diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/windows.sh b/.azure-pipelines/windows.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef34925083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/windows.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+CURL_USER_AGENT="DMD-CI $(curl --version | head -n 1)"
+DMD_DIR="$PWD"
+GNU_MAKE="$(which make)"
+N=$(($(nproc)+1))
+
+clone() {
+    local url="$1"
+    local path="$2"
+    local branch="$3"
+    for i in {0..4}; do
+        if git clone --depth 1 --branch "$branch" "$url" "$path" "${@:4}" --quiet; then
+            break
+        elif [ $i -lt 4 ]; then
+            sleep $((1 << $i))
+        else
+            echo "Failed to clone: ${url}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+download() {
+    local url="$1"
+    local path="$2"
+    curl -fsSL -A "$CURL_USER_AGENT" --connect-timeout 5 --speed-time 30 --speed-limit 1024 --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 "$url" -o "$path"
+}
+
+install_host_dmd() {
+    download "http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/${HOST_DMD_VERSION}/dmd.${HOST_DMD_VERSION}.windows.7z" dmd2.7z
+    7z x dmd2.7z > /dev/null
+    export PATH="$PWD/dmd2/windows/bin/:$PATH"
+    export HOST_DC="$PWD/dmd2/windows/bin/dmd.exe"
+    export DM_MAKE="$PWD/dmd2/windows/bin/make.exe"
+    dmd --version
+}
+
+install_grep() {
+    local tools_dir="${DMD_DIR}/tools"
+    mkdir -p "$tools_dir"
+    cd "$tools_dir"
+    download "http://downloads.dlang.org/other/grep-3.1.zip" "grep-3.1.zip"
+    unzip "grep-3.1.zip" # contains grep.exe
+    export PATH="${tools_dir}:$PATH"
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Setup required tools
+################################################################################
+
+# WORKAROUND: install a newer grep version
+# REASON: the preinstalled version is buggy (see also: https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/9398#issuecomment-468773638)
+install_grep
+
+echo "D_VERSION: $HOST_DMD_VERSION"
+echo "VSINSTALLDIR: $VSINSTALLDIR"
+echo "GNU_MAKE: $("${GNU_MAKE}" --version)"
+echo "GREP_VERSION: $(grep --version)"
+
+################################################################################
+# Install the host compiler
+################################################################################
+
+if [ "$D_COMPILER" == "dmd" ]; then
+    install_host_dmd
+else
+    echo 'Invalid $D_COMPILER provided'.
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Checkout other repositories
+################################################################################
+
+REPO_BRANCH="$SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH"
+
+for proj in druntime phobos; do
+    if [ "$REPO_BRANCH" != master ] && [ "$REPO_BRANCH" != stable ] &&
+            ! git ls-remote --exit-code --heads "https://github.com/dlang/$proj.git" "$REPO_BRANCH" > /dev/null; then
+        # use master as fallback for other repos to test feature branches
+        clone "https://github.com/dlang/$proj.git" "${DMD_DIR}/../$proj" master
+        echo "[GIT_CLONE] Switched $proj to branch master \$(REPO_BRANCH=$REPO_BRANCH)"
+    else
+        clone "https://github.com/dlang/$proj.git" "${DMD_DIR}/../$proj" "$REPO_BRANCH"
+        echo "[GIT_CLONE] Switched $proj to branch $REPO_BRANCH"
+    fi
+done
+
+################################################################################
+# Prepare build flags
+################################################################################
+
+export CC="${MSVC_CC}"
+export AR="${MSVC_AR}"
+
+if [ "$MODEL" == "64" ] ; then
+    export MODEL_FLAG="-m64"
+    MAKE_FILE="win64.mak"
+else
+    export MODEL_FLAG="-m32"
+    MAKE_FILE="win32.mak"
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Build DMD
+################################################################################
+
+DMD_BIN_PATH="$DMD_DIR/generated/windows/release/${MODEL}/dmd"
+
+cd "${DMD_DIR}/src"
+"${DM_MAKE}" -f "${MAKE_FILE}" reldmd DMD="$DMD_BIN_PATH"
+
