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The CNG SDK contains documentation, code, and tools designed to help you develop cryptographic applications and libraries targeting the Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7 Operating Systems.

• Welcome to CNG SDK release Version 2.0. The documentation, code, and tools provided in this release are subject to change, and may be updated in the future.
  
  What’s New in v2.0
  This release of the kit highlights the following changes:
  • Added an extensive Key Storage Provider sample.
  • Updates to headers for Windows 7, including TLS 1.2 cryptographic provider support, and the smart card mini-driver interface version 7.
  • Documentation on how to implement a kernel mode provider for Windows 7.
  
  
  IMPORTANT: This version of the Windows CNG SDK is intended to support development targeting Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Window 7. This release of the Windows CNG SDK is compatible with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 SP1 and Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008.
  
  This download contains CNG SDK content only.The Windows CNG SDK includes content for application development with the CNG APIs in Windows Vista, Window Server 2008, and Windows 7.
  
  Documentation: The Windows CNG SDK documentation contains API reference topics; task-based, how-to documentation; and feature overviews to help you develop applicationsusing CNG APIs. Search, the Index, the Table of Contents, and the navigational topics in the documentation viewer are all available to help you locate the topics you need.
  
  Code: The Windows CNG SDK provides header files, libraries, and source code in the C/C++ language. All CNG SDK source code isinstalled to the "Program Files\Microsoft CNG Development Kit" directory.
  
  Tools and Build Environments: In order to build CNG sample applications, you will need the Windows SDK that includes more than 100 GUI and command-line tools to aid in the development of native (Win32) systems for the Windows platform. The tools include command-line compilers (both 32-bit and 64-bit), debuggers, performance monitoring applications, security management utilities, and much more.
  

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	Size
cngsdk.msi SHA1: af8ab4a5e30af73b2784bee6b4a3cc3d228a1982	880 KB

• • The CNG code contained in this CNG SDK is designed to work on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Those features that only work on Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, or only on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are called out in the documentation.
  • You must uninstall previous Windows CNG SDK instances before installing this version.
  • By default, the kit will install itself on “%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Microsoft CNG Development Kit” on x86 platforms and “%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft CNG Development Kit” on 64-bit platforms.
  
  
  • We highly recommend that you have your machine fully patched through Microsoft Update before beginning setup.
  
  

• For this release, the Windows CNG SDK is available as an Express Web Download that enables you to launch setup over the web to install and download only the components you select during setup.
  
  If you need additional information or assistance with installing or using the Windows CNG SDK, please visit the Windows SDK Forum or the Windows SDK team blog.