Get a Windows 10 development environment

Start building Windows applications quickly by using a virtual machine with the latest versions of Windows, the developer tools, SDKs, and samples ready to go

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We currently package our virtual machines for four different virtualization software options: VMWare, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, and Parallels.

Windows 10 Enterprise - 20 GB download

This VM will expire on 4/18/21.

VMWare   Hyper-V   VirtualBox   Parallels

This evaluation virtual machine includes:

  • Windows 10, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0)

  • Windows 10 SDK, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0)

  • Visual Studio 2019 (latest as of 1/15/21) with the UWP, .NET desktop, and Azure workflows enabled and also includes the Windows Template Studio extension

  • Visual Studio Code (latest as of 1/15/21)

  • Windows Subsystem for Linux enabled with Ubuntu installed

  • Developer mode enabled

    File hashes

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    WinDev2101Eval.VirtualBox.zip 20122284049 CF458AB7F06D02570FF5C1D8053BD914623E5A4CB68C19DB02D4799F96DBC081
    WinDev2101Eval.VMware.zip 21293369644 4BA6102EAF98AB5AFA5887077BA0AC4C7B4B0A0427B2A5BB7BAD747C2CEFDDEC

The Microsoft Software License Terms for the Windows 10 VMs supersede any conflicting Windows license terms included in the VMs.