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# What is HoloLens Device Portal?

**The Windows Device Portal for HoloLens** lets you configure and manage your device remotely over Wi-Fi or USB. The Device Portal is a web server on your HoloLens that you can connect to from a web browser on your PC. The Device Portal includes many tools that will help you manage your HoloLens and debug and optimize your apps.

## How to setup device portal?

* Turn on your HoloLens device. 
* Tab your wrist(**HoloLens 2**) or make a bloom gesture(**HoloLens 1**) to initiate Windows menu.

![Windows menu.](/files/-M39XZTAhmPT3JBaBzsx)

* Open the **Settings** > **Update & Security.**

![Update & Security Settings.](/files/-M39Xil8vCn3_8TvS1SB)

* Select **For Developers** tab on the right hand panel.

![For Developers Settings.](/files/-M39Xw-zxp015U-hlTMq)

* Enable "**use developer features**" by toggling on/off button.
* Scroll down at the For Developer settings to enable "**Device Portal**".

![Device Portal Toggle.](/files/-M39ZMHXmHCDBEiPVjN0)

* Go back to all settings page by clicking **"Home"** on the left hand panel and select **"Network & Internet"** settings.

![Network and Internet Settings.](/files/-M39ZeH5aY69tMnQyjcl)

* Select **"Wifi"** tab on the left, if it is not already selected.
* Select the wifi you are **connected** to and click on **"Advanced Options".**

![Wifi Advanced Options.](/files/-M39_AqdgWm7Qn5W1vPr)

* Scroll down and write down the **IPV4 address**.
* You will **type in this IP** address to your browser to reach to your device portal.
* You might see a connection Alert as shown below:

![Your connection is not private alert.](/files/-M39bAMaqSSeatKHw0bS)

* Go ahead and click **Advanced** button and click **Proceed to \<your IP address>(unsafe).**
* Congrats, you made it to your device portal.&#x20;

![Device Portal.](/files/-M39ibqBBFRSIZMV5iRy)

* Click **Views** on the right hand panel and select **"Live Preview"** to see the camera view of your HoloLens.

![Live Preview on Windows Device Portal.](/files/-M39j3AjjHOj38ND4Jo6)

* You can **turn off PV camera** if you would like to share or record what you are seeing through your HoloLens but do not want to capture your environment.
* You can see the **videos recorded** or **screenshots** you snapped by asking **Cortana** here, on the **Videos and Photos** section, if you **enabled voice commands**.&#x20;

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