A first look at Windows Sandbox

[harlan4096]

Windows Sandbox is a new virtualization feature that Microsoft will integrate in Windows 10. Windows Sandbox allows users and administrators to run software in a sandbox so that it cannot harm the underlying system.

Sandboxing is not a new concept but users had to resort to installing third-party solutions like Sandboxie or virtual machines such as VMWare or VirtualBox in the past to run software in a protected environment.

Windows Sandbox will be part of Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise; everything is included in the operating system making it a comfortable and elegant solution.

The environment works as expected: it is an "isolated, temporary, desktop environment" that protects the underlying host from harm and will vanish when it is closed.

Windows Sandbox requirements


Windows Sandbox has the following prerequisites:

• Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 Enterprise build 18305 or later.
  
  
• AMD64 architecture.
  
  
• At least 4 Gigabytes of RAM, 1 Gigabyte of free disk space, and 2 CPU cores (recommended 8 Gigabytes or more of RAM, SSD, and 4 cores with hyperthreading).
  
  
• Virtualization enabled in the BIOS.
  
  
• If you use a virtual machine, you need to run the PowerShell cmdlet: Set-VMProcessor -VMName <VMName> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true
  

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/19/a-firs...s-sandbox/

More info: https://www.howtogeek.com/399153/windows...ys-wanted/

[NcoII]

I hope when it get released, it can be stable enough to use without bugs.

[Raur]

Sadly it wont be available as an update to Windows Enterprise LTSC 1809.

[Deep900]

This could be a good tool to test new software, and then you can decide if install that software or not.