New Windows 11 Enterprise (Evaluation) development virtual machines until April 9, 2024

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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 (Gen2), VirtualBox, and Parallels. These virtual machines contain an evaluation version of Windows that expires on the date posted. If the evaluation period expires, the desktop background will turn black, you will see a persistent desktop notification indicating that the system is not genuine, and the PC will shut down every hour.

VMWare
Hyper-V (Gen2)
VirtualBox
Parallels

Expiration date: April 9, 2024

The evaluation virtual machine includes:​

• Windows 11 Enterprise (Evaluation)
• Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition with UWP, .NET Desktop, Azure, and Windows App SDK for C# workloads enabled
• Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 enabled with Ubuntu installed
• Windows Terminal installed
• Developer mode enabled

File hashes​

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Name	Length (bytes)	File Hash - SHA256
WinDev2401Eval.HyperV.zip	23026126486	DD41927FC98797075EDAE521C8229F546CA2AF3E635458BBEDA57B27709F9CED
WinDev2401Eval.Parallels.zip	21692577266	716FAC0CCE2951D87084A6B757FADAAFBCC9D657FA3F5D70961AF247AAC6D0A8
WinDev2401Eval.VirtualBox.zip	22508096465	68A50D30ABFFA06C83D004769965B4FF667F324673BBDA16BC1384161451E7E8
WinDev2401Eval.VMWare.zip	24381688039	8E97A3A113B975BDDF1620C6ED11D1DBB76664F9129FEEA4035B35D600BEF840

Note
By using the virtual machines, you are accepting the EULAs for all the installed products listed above

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