How to Change the Default Model in Visual Studio for Dynamics 365

1) On your dev box, locate the settings folder for Visual Studio by going to

C:\Users\XXXXXXX\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Settings.

2) In the settings folder, edit the DynamicsDevConfig.xml file.

3) Open the XML file with notepad, searched for element DefaultModelForNewProjects, and changed it to the desired model.

4) Once the file has been saved and Visual Studio is closed and reopened, all projects will be created in the model you specified in the default config file.