diff --git a/.github/workflows/msvc.yml b/.github/workflows/msvc_2019.yml
similarity index 98%
rename from .github/workflows/msvc.yml
rename to .github/workflows/msvc_2019.yml
index 9dbea3df26..785b983b3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/msvc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/msvc_2019.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: msvc
+name: msvc_2019
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/msvc_cpm.yml b/.github/workflows/msvc_2022.yml
similarity index 65%
rename from .github/workflows/msvc_cpm.yml
rename to .github/workflows/msvc_2022.yml
index 1d7cc36a19..0458a9ba2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/msvc_cpm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/msvc_2022.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: msvc_cpm
+name: msvc_2022
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: windows-2019
+    runs-on: windows-2022
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    # using specific windows SDK to address this issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65402366/c5105-and-other-compiler-warnings-when-building-with-github-actions-winsdk-10
     - name: Configure CMake
-      run: cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION="10.0.22621.0"
+      run: cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}
 
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build build --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -j 2
diff --git a/include/glaze/api/name.hpp b/include/glaze/api/name.hpp
index baf86ddab9..87dec7a121 100644
--- a/include/glaze/api/name.hpp
+++ b/include/glaze/api/name.hpp
@@ -14,40 +14,48 @@ namespace glz
 {
    namespace detail
    {
-      inline constexpr auto total_length(const auto& strs) noexcept {
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+      // Workaround for problems with MSVC and passing refrences to stringviews as template params
+      struct string_view_wrapper
+      {
+         const char* start{};
          size_t n{};
-         for_each<std::tuple_size_v<std::decay_t<decltype(strs)>>>([&](auto I) { n += std::get<I>(strs).size(); });
-         return n;
-      }
-
+         constexpr string_view_wrapper(std::string_view sv) : start(sv.data()), n(sv.size()) {}
+         constexpr auto data() const { return start; }
+         constexpr auto begin() const { return data(); }
+         constexpr auto end() const { return data() + n; }
+         constexpr auto size() const { return n; }
+      };
+      template <string_view_wrapper... Strs>
+#else
       template <const std::string_view&... Strs>
+#endif
       struct join
       {
          // Join all strings into a single std::array of chars
          static constexpr auto impl() noexcept
          {
-            // This local copy to a tuple and avoiding of parameter pack expansion is needed to avoid MSVC internal compiler errors
-            constexpr auto strs_tuple = std::make_tuple(Strs...);
-            //constexpr size_t len = (Strs.size() + ... + 0);
-            constexpr size_t len = total_length(strs_tuple);
+            // This local copy to a tuple and avoiding of parameter pack expansion is needed to avoid MSVC internal
+            // compiler errors
+            constexpr size_t len = (Strs.size() + ... + 0);
             std::array<char, len + 1> arr{};
             auto append = [i = 0, &arr](const auto& s) mutable {
                for (auto c : s) arr[i++] = c;
             };
-
-            for_each<sizeof...(Strs)>([&](auto I) { append(std::get<I>(strs_tuple));
-            });
-
-            //(append(Strs), ...);
+            (append(Strs), ...);
             arr[len] = 0;
             return arr;
          }
-         
-         static constexpr auto arr = impl(); // Give the joined string static storage
-         static constexpr std::string_view value {arr.data(), arr.size() - 1};
+
+         static constexpr auto arr = impl();  // Give the joined string static storage
+         static constexpr std::string_view value{arr.data(), arr.size() - 1};
       };
-      // Helper to get the value out
+// Helper to get the value out
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+      template <string_view_wrapper... Strs>
+#else
       template <const std::string_view&... Strs>
+#endif
       static constexpr auto join_v = join<Strs...>::value;
    }
    
diff --git a/include/glaze/binary/write.hpp b/include/glaze/binary/write.hpp
index 40a2788352..1e3273bb3f 100644
--- a/include/glaze/binary/write.hpp
+++ b/include/glaze/binary/write.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 namespace glz
 {
    namespace detail
-   {      
+   {
       template <class T = void>
       struct to_binary {};
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace glz
             return to_binary<std::decay_t<T>>::template op<Opts>(
                std::forward<T>(value), std::forward<B>(b));
          }
-         
+
          template <auto Opts, class T, class B, class IX>
          static auto op(T&& value, B&& b, IX&& ix)
          {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace glz
