These versions of Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers are available in different versions of Windows OS, hence Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 VMs are made available for free download. The main purpose for Microsoft to provide the VMs of various Windows operating systems for free download is for web developers to test their sites on Microsoft Edge and versions of IE8 (Internet Explorer 8) through IE11 (Internet Explorer 11). These virtual machines, when opened or imported into a compatible virtualization software, can be booted up without any further configuration for instant usage of Windows operating system.

It's a smart idea to keep a clean copy of each ovf disk image once the OS usage period ends, to avoid a full image re-download hit.Looking to set up and deploy a virtual machine of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and/or Windows 10 quickly? Microsoft has various virtual machines running either Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 available for free download.

You may need to update the images installed VirtualBox Guest Additions after VM startup to match that of your VirtualBox version.

Images are 32bit virtual machines except for the following, which are 64 bit:.Before starting the image, create a snapshot of the current machine state - this will allow you to quickly roll back to a fresh virtual machine once the usage period of the OS expires.Review virtual machine name and settings (adjusting to suit if required), then click Import.Select the decompressed Open Virtualization Format ovf file.

From VirtualBox goto File -> Import Appliance.

Download, re-construct and decompress archive image as per each images instructions below.

Tested under Ubuntu 16.04LTS (previously 14.04LTS) with VirtualBox version 5.2. Repository will remain for historical purposes.ĭetailed step-by-step notes for installing the Microsoft provided Internet Explorer virtual machines under Linux using VirtualBox.

Microsoft have (sadly) removed most (if not all) of these VM images from their public CDN. Running IE 8/9/10/11/Edge Virtual machines from Microsoft under Linux via VirtualBox

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