diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index f63cbb9fb..820089f1c 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ parameters:
 variables:
 - name: DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT
   value: 1
+- name: DOTNET_NOLOGO
+  value: 1
   # Run CodeQL3000 tasks in a separate internal pipeline; not needed here.
 - name: Codeql.SkipTaskAutoInjection
   value: true
diff --git a/build.cmd b/build.cmd
index 1cc1cd4ea..798507f17 100644
--- a/build.cmd
+++ b/build.cmd
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%i in (`%vswhere% -version 16 -latest -prerelease -p
   set InstallDir="%%i"
 )
 
+if not DEFINED InstallDir (
+  echo "Could not find a VS2019 installation with the necessary components (MSBuild, .NET Core 2.1 Runtime, .NET SDK). Please install VS2019 or the missing components."
+)
+
 if exist %InstallDir%\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe (
   set MSBuild=%InstallDir%\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe
 ) else (
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 7b2cb540d..053fd617a 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "2.1.500",
+    "version": "2.1.818",
     "rollForward": "major"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/System.Net.Http.Formatting/Handlers/ProgressStream.cs b/src/System.Net.Http.Formatting/Handlers/ProgressStream.cs
index 8c169c94e..4ee57acf3 100644
--- a/src/System.Net.Http.Formatting/Handlers/ProgressStream.cs
+++ b/src/System.Net.Http.Formatting/Handlers/ProgressStream.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public override async Task<int> ReadAsync(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count,
             ReportBytesReceived(readCount, userState: null);
             return readCount;
         }
+
 #if !NETFX_CORE // BeginX and EndX are not supported on streams in portable libraries
         public override IAsyncResult BeginRead(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count, AsyncCallback callback, object state)
         {