--- title: Install Windows Configuration Designer (Windows 10) description: Learn how to install and run Windows Configuration Designer. ms.prod: w10 ms.mktglfcycl: deploy ms.sitesec: library author: jdeckerMS localizationpriority: high --- # Install Windows Configuration Designer **Applies to** - Windows 10 - Windows 10 Mobile Use the Windows Configuration Designer tool to create provisioning packages to easily configure devices running Windows 10. Windows Configuration Designer is primarily designed for use by IT departments for business and educational institutions who need to provision bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and business-supplied devices. ## Supported platforms Windows Configuration Designer can create provisioning packages for Windows 10 desktop and mobile editions, including Windows 10 IoT Core, as well as Microsoft Surface Hub and Microsoft HoloLens. You can run Windows Configuration Designer on the following operating systems: - Windows 10 - x86 and amd64 - Windows 8.1 Update - x86 and amd64 - Windows 8.1 - x86 and amd64 - Windows 8 - x86 and amd64 - Windows 7 - x86 and amd64 - Windows Server 2016 - Windows Server 2012 R2 Update - Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows Server 2012 - Windows Server 2008 R2 >[!WARNING] >You must run Windows Configuration Designer on Windows 10 to configure Azure Active Directory enrollment using any of the wizards. ## Install Windows Configuration Designer On devices running Windows 10, you can install [the Windows Configuration Designer app from the Windows Store](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4tx22). To run Windows Configuration Designer on other operating systems or in languages other than English, install it from the [Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10](https://developer.microsoft.com/windows/hardware/windows-assessment-deployment-kit). >[!NOTE] >If you install Windows Configuration Designer from both the ADK and Windows Store, the Store app will not open. > >The Windows Configuration Designer App from Windows Store currently supports only English. For a localized version of the Windows Configuration Designer, install it from the Windows ADK. 1. Go to [Download the Windows ADK](https://developer.microsoft.com/windows/hardware/windows-assessment-deployment-kit) and select **Get Windows ADK** for the version of Windows 10 that you want to create provisioning packages for (version 1511, 1607, or 1703). >[!NOTE] >The rest of this procedure uses Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 1703 as an example. 2. Save **adksetup.exe** and then run it. 3. On the **Specify Location** page, select an installation path and then click **Next**. >[!NOTE] >The estimated disk space listed on this page applies to the full Windows ADK. If you only install Windows Configuration Designer, the space requirement is approximately 32 MB. 4. Make a selection on the **Windows Kits Privacy** page, and then click **Next**. 5. Accept the **License Agreement**, and then click **Next**. 6. On the **Select the features you want to install** page, clear all selections except **Configuration Designer**, and then click **Install**. ![Only Configuration Designer selected for installation](images/icd-install.png) ## Current Windows Configuration Designer limitations - You can only run one instance of Windows Configuration Designer on your computer at a time. - Be aware that when adding apps and drivers, all files stored in the same folder will be imported and may cause errors during the build process. - The Windows Configuration Designer UI does not support multivariant configurations. Instead, you must use the Windows Configuration Designer command-line interface to configure multivariant settings. For more information, see [Create a provisioning package with multivariant settings](provisioning-multivariant.md). - While you can open multiple projects at the same time within Windows Configuration Designer, you can only build one project at a time. - In order to enable the simplified authoring jscripts to work on a server SKU running Windows Configuration Designer, you need to explicitly enable **Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows**. Do this by opening Internet Explorer and then navigating to **Settings** > **Internet Options** > **Security** -> **Custom level** > **Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows**, and then choose **Enable**. - If you copy a Windows Configuration Designer project from one PC to another PC, make sure that all the associated files for the deployment assets, such as apps and drivers, are copied along with the project to the same path as it was on the original PC. For example, when you add a driver to a provisioned package, you must copy the .INF file to a local directory on the PC that is running Windows Configuration Designer. If you don't do this, and attempt to use a copied version of this project on a different PC, Windows Configuration Designer might attempt to resolve the path to the files that point to the original PC. - **Recommended**: Before starting, copy all source files to the PC running Windows Configuration Designer, rather than using external sources like network shares or removable drives. This reduces the risk of interrupting the build process from a temporary network issue or from disconnecting the USB device. **Next step**: [How to create a provisioning package](provisioning-create-package.md) ## Learn more - Watch the video: [Provisioning Windows 10 Devices with New Tools](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=615921) - Watch the video: [Windows 10 for Mobile Devices: Provisioning Is Not Imaging](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=615922) ## Related topics - [Provisioning packages for Windows 10](provisioning-packages.md) - [How provisioning works in Windows 10](provisioning-how-it-works.md) - [Create a provisioning package](provisioning-create-package.md) - [Apply a provisioning package](provisioning-apply-package.md) - [Settings changed when you uninstall a provisioning package](provisioning-uninstall-package.md) - [Provision PCs with common settings for initial deployment (simple provisioning)](provision-pcs-for-initial-deployment.md) - [Use a script to install a desktop app in provisioning packages](provisioning-script-to-install-app.md) - [PowerShell cmdlets for provisioning Windows 10 (reference)](provisioning-powershell.md) - [Windows Configuration Designer command-line interface (reference)](provisioning-command-line.md) - [Create a provisioning package with multivariant settings](provisioning-multivariant.md)