# ✍️ How to Run Confluent on Windows in Minutes

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**Created:** [26 March 2021 15:56 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/how-to-run-confluent-on-windows-in-minutes/1323 "2021-03-26T15:56:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [26 March 2021 15:56 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/how-to-run-confluent-on-windows-in-minutes/1323/1 "2021-03-26T15:56:14Z")

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✨ There’s a new post on the [Confluent blog](https://confluent.io/blog). Here’s a snippet from it:

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I previously showed how to install and set up Apache Kafka® on Windows in minutes by using the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2). From there, it’s only a […]

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**[👉 Head over to the blog to read the full article](https://www.confluent.io/blog/set-up-and-run-kafka-on-windows-and-wsl-2)**