Part of Windows – everything required for this feature ships with Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise.Microsoft lists these features for Windows Sandbox, outlining the secure and non-persistent 'disposable' nature of the environment: Once Windows Sandbox is closed, all the software with all its files and state are permanently deleted.'

Any software installed in Windows Sandbox stays only in the sandbox and cannot affect your host. 'How many times have you downloaded an executable file, but were afraid to run it? Have you ever been in a situation which required a clean installation of Windows, but didn’t want to set up a virtual machine?Īt Microsoft we regularly encounter these situations, so we developed Windows Sandbox: an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where you can run untrusted software without the fear of lasting impact to your PC. Microsoft details the upcoming feature in a blog post published yesterday, describing it as 'a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation'. Windows Sandbox is a new virtual machine environment coming to Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise versions in 2019, which will be available as an optional component within Windows.

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