Microsoft has just released an update for the Windows developer Virtual Machines in the Windows Dev center— December 2016 build. The evaluation version will expire on 04/08/17.
These Virtual Machines help you to start building Universal Windows Platform apps quickly using a virtual machine. The VMs come in Hyper-V, Parallels, VirtualBox and VMWare flavors. These VMs come with the latest versions of Windows, the developer tools, SDKs, and samples ready to go.
Evaluation Virtual Machines contain:
- Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation, Version 1607
- Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 (Build 14.0.25425.01)
- Windows developer SDK and tools (Build 14393)
- Microsoft Azure SDK for .NET (Build 2.9.6)
- Windows Bridge for iOS (0.2.161107)
- Windows UWP samples (November 2016 Update)
- Windows Bridge for iOS samples
- Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
Licensed Virtual Machines contain:
- Windows 10 Pro, Version 1607
- Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 (Build 14.0.25425.01)
- Windows developer SDK and tools (Build 14393)
- Microsoft Azure SDK for .NET (Build 2.9.6)
- Windows Bridge for iOS (0.2.161107)
- Windows UWP samples (November 2016 Update)
- Windows Bridge for iOS samples
- Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
If you don’t currently have a Windows 10 Pro license, you can get one from the Microsoft Store. If you just want to try out Windows 10 and UWP, use the free evaluation version of the VMs. The evaluation copies will expire after a pre-determined amount of time.
