diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 875e63cac1..0c28e00026 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: 'Download git-sdk-64-minimal'
   - powershell: |
       & git-sdk-64-minimal\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc @"
-        make vcxproj
+        make NDEBUG=1 DEVELOPER=1 vcxproj
       "@
       if (!$?) { exit(1) }
     displayName: Generate Visual Studio Solution