# Compile and run a sample project (/en/realtime-media/video/build/join-and-manage-channels/compile-run-sample-project/windows)

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Agora provides [Open-source sample projects on GitHub](https://github.com/AgoraIO/API-Examples/tree/main) to demonstrate the implementation of basic and advanced Video SDK features.

    This page shows how to compile, configure, and run the Video SDK Windows sample project.

    
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
## Prerequisites [#prerequisites]

      
    * A device running Windows 7 or higher.
    * Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or higher with [C++ desktop development](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/windows-desktop-development-with-c-in-visual-studio/) support. C++ 11 or above.
    * If you use C# for development, you also need the [.NET framework](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/guide-for-developers).

    
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
{ /*
  - If a firewall is deployed in your network environment, refer to [Connect through restricted networks with Cloud Proxy](/en/realtime-media/video/manage-agora-account) to use Agora services normally.
  */ }

* A camera and a microphone

* A valid Agora account and project. Please refer to [Agora account management](/en/realtime-media/video/manage-agora-account) for details.

* Installed [Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)

## Project setup [#project-setup]

      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
    ### Get the sample project [#get-the-sample-project-11]

    1. Run the following command to clone the repository locally:

       ```bash
       git clone git@github.com:AgoraIO/API-Examples.git
       ```

       This repository contains sample projects for all native platforms of Agora Video SDK. The API usage examples for Windows are located under `/windows`.

    2. Integrate SDK and install dependencies

       Run `/APIExample/installThirdParty.bat` to automatically integrate the SDK, download dependencies, and configure the environment.

    3. Set App ID and Token

       Open the `/APIExample/APIExample/stdafx.h` file and fill in the App ID and temporary token you obtained from the Agora Console.

       ```cpp
       #define APP_ID     "enter your App ID"
       #define APP_TOKEN  "enter your temporary token"
       ```

    
  
## Run the sample project [#run-the-sample-project]

      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
  
      
    1. Open the file `/APIExample/APIExample.sln` in Visual Studio.

    2. Click **Start compiling**.

    3. After compilation is complete, you see the following window on your device:

       ![](https://assets-docs.agora.io/images/video-sdk/run-compile-windows-step-3.png)

    4. Choose any demo you want to experience. Taking the **Live Broadcasting** as an example, enter the channel name you used when generating the temporary token in **Channel Name**, then click **Join Channel**.

    5. To test various audio and video interaction use-cases, use the [Agora web demo](https://webdemo.agora.io/basicVideoCall/index.html), or install and run the sample project on a second device. Make sure you use the same app ID on both devices. When you join the same channel from two devices, you can see and hear each other.

       ![](https://assets-docs.agora.io/images/video-sdk/run-compile-windows-step-5.png)