diff --git a/setup/windows/vcbt2015-ansible-playbook.yaml b/setup/windows/vcbt2015-ansible-playbook.yaml
index 552372c34..768ad1105 100644
--- a/setup/windows/vcbt2015-ansible-playbook.yaml
+++ b/setup/windows/vcbt2015-ansible-playbook.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
   tasks:
 
+    - name: Download and Install Windows Updates
+      win_updates:
+        register: update_result
+
+    - name: Reboot machine if necessary
+      win_reboot:
+        when: update_result.reboot_required
+
     - name: Create C:\TEMP directory
       win_file: path='C:\TEMP' state=directory
 
@@ -29,5 +37,8 @@
             /Log C:\TEMP\vsbt2015_install_log.txt'
       tags: [install, visualstudio]
 
+    - name: Reboot machine after Visual C++ Build Tools installation
+      win_reboot:
+
     - include: ./common-ansible-playbook.yaml
       tags: common
diff --git a/setup/windows/vs2013-ansible-playbook.yaml b/setup/windows/vs2013-ansible-playbook.yaml
index 7a374472f..e8672e2ee 100644
--- a/setup/windows/vs2013-ansible-playbook.yaml
+++ b/setup/windows/vs2013-ansible-playbook.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
   tasks:
 
+    - name: Download and Install Windows Updates
+      win_updates:
+        register: update_result
+
+    - name: Reboot machine if necessary
+      win_reboot:
+        when: update_result.reboot_required
+
     - name: Create C:\TEMP directory
       win_file: path='C:\TEMP' state=directory
 
@@ -17,5 +25,8 @@
             /Log C:\TEMP\vs2013_install_log.txt'
       tags: [install, visualstudio]
 
+    - name: Reboot machine after Visual Studio installation
+      win_reboot:
+
     - include: ./common-ansible-playbook.yaml
       tags: common
diff --git a/setup/windows/vs2015-ansible-playbook.yaml b/setup/windows/vs2015-ansible-playbook.yaml
index 0964e9988..7a444cbb8 100644
--- a/setup/windows/vs2015-ansible-playbook.yaml
+++ b/setup/windows/vs2015-ansible-playbook.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
   tasks:
 
+    - name: Download and Install Windows Updates
+      win_updates:
+        register: update_result
+
+    - name: Reboot machine if necessary
+      win_reboot:
+        when: update_result.reboot_required
+
     - name: Create C:\TEMP directory
       win_file: path='C:\TEMP' state=directory
 
@@ -18,5 +26,8 @@
             /Log C:\TEMP\vs2015_install_log.txt'
       tags: [install, visualstudio]
 
+    - name: Reboot machine after Visual Studio installation
+      win_reboot:
+
     - include: ./common-ansible-playbook.yaml
       tags: common