                std::forward<T>(value), std::forward<B>(b), std::forward<IX>(ix));
          }
       };
-      
+
       template <class T>
       requires (std::same_as<T, bool> || std::same_as<T, std::vector<bool>::reference> || std::same_as<T, std::vector<bool>::const_reference>)
       struct to_binary<T> final
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ namespace glz
          static auto op(auto&& /*value*/, Args&&... args) noexcept
          { return error{}; }
       };
-      
+
       template <class... Args>
       auto dump_type(auto&& value, Args&&... args) noexcept
       {
          return dump(std::as_bytes(std::span{ &value, 1 }), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
       }
-      
+
       template <uint64_t i, class... Args>
       [[nodiscard]] auto dump_int(Args&&... args) noexcept
       {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace glz
                           "size not supported");
          }
       }
-      
+
       template <auto Opts, class... Args>
       [[nodiscard]] auto dump_int(size_t i, Args&&... args) noexcept(Opts.no_except)
       {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace glz
             }
          }
       }
-      
+
       template <class T>
       requires num_t<T> || char_t<T> || glaze_enum_t<T>
       struct to_binary<T> final
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace glz
             return dump_type(value, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
          }
       };
-      
+
       template <str_t T>
       struct to_binary<T> final
       {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace glz
             dump(std::as_bytes(std::span{ value.data(), value.size() }), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
          }
       };
-      
+
       template <array_t T>
       struct to_binary<T> final
       {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ namespace glz
             }
          }
       };
-      
+
       template <map_t T>
       struct to_binary<T> final
       {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace glz
             }
          }
       };
-      
+
       template <nullable_t T>
       struct to_binary<T> final
       {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace glz
             }
          }
       };
-      
+
       template <class T>
       requires glaze_object_t<T>
       struct to_binary<T> final
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ namespace glz
             using V = std::decay_t<T>;
             static constexpr auto N = std::tuple_size_v<meta_t<V>>;
             dump_int<N>(std::forward<Args>(args)...); // even though N is known at compile time in this case, it is not known for partial cases, so we still use a compressed integer
-            
+
             for_each<N>([&](auto I) {
                static constexpr auto item = std::get<I>(meta_v<V>);
                dump_int<Opts>(I, std::forward<Args>(args)...); // dump the known key as an integer
@@ -224,19 +224,19 @@ namespace glz
          }
       };
    }
-   
+
    template <class T, class Buffer>
    inline auto write_binary(T&& value, Buffer&& buffer) {
       return write<opts{.format = binary}>(std::forward<T>(value), std::forward<Buffer>(buffer));
    }
-   
+
    template <class T>
    inline auto write_binary(T&& value) {
       std::string buffer{};
       write<opts{.format = binary}>(std::forward<T>(value), buffer);
       return buffer;
    }
-   
+
    template <auto& Partial, opts Opts, class T, class Buffer>
    requires nano::ranges::input_range<Buffer> && (sizeof(nano::ranges::range_value_t<Buffer>) == sizeof(char))
    inline auto write(T&& value, Buffer& buffer) noexcept
@@ -260,9 +260,11 @@ namespace glz
          if constexpr (detail::glaze_object_t<std::decay_t<T>>) {
             static constexpr auto key_to_int = detail::make_key_int_map<T>();
             glz::for_each<N>([&](auto I) {
-               static constexpr auto group = []() {
-                  return std::get<decltype(I)::value>(groups);
-               }();  // MSVC internal compiler error workaround
+               using index_t = decltype(I);
+               using group_t = std::tuple_element_t<I, decltype(groups)>;
+               static constexpr auto group = [](index_t Index) constexpr -> group_t {
+                  return std::get<Index>(groups);
+               }({}); // MSVC internal compiler error workaround
                static constexpr auto key = std::get<0>(group);
                static constexpr auto sub_partial = std::get<1>(group);
                static constexpr auto frozen_map = detail::make_map<T>();
@@ -298,12 +300,12 @@ namespace glz
                else {
                   throw std::runtime_error(
                      "Invalid key for map when writing out partial message");
-               }      
+               }
             });
          }
       }
    }
-   
+
    template <auto& Partial, class T, class Buffer>
    inline auto write_binary(T&& value, Buffer&& buffer) {
       return write<Partial, opts{}>(std::forward<T>(value), std::forward<Buffer>(buffer));