diff --git a/icu4c/source/allinone/Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props b/icu4c/source/allinone/Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07e3c1bf512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/source/allinone/Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2018 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others. License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html -->
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <!-- This file is used to set configurations that are common to *all* ICU library code (common, i18n, and io). -->
+  <!-- Note: These options are for *all* configurations for *all* library projects.  -->
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- ICU does not use exceptions in library code. -->
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>
+        _HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0;
+        %(PreprocessorDefinitions)
+      </PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Disable MSBuild warning about Linker OutputFile. -->
+    <!-- Ex: MSBuild complains that the common project creates "icuuc62.dll" rather than "common.dll". However, this is intentional. -->
+    <MSBuildWarningsAsMessages>MSB8012</MSBuildWarningsAsMessages>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/common.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/common/common.vcxproj
index 2495a895639..6c5ed380bf3 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/common.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/common.vcxproj
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <!-- The following import will include the 'default' configuration options for VS projects. -->
   <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
+  <!-- The following import will include the library configuration options for VS projects. -->
+  <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{73C0A65B-D1F2-4DE1-B3A6-15DAD2C23F3D}</ProjectGuid>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/common_uwp.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/common/common_uwp.vcxproj
index a3801840669..447e7b323c9 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/common_uwp.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/common_uwp.vcxproj
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <!-- The following import will include the UWP configuration options for VS projects. -->
   <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.UWP.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
+  <!-- The following import will include the library configuration options for VS projects. -->
+  <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.vcxproj
index fe1e71d905c..65a862bda83 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.vcxproj
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <!-- The following import will include the 'default' configuration options for VS projects. -->
   <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
+  <!-- The following import will include the library configuration options for VS projects. -->
+  <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{0178B127-6269-407D-B112-93877BB62776}</ProjectGuid>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n_uwp.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n_uwp.vcxproj
index bdc42e64a66..a072e7cf9d8 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n_uwp.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n_uwp.vcxproj
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <!-- The following import will include the 'default' configuration options for VS UWP projects. -->
   <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.UWP.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
+  <!-- The following import will include the library configuration options for VS projects. -->
+  <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/io/io.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/io/io.vcxproj
index 2144dbe7108..fae6d1d4228 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/io/io.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/io/io.vcxproj
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <!-- The following import will include the 'default' configuration options for VS projects. -->
   <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
-
+  <!-- The following import will include the library configuration options for VS projects. -->
+  <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{C2B04507-2521-4801-BF0D-5FD79D6D518C}</ProjectGuid>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.vcxproj
index aff344d9a0b..d289d000b1f 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.vcxproj
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <!-- The following import will include the 'default' configuration options for VS projects. -->
   <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
-
+  <!-- The following import will include the library configuration options for VS projects. -->
+  <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.Library.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{203EC78A-0531-43F0-A636-285439BDE025}</ProjectGuid>
   </PropertyGroup>