diff --git a/flags/vs-bigobj.cmake b/flags/vs-bigobj.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb6d7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flags/vs-bigobj.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013, 2018 Ruslan Baratov
+# All rights reserved.
+
+if(DEFINED POLLY_FLAGS_VS_BIGOBJ_CMAKE_)
+  return()
+else()
+  set(POLLY_FLAGS_VS_BIGOBJ_CMAKE_ 1)
+endif()
+
+include(polly_add_cache_flag)
+
+# Increase Number of Sections in .obj file 
+#
+# see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/bigobj-increase-number-of-sections-in-dot-obj-file?view=msvc-170
+#
+# NOTE: restricts the linker used, but everything after Visual C++ 2005 should be able to read .obj files that were
+# produced with /bigobj so we're running with that as we don't support anything that old anyway
+polly_add_cache_flag(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT "/bigobj")
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diff --git a/os/windows-10.cmake b/os/windows-10.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..636c2fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os/windows-10.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Yannic Staudt
+# All rights reserved.
+# tipi technologies AG - Zürich
+
+#
+# Minimum value for _WIN32_WINNT and WINVER vs windows release
+# ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/winprog/using-the-windows-headers?redirectedfrom=MSDN
+# Windows 10 	                                        _WIN32_WINNT_WIN10 (0x0A00)  <--
+# Windows 8.1 	                                        _WIN32_WINNT_WINBLUE (0x0603)
+# Windows 8 	                                        _WIN32_WINNT_WIN8 (0x0602)
+# Windows 7 	                                        _WIN32_WINNT_WIN7 (0x0601)
+# Windows Server 2008 	                                _WIN32_WINNT_WS08 (0x0600)
+# Windows Vista 	                                    _WIN32_WINNT_VISTA (0x0600)
+# Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows XP with SP2 	_WIN32_WINNT_WS03 (0x0502)
+# Windows Server 2003, Windows XP 	                    _WIN32_WINNT_WINXP (0x0501)
+set(tipi_env_target_windows_version "0x0A00")
+add_compile_definitions(_WIN32_WINNT=${tipi_env_target_windows_version})
+add_compile_definitions(WINVER=${tipi_env_target_windows_version})
+
+# avoid the STL's minmax macro interfering with std::minmax()
+add_compile_definitions(NOMINMAX)
+
+# https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20091130-00/?p=15863
+# ->  excludes APIs such as Cryptography, DDE, RPC, Shell, and Windows Sockets.
+add_compile_definitions(WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN)
+
+# prefer recent enough versions of the windows SDK
+# seems to help builds on parallel VMs on Apple M* processors
+set (CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION "10.0.10240" CACHE STRING "Prefer recent enough versions of the windows SDK" FORCE)
diff --git a/vs-16-2019-cxx17.cmake b/vs-16-2019-cxx17.cmake
index cd31d96..cd15bea 100644
--- a/vs-16-2019-cxx17.cmake
+++ b/vs-16-2019-cxx17.cmake
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ polly_init(
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/utilities/polly_common.cmake")
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/flags/vs-cxx17.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/flags/vs-bigobj.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/os/windows-10.cmake")
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diff --git a/vs-16-2019-win64-cxx17.cmake b/vs-16-2019-win64-cxx17.cmake
index a806b21..4dfec77 100644
--- a/vs-16-2019-win64-cxx17.cmake
+++ b/vs-16-2019-win64-cxx17.cmake
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ polly_init(
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/utilities/polly_common.cmake")
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/flags/vs-cxx17.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/flags/vs-bigobj.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/os/windows-10.cmake")
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diff --git a/vs-16-2019-win64.cmake b/vs-16-2019-win64.cmake
index 2c123e7..3f693e5 100644
--- a/vs-16-2019-win64.cmake
+++ b/vs-16-2019-win64.cmake
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ polly_init(
 )
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/utilities/polly_common.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/flags/vs-bigobj.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/os/windows-10.cmake")
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diff --git a/vs-16-2019.cmake b/vs-16-2019.cmake
index a8b25ac..45118c2 100644
--- a/vs-16-2019.cmake
+++ b/vs-16-2019.cmake
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ polly_init(
 )
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/utilities/polly_common.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/flags/vs-bigobj.cmake")
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/os/windows-10.cmake")
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