diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/build-validation.yml
index 3229623..48de0a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-validation.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,56 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
+  changes:
+    name: Detect Changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      dotnet: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.dotnet }}
+      blazor: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.blazor }}
+      webapi: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.webapi }}
+      nuget: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.nuget }}
+      visualstudio: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.visualstudio }}
+      container: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.container }}
+      ai-ml: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.ai-ml }}
+      iot: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.iot }}
+      blazor-hybrid: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.blazor-hybrid }}
+      maui: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.maui }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+      id: filter
+      with:
+        filters: |
+          dotnet:
+            - '.NET/**'
+          blazor:
+            - 'Frontend Web with Blazor/**'
+          webapi:
+            - 'Backend Web with Web APIs/**'
+          nuget:
+            - 'Package Management with NuGet/**'
+          visualstudio:
+            - 'Visual Studio/**'
+          container:
+            - 'Containers/**'
+          ai-ml:
+            - 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning/**'
+          iot:
+            - 'IoT/**'
+          blazor-hybrid:
+            - 'Blazor Hybrid/**'
+          maui:
+            - '.NET MAUI/**'
+
   build-dotnet-samples:
     name: Build .NET Samples
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.dotnet == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -29,6 +75,8 @@ jobs:
   build-blazor-samples:
     name: Build Blazor Samples
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.blazor == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -59,6 +107,8 @@ jobs:
   build-webapi-samples:
     name: Build Web API Samples
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.webapi == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -74,6 +124,8 @@ jobs:
   build-nuget-samples:
     name: Build NuGet Samples
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.nuget == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -92,6 +144,8 @@ jobs:
   build-visualstudio-samples:
     name: Build Visual Studio Samples
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.visualstudio == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -107,6 +161,8 @@ jobs:
   build-container-samples:
     name: Build Container Samples
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.container == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -122,6 +178,8 @@ jobs:
   build-ai-ml-samples:
     name: Build AI/ML Samples
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.ai-ml == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -140,6 +198,8 @@ jobs:
   build-iot-samples:
     name: Build IoT Samples
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.iot == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -161,6 +221,8 @@ jobs:
   build-blazor-hybrid-samples:
     name: Build Blazor Hybrid Samples
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.blazor-hybrid == 'true' }}
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -176,18 +238,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Restore HybridTodoApp
       run: dotnet restore "Blazor Hybrid/sample-code/HybridTodoApp.sln"
     
+    - name: Build HybridTodoApp (Windows only)
+      run: dotnet build "Blazor Hybrid/sample-code/HybridTodoApp/HybridTodoApp.csproj" -f net10.0-windows10.0.19041.0
+    
     - name: Build HybridTodoApp Components
       run: dotnet build "Blazor Hybrid/sample-code/HybridTodoApp.Components/HybridTodoApp.Components.csproj"
     
     - name: Build HybridTodoApp Website
       run: dotnet build "Blazor Hybrid/sample-code/HybridTodoApp.Website/HybridTodoApp.Website.csproj"
-    
-    - name: Build HybridTodoApp (Windows only)
-      run: dotnet build "Blazor Hybrid/sample-code/HybridTodoApp/HybridTodoApp.csproj" -f net10.0-windows10.0.19041.0
 
   build-maui-samples:
     name: Build MAUI Samples (Windows)
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.maui == 'true' }}
     # Note: MAUI projects require platform-specific workloads and are built on Windows
     
     steps: