diff --git a/builds/msvc/Makefile.am b/builds/msvc/Makefile.am
index 843b1ec9..52331cbb 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/Makefile.am
+++ b/builds/msvc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,14 +1,33 @@
-LIBZMQ_DIST = libzmq/libzmq.vcproj platform.hpp msvc.sln
-
-DEVICES_DIST = zmq_queue/zmq_queue.vcproj \
-               zmq_streamer/zmq_streamer.vcproj \
-               zmq_forwarder/zmq_forwarder.vcproj
+LIBZMQ_DIST = libzmq/libzmq.vcproj libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj \
+              libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj.filters \
+              platform.hpp msvc.sln msvc10.sln
 
 PERF_DIST = c_local_thr/c_local_thr.vcproj \
+            c_local_thr/c_local_thr.vcxproj \
             c_remote_thr/c_remote_thr.vcproj \
+            c_remote_thr/c_remote_thr.vcxproj \
             c_local_lat/c_local_lat.vcproj \
+            c_local_lat/c_local_lat.vcxproj \
             c_remote_lat/c_remote_lat.vcproj \
+            c_remote_lat/c_remote_lat.vcxproj \
             inproc_lat/inproc_lat.vcproj \
-            inproc_thr/inproc_thr.vcproj
+            inproc_lat/inproc_lat.vcxproj \
+            inproc_thr/inproc_thr.vcproj \
+            inproc_thr/inproc_thr.vcxproj
+
+PROPERTIES_DIST = properties/Common.props \
+                  properties/Debug.props \
+                  properties/Dynamic.props \
+                  properties/Executable.props \
+                  properties/Precompiled.props \
+                  properties/Release.props \
+                  properties/Win32.props \
+                  properties/Win32_Release.props \
+                  properties/WithOpenPGM.props \
+                  properties/x64.props \
+                  properties/ZeroMQ.props
+
+PRECOMPILED_DIST = ../../src/precompiled.hpp \
+                   ../../src/precompiled.cpp
 
-EXTRA_DIST = $(LIBZMQ_DIST) $(DEVICES_DIST) $(PERF_DIST)
+EXTRA_DIST = $(LIBZMQ_DIST) $(PERF_DIST) $(PROPERTIES_DIST) $(PRECOMPILED_DIST)
diff --git a/builds/msvc/zmq_forwarder/zmq_forwarder.vcproj b/builds/msvc/zmq_forwarder/zmq_forwarder.vcproj
deleted file mode 100644
index c8f587d1..00000000
--- a/builds/msvc/zmq_forwarder/zmq_forwarder.vcproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1250"?>
-<VisualStudioProject
-	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9.00"
-	Name="zmq_forwarder"
-	ProjectGUID="{EFE471DE-6747-4B2E-B084-F7E45A16CD03}"
-	RootNamespace="zmq_forwarder"
-	TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
-	>
-	<Platforms>
-		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"
-		/>
-	</Platforms>
-	<ToolFiles>
-	</ToolFiles>
-	<Configurations>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
-			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
-			ConfigurationType="1"
-			CharacterSet="2"
-			>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../bindings/c;../../../bindings/cpp"
-				MinimalRebuild="true"
-				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
-				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				OutputFile="../../../bin/zmq_forwarder.exe"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
-				TargetMachine="1"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCALinkTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManifestTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCFxCopTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-		</Configuration>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
-			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
-			ConfigurationType="1"
-			CharacterSet="2"
-			WholeProgramOptimization="1"
-			>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				Optimization="2"
-				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../bindings/c;../../../bindings/cpp"
-				RuntimeLibrary="2"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
-				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				OutputFile="../../../bin/zmq_forwarder.exe"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
-				OptimizeReferences="2"
-				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
-				TargetMachine="1"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCALinkTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManifestTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCFxCopTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-		</Configuration>
-	</Configurations>
-	<References>
-	</References>
-	<Files>
-		<Filter
-			Name="Source Files"
-			Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
-			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
-			>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\..\devices\zmq_forwarder\zmq_forwarder.cpp"
-				>
-			</File>
-		</Filter>
-	</Files>
-	<Globals>
-	</Globals>
-</VisualStudioProject>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/zmq_queue/zmq_queue.vcproj b/builds/msvc/zmq_queue/zmq_queue.vcproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 499ed365..00000000
--- a/builds/msvc/zmq_queue/zmq_queue.vcproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
-<VisualStudioProject
-	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9.00"
-	Name="zmq_queue"
-	ProjectGUID="{076F7B8B-5175-4CA9-BC2B-438E37F7F43E}"
-	RootNamespace="zmq_queue"
-	TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
-	>
-	<Platforms>
-		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"
-		/>
-	</Platforms>
-	<ToolFiles>
-	</ToolFiles>
-	<Configurations>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
-			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
-			ConfigurationType="1"
-			CharacterSet="2"
-			>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../bindings/c;../../../bindings/cpp"
-				MinimalRebuild="true"
-				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
-				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				OutputFile="../../../bin/zmq_queue.exe"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
-				TargetMachine="1"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCALinkTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManifestTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCFxCopTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-		</Configuration>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
-			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
-			ConfigurationType="1"
-			CharacterSet="2"
-			WholeProgramOptimization="1"
-			>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				Optimization="2"
-				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../bindings/c;../../../bindings/cpp"
-				RuntimeLibrary="2"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
-				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				OutputFile="../../../bin/zmq_queue.exe"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
-				OptimizeReferences="2"
-				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
-				TargetMachine="1"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCALinkTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManifestTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCFxCopTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-		</Configuration>
-	</Configurations>
-	<References>
-	</References>
-	<Files>
-		<Filter
-			Name="Source Files"
-			Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
-			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
-			>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\..\devices\zmq_queue\zmq_queue.cpp"
-				>
-			</File>
-		</Filter>
-	</Files>
-	<Globals>
-	</Globals>
-</VisualStudioProject>
diff --git a/builds/msvc/zmq_streamer/zmq_streamer.vcproj b/builds/msvc/zmq_streamer/zmq_streamer.vcproj
deleted file mode 100644
index e2f5fa68..00000000
--- a/builds/msvc/zmq_streamer/zmq_streamer.vcproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
-<VisualStudioProject
-	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="9.00"
-	Name="zmq_streamer"
-	ProjectGUID="{DF2CED64-4156-48EA-8AA3-38CF86060D59}"
-	RootNamespace="zmq_streamer"
-	TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
-	>
-	<Platforms>
-		<Platform
-			Name="Win32"
-		/>
-	</Platforms>
-	<ToolFiles>
-	</ToolFiles>
-	<Configurations>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Debug|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
-			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
-			ConfigurationType="1"
-			CharacterSet="2"
-			>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../bindings/c;../../../bindings/cpp"
-				MinimalRebuild="true"
-				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
-				RuntimeLibrary="3"
-				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				OutputFile="../../../bin/zmq_streamer.exe"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
-				TargetMachine="1"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCALinkTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManifestTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
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-			<Tool
-				Name="VCFxCopTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-		</Configuration>
-		<Configuration
-			Name="Release|Win32"
-			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
-			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
-			ConfigurationType="1"
-			CharacterSet="2"
-			WholeProgramOptimization="1"
-			>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCMIDLTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				Optimization="2"
-				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../bindings/c;../../../bindings/cpp"
-				RuntimeLibrary="2"
-				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
-				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				OutputFile="../../../bin/zmq_streamer.exe"
-				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
-				OptimizeReferences="2"
-				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
-				TargetMachine="1"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCALinkTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCManifestTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCFxCopTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
-			/>
-			<Tool
-				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
-			/>
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-	</Configurations>
-	<References>
-	</References>
-	<Files>
-		<Filter
-			Name="Source Files"
-			Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
-			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
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-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\..\devices\zmq_streamer\zmq_streamer.cpp"
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-	<Globals>
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