diff --git a/Source/Messaging/MessagingActorEntryOptions.cs b/Source/Messaging/MessagingActorEntryOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad7a087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Messaging/MessagingActorEntryOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+namespace Fossa.Messaging;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents the options for a messaging actor entry.
+/// </summary>
+public class MessagingActorEntryOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the name.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? Name { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the plain text value.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? PlainTextValue { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the Base64 value.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? Base64Value { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/Source/Messaging/MessagingOptions.cs b/Source/Messaging/MessagingOptions.cs
index 59906c9..8c426ea 100644
--- a/Source/Messaging/MessagingOptions.cs
+++ b/Source/Messaging/MessagingOptions.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class MessagingOptions
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the actor.
     /// </summary>
-    public Dictionary<string, string>? Actor { get; init; }
+    public IReadOnlyList<MessagingActorEntryOptions>? Actor { get; init; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the topic.
diff --git a/Source/Messaging/ProducerProvider.cs b/Source/Messaging/ProducerProvider.cs
index 2e9751d..505e588 100644
--- a/Source/Messaging/ProducerProvider.cs
+++ b/Source/Messaging/ProducerProvider.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 namespace Fossa.Messaging;
 
+using System.Text;
 using Confluent.Kafka;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using static LanguageExt.Prelude;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Provides an <see cref="IProducer{TKey, TValue}"/>.
@@ -40,7 +42,12 @@ public void Dispose()
 #pragma warning restore CA1508 // Avoid dead conditional code
                 {
                     var serviceIdentity = this.serviceIdentityProvider.GetIdentity();
-                    var producerConfig = new ProducerConfig(this.options.Value.Actor)
+                    var messagingActorEntryOptions = this.options.Value.Actor ?? [];
+                    var messagingActorOptions = messagingActorEntryOptions
+                            .ToDictionary(
+                        k => k?.Name ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("One of the Message Actor Entry Options Name is not provided."),
+                        ResolveActorEntryValue);
+                    var producerConfig = new ProducerConfig(messagingActorOptions)
                     {
                         ClientId = serviceIdentity.ToString(),
                     };
@@ -69,4 +76,31 @@ protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
             this.disposedValue = true;
         }
     }
+
+    private static string ResolveActorEntryValue(MessagingActorEntryOptions? options)
+    {
+        if (options is null)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("One of the Message Actor Entry Options is null.");
+        }
+
+        var providedValues = Seq(
+            Tuple(nameof(options.PlainTextValue), Optional(options.PlainTextValue)),
+            Tuple(nameof(options.Base64Value), Optional(options.Base64Value)
+                .Map(x => Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(x)))))
+            .Choose(x => x.Item2.Map(v => Tuple(x.Item1, v)));
+
+        if (providedValues.Count == 1)
+        {
+            return providedValues.Single().Item2;
+        }
+        else if (providedValues.Count == 0)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"Messaging actor entry '{options.Name}'. One of the value properties must be set.");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"Messaging actor entry '{options.Name}' has multiple value properties set. Only one of these '{providedValues.Select(x => x.Item1)}' properties should be set.");
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/Messaging.Test/MessagePublisherTests.cs b/Tests/Messaging.Test/MessagePublisherTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4004fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Messaging.Test/MessagePublisherTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+namespace Fossa.Messaging.Test;
+
+using Autofac;
+using Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Fossa.Messaging.Messages.Events;
+using IdGen.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Time.Testing;
+using NSubstitute;
+using TIKSN.DependencyInjection;
+using TIKSN.Identity;
+using Xunit;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+public class MessagePublisherTests
+{
+    private readonly IServiceProvider serviceProvider;
+
+    public MessagePublisherTests()
+    {
+        var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+            .AddUserSecrets<MessagePublisherTests>()
+            .Build();
+        var services = new ServiceCollection();
+        _ = services.AddMessaging(configuration, "Fossa", Seq("Messaging", "Test"));
+        _ = services.AddFrameworkCore();
+        _ = services.AddIdGen(9);
+
+        var fakeTimeProvider = new FakeTimeProvider(
+            new DateTimeOffset(2022, 9, 24, 0, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero));
+        _ = services.AddSingleton<TimeProvider>(fakeTimeProvider);
+
+        var serviceIdentityProvider = Substitute.For<IServiceIdentityProvider>();
+        _ = serviceIdentityProvider
+            .GetIdentity().Returns(
+                new ServiceIdentity(
+                    applicationName: "Fossa",
+                    componentNames: Seq("Messaging", "Test"),
+                    instanceId: ServiceInstanceId.Create(Ulid.NewUlid())));
+
+        _ = services.AddSingleton(serviceIdentityProvider);
+
+        ContainerBuilder containerBuilder = new();
+        _ = containerBuilder.RegisterModule<CoreModule>();
+        containerBuilder.Populate(services);
+
+        this.serviceProvider = new AutofacServiceProvider(containerBuilder.Build());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GivenPublisherAndMessage_WhenMessageIsPublished_ThenDeliveryShouldSucceedAsync()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var messagePublisher = this.serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IMessagePublisher>();
+        const string topic = "test";
+
+        var message = new CompanyDeletedProtoEvent { CompanyId = 123L };
+
+        // Act
+
+        var deliveryResult = await messagePublisher.PublishAsync(message, message.CompanyId, "Company", message.CompanyId, default).ConfigureAwait(true);
+
+        // Assert
+
+        Assert.NotNull(deliveryResult);
+        Assert.NotNull(deliveryResult.Key);
+        Assert.NotNull(deliveryResult.Value);
+        Assert.Equal(topic, deliveryResult.Topic);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Messaging.Test/Messaging.Test.csproj b/Tests/Messaging.Test/Messaging.Test.csproj
index b574345..052366a 100644
--- a/Tests/Messaging.Test/Messaging.Test.csproj
+++ b/Tests/Messaging.Test/Messaging.Test.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="Build">
     <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <UserSecretsId>ad336f2b-09b8-4c53-96cb-ed9913b583f1</UserSecretsId>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Project References">
diff --git a/build.cake b/build.cake
index 3954abe..180188e 100644
--- a/build.cake
+++ b/build.cake
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Task("Test")
                     Blame = true,
                     Collectors = new string[] { "Code Coverage", "XPlat Code Coverage" },
                     Configuration = configuration,
+                    Filter = !BuildSystem.IsLocalBuild ? "Category!=Integration" : null,
                     Loggers = new string[]
                     {
                         $"trx;LogFileName={project.GetFilenameWithoutExtension()}.trx",