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title: Quick installation on a local machine
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k82/installation/installing-kentico-questions-and-answers.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k82/installation/additional-database-installation.md
---

> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

This type of installation is the quickest way of installing Kentico on your machine. The only prerequisites are:

- The operating system: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (both 32bit and 64bit) or Windows 8 (both 32bit and 64bit), or their corresponding server versions – Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, 2012, 2012 R2
- Connection to the Internet
- Recommended resolution: 1920x1080 (also known as 1080p or Full HD)

## Quick installation

All you need to do is:

1. On the home page of the Installer, agree to the license terms.
2. Click **Quick installation**.

   ![Kentico Installer 8](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/quick-installation-on-a-local-machine/Installer8-highlighted.png "Kentico Installer 8")
3. Choose the sample sites you wish to install. We recommend **Dancing Goat**, **Corporate site** and the **E-commerce site**. These sites utilize and present most of the functionality Kentico provides, and are therefore best suited for evaluation purposes.

   > **Info:** **License limitations for sample sites**
   >
   > Some of the sample sites use features that are only available in specific Kentico license editions. If you use a license edition lower than **Kentico EMS**, you may encounter problems when working with certain features ([Content Personalization](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/on-line-marketing-features/content-personalization.md), for example). The initial trial license is equivalent to an EMS license.

   ![Quick installation](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/quick-installation-on-a-local-machine/QuickInstallation.png "Quick installation")
4. Click **Next**.
5. Decide whether to participate in the [Kentico improvement program](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/release-notes-kentico-8-versions/kentico-improvement-program.md) (via the **Send anonymous usage records to Kentico** checkbox).

   ![Enabling the Kentico improvement program for the installed instance of Kentico](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/quick-installation-on-a-local-machine/Kentico_Improvement.png "Enabling the Kentico improvement program for the installed instance of Kentico")
6. Click **Install**.

The installer now installs Kentico, including everything else needed for it to run.

## Default configuration of the quick installation

If you choose the Quick installation option, the installer installs and configures the following items:

- .NET Framework 4.0
- Program files (in C:\Program Files (x86)\Kentico\8.2\\)
- IIS Express (if you do not have [IIS and all required components](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/installation/server-and-hosting-requirements/configuring-iis-for-the-installation-of-kentico.md) installed already) with Integrated mode of the application pool and with a virtual directory (http://localhost/Kentico8)
- SQL server native client
- SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB
- Kentico database
- Kentico web site project (in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Kentico82\\)
  - Kentico core files
  - All available modules
  - All sample site templates
  - All available spell checker dictionaries
  - All available UI Cultures
- Your chosen sample sites
- Trial license