In September this year, Microsoft released the latest “Windows 11 2022 Update”, also known as Windows 11 22H2 version.
For a group of developers, it is necessary to adapt to the latest system version in time. To get a better understanding of the Windows 11 22H2 runtime environment, you can choose to download the free official virtual machine for debugging.
Microsoft now offers the latest developer tool, the Win11 22H2 Virtual Machine, which allows users to more easily evaluate Windows 11 2022 updates, Visual Studio 2022, WSL, and other utilities.
It’s worth noting that Microsoft’s Windows 11-based virtual machines are not completely free and can only be used for free after download until January 10, 2023.
After that date, Microsoft will require developers to activate Windows like any other virtual machine or local installation (and continue to use it if it can be activated with a genuine key). However, two months should be enough time for developers to familiarize themselves with the
Windows 11 Enterprise SKU (evaluation version)
Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition with UWP, .NET Desktop, Azure, and Windows App SDK for C# workloads
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 subsystem with Ubuntu pre-installed
Windows Terminal
Developer Mode
Microsoft offers four versions of Windows 11 virtual machines for different virtualization software: VMWare, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and Parallels.
It is worth noting that to use Windows 11 22H2 you also have to make sure that you have at least 20GB of free disk space on your computer, you can find more details and download addresses on the official website.