+################################################################################
+# WORKAROUND: Make the paths to CC and AR whitespace free
+# REASON: Druntime & Phobos Makefiles as the variables don't use quotation
+################################################################################
+
+ln -s "$(dirname "$CC")" "${DMD_DIR}/../ccdir"
+export CC="$DMD_DIR/../ccdir/cl.exe"
+export AR="$DMD_DIR/../ccdir/lib.exe"
+
+################################################################################
+# WORKAROUND: Build zlib separately with DigitalMars make
+# REASON: whitespace path variables in DigitalMars make from indirect invocation from Phobos
+################################################################################
+
+cd "${DMD_DIR}/../phobos/etc/c/zlib"
+${DM_MAKE} -f win64.mak "MODEL=${MODEL}" "zlib${MODEL}.lib" CC="${CC}" LIB="${AR}" VCDIR="${VCINSTALLDIR}"
+
+################################################################################
+# Build Druntime and Phobos
+################################################################################
+
+for proj in druntime phobos; do
+    cd "${DMD_DIR}/../${proj}"
+    "${DM_MAKE}" -f "${MAKE_FILE}" DMD="$DMD_BIN_PATH" CC="$CC" AR="$MSVC_AR" VCDIR="${VCINSTALLDIR}" CFLAGS="/C7"
+done
+
+################################################################################
+# Run DMD testsuite
+################################################################################
+cd "${DMD_DIR}/test"
+
+# WORKAROUND: Copy the built Phobos library in the path
+# REASON: LIB argument doesn't seem to work
+cp "${DMD_DIR}/../phobos/phobos64.lib" .
+
+DMD_TESTSUITE_MAKE_ARGS="-j$N" "${GNU_MAKE}" -j1 all ARGS="-O -inline -g" MODEL="$MODEL"  MODEL_FLAG="$MODEL_FLAG"
+
+################################################################################
+# Prepare artifacts
+################################################################################
+
+mkdir -p "${DMD_DIR}/artifacts"
+cd "${DMD_DIR}/artifacts"
+cp "${DMD_DIR}/../phobos/phobos64.lib" .
+cp "${DMD_BIN_PATH}" .
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/windows.yml b/.azure-pipelines/windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..191e578786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+steps:
+  - script: |
+      :: Use Windows CRLF line endings for checked-out text files
+      git config --global core.autocrlf true
+      set
+    displayName: Print environment variables
+  - checkout: self
+    fetchDepth: 1
+  - script: |
+      echo on
+      call "%VSINSTALLDIR%\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" %ARCH%
+      FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`where cl.exe`) DO (SET MSVC_CC=%%~fsF)
+      FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`where lib.exe`) DO (SET MSVC_AR=%%~fsF)
+      bash --version
+      sh --login .azure-pipelines/windows.sh
+    displayName: Build DMD
+  - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@0
+    inputs:
+      artifactName: windows-$(ARCH)
+      targetPath: artifacts
+    displayName: Publish artifacts
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7e2021d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Learn more: https://aka.ms/yaml
+variables:
+  HOST_DMD_VERSION: 2.084.1
+
+jobs:
+  - job: Windows
+    timeoutInMinutes: 120
+    pool:
+      vmImage: 'vs2017-win2016'
+    variables:
+      VSINSTALLDIR: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        x64:
+          OS: Win_64
+          MODEL: 64
+          ARCH: x64
+          D_COMPILER: dmd
+        #x86:
+          #OS: Win_32
+          #MODEL: 32
+          #ARCH: x86
+          #D_COMPILER: dmd
+    steps:
+      - template: .azure-pipelines/windows.yml
diff --git a/src/win64.mak b/src/win64.mak
index 7002236836..0fe54a2eef 100644
--- a/src/win64.mak
+++ b/src/win64.mak
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ OS=windows
 ################################### Rules ####################################
 
 .d.exe:
-	$(HOST_DC) -of$@ $<
+	$(HOST_DC) -g -of$@ $<
 
 D=dmd
 GEN = ..\generated