Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX Download and Installation Options
This article outlines the approaches for downloading and installing the binaries with the Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX components.
Requirements
The following are required to install Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX components:
Getting the binaries
To download the Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX binaries with the components, you can use either of the approaches listed below:
- Install Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX using MSI
- Install Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX from NuGet
- Install Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX from ZIP
Setting Up Your License Key
Starting with Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX 2025 Q1 release, you must activate the UI components by providing a license key file. Previous versions do not require a license key.
To download and install your Telerik license key:
- Go to the License Keys page in your Telerik account.
- Click the Download License Key button.
- Save the
telerik-license.txtfile to:%AppData%\Telerik\telerik-license.txt, for example (C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Telerik\telerik-license.txt)
This will make the license key available to all Telerik .NET apps that you develop on your local machine.
The Telerik License Key article provides additional details on installing and updating your Telerik license key in different scenarios. Automatic license key maintenance is more effective and recommended in the long run.