# Including MPI Support

To specify the type of MPI support you want:

1. Open the project's property pages and select Configuration Properties > Intel Libraries for oneAPI.
2. Set the property Use oneMKL to Cluster.
3. Set the property Use MPI Library to one of the following values:
   - Intel® MPI Library
   - MPICH2
   - MS-MPI
4. Build the project.

The next time you build your project with the Microsoft Visual C++* compiler, it will include support for the version of MPI that you specified.

Parent topic: Using Microsoft Visual Studio*