diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 33165cc2900..009ad1c68a9 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 - job: Windows
   condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master'))  # skip for PR merges
   pool:
-    vmImage: 'VS2017-Win2016'
+    vmImage: 'windows-2019'
   variables:
     MPLBACKEND: agg
   strategy:
diff --git a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/lib/test_augment.py b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/lib/test_augment.py
index 82be4713dc8..4e56e567df2 100644
--- a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/lib/test_augment.py
+++ b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/lib/test_augment.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 # MDAnalysis: A Toolkit for the Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Simulations.
 # J. Comput. Chem. 32 (2011), 2319--2327, doi:10.1002/jcc.21787
 
+import os
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.testing import assert_almost_equal, assert_equal
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@
        )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(os.name == "nt",
+                   reason="see gh-3248")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('b', (
                          np.array([10, 10, 10, 90, 90, 90], dtype=np.float32),
                          np.array([10, 10, 10, 45, 60, 90], dtype=np.float32)