# Installing the Amazon DCV Server on Windows
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You can use an installation wizard to install the Amazon DCV server on a Windows host server. The wizard guides you through a series of steps that show how to customize your Amazon DCV server installation. Alternatively, you can use the command line to perform an unattended installation. This uses default settings to automate the installation procedure.

**Contents**
+ [Using the wizard](#setting-up-installing-windows-wizard)
+ [Using an unattended installation](#setting-up-installing-windows-unattended)

## Using the wizard
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Use the Amazon DCV server installation wizard for a guided installation.

**To install the Amazon DCV server on Windows using the wizard**

1. Launch and connect to the server on which to install the Amazon DCV server.

1. Download the Amazon DCV server installer from the [Amazon DCV](http://download.amazondcv.com) website.
**Note**  
The Amazon DCV server is available only in a 64-bit version and supported on 64-bit Windows operating systems.
**Tip**  
The [latest packages](http://download.amazondcv.com/latest.html) page of the download website contains links that point to the newest available version. You can use these links to automatically retrieve the newest Amazon DCV packages.

1. Run `nice-dcv-server-x64-Release-2025.0-{{version_number}}.msi`. 

1. On the Welcome screen, choose **Next**.

1. On the End-User License Agreement screen, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select the **I accept the terms in the License Agreement** check box, and then choose **Next**.

1. (Optional) configure which components will be installed by selecting items in the **Components Selection** screen. To mark a component for installation, select the item and choose **Will be installed on local hard drive**. To omit a component from the installation select the item and choose **Entire feature will be unavailable**.

1. On the DCV Service Configuration screen:

   1. (Optional) To manually configure your server's firewall to allow communication over the required port, select **No, I will manually configure my firewall later**.

   1. (Optional) To manually start the Amazon DCV server after the installation, select **No, I want to start a DCV Service manually**. If you select this option, you can't start a console session automatically after the installation is complete. If you select this option, step 9 is skipped.

1. Choose **Next**.

1. On the DCV Session Management Configuration screen, specify the owner for the automatic console session. Or, to prevent the automatic console session from starting after the installation is complete, select **No, I will create the session manually**.
**Note**  
Complete this step only if you previously chose to allow the server to start automatically.

1. Choose **Install**.

## Using an unattended installation
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Amazon DCV can install and activate the server software automatically. This is called an "unattended installation". By default, an unattended installation does the following:
+ Adds a firewall rule to allow communication over port 8443.
+ Enables Amazon DCV server auto-start.
+ Creates an automatic console session.
+ Sets the console session owner to the user who performs the installation.

You can override the default actions by appending the following options to the installation command:
+ `DISABLE_FIREWALL=1` — Prevents the installer from adding the firewall rule.
+ `DISABLE_SERVER_AUTOSTART=1` — Prevents the Amazon DCV server from starting automatically after the installation.
+ `DISABLE_AUTOMATIC_SESSION_CREATION=1` — Prevents the installer from starting the automatic console session.
+ `AUTOMATIC_SESSION_OWNER={{owner_name}}` — Specifies a different owner for the automatic console session.
+ `ADDLOCAL={{component_list}}` — Adds elements to the set of elements to be installed.
+ `REMOVE={{component_list}}` — Removes elements from the set of elements to be installed.
**Note**  
The `REMOVE` option is evaluated after the `ADDLOCAL` option. An element that's on both lists isn't installed.

The component\_list is a comma-separated list that can contain the following values:
+ `audioMicDriver`: Microphone driver
+ `audioSpkDriver`: Speaker driver
+ `printerDriver`: Printer driver
+ `usbDriver`: USB device remotization driver (Disabled by default)
+ `webcamDriver`: Webcam driver
+ `gamepadDriver`: Gamepad driver
+ `webClient`: Web client
+ `webauthn`: Webauthn Redirection
+ `iddDriver`: Indirect Display Driver (Recommended)
+ `webrtc`: WebRTC Redirection Components
+ `ALL`: All components

**To install the Amazon DCV server on Windows using an unattended installation**

1. Launch and connect to the server that you intend to install the Amazon DCV server on.

1. Download the Amazon DCV server installer from the [Amazon DCV](http://download.amazondcv.com) website.
**Note**  
The Amazon DCV server is available only in a 64-bit version and supported on 64-bit Windows operating systems.

1. Open a command prompt window and navigate to the folder where you downloaded the installer.

1. Run the unattended installer as seen in one of the following examples:
   + Install default components:

     ```
     C:\>  msiexec.exe /i nice-dcv-server-x64-Release-2025.0-{{version_number}}.msi
     /quiet /norestart /l*v dcv_install_msi.log
     ```
   + Install all components:

     ```
     C:\>  msiexec.exe /i nice-dcv-server-x64-Release-2025.0-{{version_number}}.msi
     ADDLOCAL=ALL /quiet /norestart /l*v dcv_install_msi.log
     ```
   + Install a subset of components:

     ```
     C:\>  msiexec.exe /i nice-dcv-server-x64-Release-2025.0-{{version_number}}.msi
     ADDLOCAL=audioMicDriver,audioSpkDriver,printerDriver,webcamDriver /quiet /norestart /l*v dcv_install_msi.log
     ```