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Microsoft releases free Windows 11 22H2 virtual machines

  • November 5, 2022
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Developers who want to start writing programs for Windows 11, or just regular users who want to learn about Microsoft’s latest operating system, can download official virtual machines

Microsoft releases free Windows 11 22H2 virtual machines

Developers who want to start writing programs for Windows 11, or just regular users who want to learn about Microsoft’s latest operating system, can download official virtual machines from Microsoft for free. The company has once again updated its virtual machines full of developer tools, giving users access to Windows 11 2022 Update, Visual Studio 2022, WSL, and other utilities.

It is worth noting that Microsoft virtual machines based on Windows 11 are not completely free. You can use these virtual machines for free until January 10, 2023. After this date, Microsoft will ask you to activate Windows like any other virtual machine or local installation (you can activate it with a real key and continue using it). Still, two months should be enough for developers to become familiar with:

  • Windows 11 Enterprise SKU (Evaluation)
  • Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition with UWP, .NET Desktop, Azure and Windows App SDKs for C# workloads
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 with Ubuntu preinstalled
  • windows terminal
  • developer mode

Official Windows 11 virtual machines are available in four variants for different virtualization software: VMWare, Hyper-V, VirtualBox (recently gained full support for Windows 11) and Parallels. To start using one of these virtual machines, you need at least 20 GB of free disk space. You can find all the details and download links on the official website.

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