConfiguration.Initialize(configRoot);
+
+        // Redirect System.Console output to the test output if requested
+        if (redirectSystemConsoleOutput)
+        {
+            System.Console.SetOut(this);
+        }
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// This method can be substituted by Console.WriteLine when used in Console apps.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="target">Target object to write</param>
-    public void WriteLine(object? target = null)
-        => this.Output.WriteLine(target ?? string.Empty);
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void WriteLine(object? value = null)
+        => this.Output.WriteLine(value ?? string.Empty);
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// This method can be substituted by Console.WriteLine when used in Console apps.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="format">Format string</param>
-    /// <param name="args">Arguments</param>
-    public void WriteLine(string? format, params object?[] args)
-        => this.Output.WriteLine(format ?? string.Empty, args);
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void WriteLine(string? format, params object?[] arg)
+        => this.Output.WriteLine(format ?? string.Empty, arg);
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// This method can be substituted by Console.WriteLine when used in Console apps.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="message">The message</param>
-    public void WriteLine(string? message)
-        => this.Output.WriteLine(message ?? string.Empty);
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void WriteLine(string? value)
+        => this.Output.WriteLine(value ?? string.Empty);
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Current interface ITestOutputHelper does not have a Write method. This extension method adds it to make it analogous to Console.Write when used in Console apps.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="target">Target object to write</param>
-    public void Write(object? target = null)
-        => this.Output.WriteLine(target ?? string.Empty);
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void Write(object? value = null)
+        => this.Output.WriteLine(value ?? string.Empty);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override Encoding Encoding => Encoding.UTF8;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Outputs the last message in the chat history.