
Use the multipropcessor compilation (/MP) option, which can help cut down build times for release builds by quite a bit. A warning will be emitted for debug builds, due to the use of /Gm, but the build will otherwise proceed normally. Also use the /d2Zi+ compiler flag for MSVC 2010 (and later) builds, so that more useful info would be logged to the .pdb files that are generated during the build.