# Integration Plug-In for Microsoft Visual Studio* Projects

The plug-in simplifies integration of Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB) into Microsoft Visual Studio* projects. It can be downloaded from http://threadingbuildingblocks.org > Downloads > Extras. The plug-in enables you to quickly add the following to Microsoft Visual C++* projects:

- The path to the Intel® TBB header files

- The path to the Intel® TBB libraries

- The specific Intel® TBB libraries to link with

- The specific Intel® TBB settings

The plug-in works with C++ projects created in Microsoft Visual Studio* 2003, 2005 and 2008 (except Express editions).

To use this functionality unzip the downloaded package `msvs_plugin.zip`, open `it`, and follow the instructions in `README.txt` to install it.

Parent topic: Windows* OS