diff --git a/include/gsl/gsl_assert b/include/gsl/gsl_assert
index 131fa8b..70a6eba 100644
--- a/include/gsl/gsl_assert
+++ b/include/gsl/gsl_assert
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 //
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_HAS_EXCEPTIONS) && !_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
 #define GSL_MSVC_USE_STL_NOEXCEPTION_WORKAROUND
+#include <intrin.h>
+#define RANGE_CHECKS_FAILURE 0
 #endif
 
 //
@@ -82,10 +84,15 @@ namespace details
 #if defined(GSL_MSVC_USE_STL_NOEXCEPTION_WORKAROUND)
 
     typedef void  (__cdecl *terminate_handler)();
+    
+    [[noreturn]] inline void __cdecl default_terminate_handler()
+    {
+        __fastfail(RANGE_CHECKS_FAILURE);
+    }
 
     inline gsl::details::terminate_handler& get_terminate_handler() noexcept
     {
-        static terminate_handler handler = &abort;
+        static terminate_handler handler = &default_terminate_handler;
         return handler;
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +110,10 @@ namespace details
 #if defined(GSL_TERMINATE_ON_CONTRACT_VIOLATION)
 
     template <typename Exception>
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
+#else
+    [[gsl::suppress(f.6)]]
+#endif
     [[noreturn]] void throw_exception(Exception&&)
     {
         gsl::details::terminate();
diff --git a/include/gsl/gsl_util b/include/gsl/gsl_util
index 25f8502..ee61711 100644
--- a/include/gsl/gsl_util
+++ b/include/gsl/gsl_util
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ final_action<F> finally(F&& f) noexcept
 
 // narrow_cast(): a searchable way to do narrowing casts of values
 template <class T, class U>
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
+#else
+[[gsl::suppress(type.1)]]
+#endif
 constexpr T narrow_cast(U&& u) noexcept
 {
     return static_cast<T>(std::forward<U>(u));
@@ -108,6 +112,10 @@ namespace details
 
 // narrow() : a checked version of narrow_cast() that throws if the cast changed the value
 template <class T, class U>
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
+#else
+[[gsl::suppress(type.1)]]
+#endif
 T narrow(U u)
 {
     T t = narrow_cast<T>(u);
@@ -121,6 +129,10 @@ T narrow(U u)
 // at() - Bounds-checked way of accessing builtin arrays, std::array, std::vector
 //
 template <class T, std::size_t N>
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
+#else
+[[gsl::suppress(type.1,bounds.2,bounds.4)]]
+#endif
 constexpr T& at(T (&arr)[N], const index i)
 {
     Expects(i >= 0 && i < narrow_cast<index>(N));
@@ -128,6 +140,10 @@ constexpr T& at(T (&arr)[N], const index i)
 }
 
 template <class Cont>
+#if defined(__clang__) || defined(__GNUC__)
+#else
+[[gsl::suppress(type.1,bounds.4)]]
+#endif
 constexpr auto at(Cont& cont, const index i) -> decltype(cont[cont.size()])
 {
     Expects(i >= 0 && i < narrow_cast<index>(cont.size()));