diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52e6a2cb0..1e034c388 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         "shelljs": "0.8.2"
     },
     "optionalDependencies": {
-        "gpii-windows": "0.3.0-dev.20191204T181313Z.b920f98.GPII-4253"
+        "gpii-windows": "github:christopher-rtf/windows#bb1983e"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "start": "set GPII_TEST_COUCH_USE_EXTERNAL=TRUE && electron .",
diff --git a/provisioning/Installer.ps1 b/provisioning/Installer.ps1
index 83284d5b1..f65470694 100644
--- a/provisioning/Installer.ps1
+++ b/provisioning/Installer.ps1
@@ -108,9 +108,13 @@ Copy-Item "$packagedAppDir\*" $stagingWindowsDir -Recurse
 md (Join-Path $installerDir "output")
 md (Join-Path $installerDir "temp")
 
-Invoke-Environment "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools\vcbuildtools_msbuild.bat"
+# For Microsoft's build tools, we will accept any version >=15.0 and <16.0 (i.e. VS2017)
+$visualStudioVersion = "[15.0,16.0)"
+
+$vsmsbuildcmd = Get-VsMSBuildCmd $visualStudioVersion
+Invoke-Environment vsmsbuildcmd
 $setupDir = Join-Path $installerDir "setup"
-$msbuild = Get-MSBuild "4.0"
+$msbuild = Get-MSBuild $visualStudioVersion
 Invoke-Command $msbuild "setup.msbuild" $setupDir
 
 # Copy the installer into the c:/vagrant folder
diff --git a/provisioning/Provisioning.psm1 b/provisioning/Provisioning.psm1
index 69c704231..aaa08b8a2 100644
--- a/provisioning/Provisioning.psm1
+++ b/provisioning/Provisioning.psm1
@@ -48,21 +48,97 @@ Function Invoke-Command {
 Function Get-MSBuild {
   Param (
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-    [string] $version
+    [string] $visualStudioVersion
   )
 
-  # TODO: Check version validity.
-  # Valid versions are [2.0, 3.5, 4.0]
+  # Find the path to vswhere (which installed with Visual Studio 2017 or Build Tools 2017 or later)
+  $vswhere = Get-VSWhere
 
-  $dotNetVersion = $version
-  $regKey = "HKLM:\software\Microsoft\MSBuild\ToolsVersions\$dotNetVersion"
-  $regProperty = "MSBuildToolsPath"
+  if (!$vswhere) {
+    throw "Visual Studio $($visualStudioVersion) or Build Tools $($visualStudioVersion) were not found."
+  }
 
-  $msbuild = Join-Path -path (Get-ItemProperty $regKey).$regProperty -childpath "msbuild.exe"
+  # courtesy of Microsoft: https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/wiki/Find-MSBuild/62adac8eb22431fa91d94e03503d76d48a74939c
+  $path = &$vswhere -version $visualStudioVersion -products * -requires Microsoft.Component.MSBuild -property installationPath
+  if ($path) {
+    $msbuild = Join-Path $path 'MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe'
+    if (-not (test-path $msbuild)) {
+      $msbuild = join-path $path 'MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe'
+      if (-not (test-path $msbuild)) {
+        throw "MSBuild from Visual Studio $($visualStudioVersion) or Build Tools $($visualStudioVersion) could not be found"
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
   return $msbuild
 }
 
+Function Get-CSharpCompiler {
+  Param (
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+    [string] $visualStudioVersion
+  )
+
+  # Find the path to vswhere (which installed with Visual Studio 2017 or Build Tools 2017 or later)
+  $vswhere = Get-VSWhere
+
+  if (!$vswhere) {
+    throw "Visual Studio $($visualStudioVersion) or Build Tools $($visualStudioVersion) were not found."
+  }
+
+  # adapted from: https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/wiki/Find-MSBuild/62adac8eb22431fa91d94e03503d76d48a74939c
+  $path = &$vswhere -version $visualStudioVersion -products * -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Roslyn.Compiler -property installationPath
+  if ($path) {
+    $csc = Join-Path $path 'MSBuild\Current\Bin\Roslyn\csc.exe'
+    if (-not (test-path $csc)) {
+      $csc = join-path $path 'MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Roslyn\csc.exe'
+      if (-not (test-path $csc)) {
+        throw "csc from Visual Studio $($visualStudioVersion) or Build Tools $($visualStudioVersion) could not be found"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $csc
+}
+
+Function Get-VsMSBuildCmd {
+  Param (
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+    [string] $visualStudioVersion
+  )
+
+  # Find the path to vswhere (which installed with Visual Studio 2017 or Build Tools 2017 or later)
+  $vswhere = Get-VSWhere
+
+  if (!$vswhere) {
+    throw "Visual Studio $($visualStudioVersion) or Build Tools $($visualStudioVersion) were not found."
+  }
+
+  # adapted from: https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/wiki/Find-MSBuild/62adac8eb22431fa91d94e03503d76d48a74939c
+  # TODO: determine if this batch file is _definitely_ included with Microsoft.Component.MSBuild; we tried Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreBuildTools and that was _not_ it.
+  $path = &$vswhere -version $visualStudioVersion -products * -requires Microsoft.Component.MSBuild -property installationPath
+  if ($path) {
+    $vsmsbuildcmd = Join-Path $path 'Tools\VsMSBuildCmd.bat'
+  }
+
+  return $vsmsbuildcmd
+}
+
+Function Get-VSWhere {
+  # NOTE: this function is compatible with Visual Studio 2017+
+
+  # Valid Visual Studio versions options are [15.0, "[15.0,16.0)", etc.]
+
+  # Find the path to vswhere (which installed with Visual Studio 2017 or Build Tools 2017 or later)
+  if (${Env:ProgramFiles(x86)}) {
+    $vswhere = Join-Path ${Env:ProgramFiles(x86)} "Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe"
+  } else {
+    $vswhere = Join-Path ${Env:ProgramFiles} "Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe"
+  }
+
+  return $vswhere
+}
+
 Function Invoke-Environment {
   Param (
         [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
@@ -108,5 +184,7 @@ Function Add-Path {
 
 Export-ModuleMember -Function Invoke-Command
 Export-ModuleMember -Function Get-MSBuild
+Export-ModuleMember -Function Get-CSharpCompiler
+Export-ModuleMember -Function Get-VsMSBuildCmd
 Export-ModuleMember -Function Invoke-Environment
 Export-ModuleMember -Function Add-Path
diff --git a/trayButton/tray-button.vcxproj b/trayButton/tray-button.vcxproj
index a4991f53a..d4135509b 100644
--- a/trayButton/tray-button.vcxproj
+++ b/trayButton/tray-button.vcxproj
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>