Microsoft has released for download, Windows 10 Virtual Machines which are set up to immediately start developing Universal Windows Platform apps. There is a short term trial version that expires as well as a version to which you add a valid license which doesn’t expire. These VMs are also available on Azure.

 

In Brief

You get a ready to run Windows 10 Anniversary Edition VM with the tools required for UWP app development preinstalled. The trial version will expire whereas you supply a valid Windows 10 Pro license key for the licensed version.  VM images for a variety of hypervisors are available

 

Links

 

 

OS Features

 

Virtual Machine Versions (Hosts)

  • VMWare
  • Hyper-V
  • Virtual Box
  • Parallels

 

OS Language

EN-US only

 

Moot Point

Only the Community Edition of Visual Studio.


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