[Recommended by AppVeyor][1] this isn't done by default for all builds
due to the high startup overhead (3-4 minutes for a VM), but that's
paltry compared to our overall build times so should be more than
applicable!

[1]: https://help.appveyor.com/discussions/questions/29832-did-recent-changes-apply-to-possibly-slow-down-builds#comment_46494058