If you’re a developer, a student in the field, or just love all things software programming, you should know that Microsoft has released a collection of Windows 11 virtual machines for freeupdated to the latest stable version of the operating system known as “Moments 2” that Microsoft launched in the middle of the month.

These virtual machines are ideal for accessing the Windows 11 development environment and allows you to quickly build Windows applications using a virtual machine, including the latest versions of Windows, developer tools, SDKs, and a collection of ready-to-use samples.

What’s Included in Windows 11 Free Virtual Machines

This Windows development environment is available in four variants: VMWare, Hyper-V Gen2, Parallels and VirtualBox. Virtual machines are ready-made and do not require any additional configuration. After turning on the virtual machine, you will have:

• Windows 11 Enterprise SKU.
• Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition with UWP enabled, .NET Desktop, Azure and Windows Apps SDK for C# jobs.
• Windows Subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu preinstalled.
• Installed Windows Terminal.
• Developer mode enabled.

Let’s say that the license to use Windows 11 is free for a certain period of time, until June 14, 2023. If the trial period expires and you haven’t activated it with a valid license, the desktop background will turn black, the desktop will constantly display a notification that the system is not genuine, and the computer will shut down every hour.

In any case, it serves to fully assess (or familiarize you with it if you are concerned) this Windows development environment, taking into account that you can customize the system and use all its capabilities for a specified period of time. In addition, all the listed developer tools are available without the need for additional installations.

If you are not a developer, you already know that Windows 11 22H2 Moments 2 is available to all users system as an incremental update from previous versions. You can check its news and requirements in this guide, as well as install it from Windows Update, the Windows catalog, from scratch, and also by loading ISO images into virtual machines.

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