Windows Sandbox - great for testing

Activate and use !

3/19/20241 min read

Windows Sandbox is a buildt in feature of Windows 10/11 which can be used for testing and validation of applications, code or just about anything you want to test without risks.

Requirements to run Windows Sandbox:

Minimum Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, build version 18305 or Windows 11
Enabled virtualization on the computer that will run WIndows Sandbox

How to activate WIndows Sandbox:

Open Powershell as Administrator and run the following command:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName "Containers-DisposableClientVM" -All -Online

That's it! Take a look in your startmenu and you will find Windows Sandbox installed and ready for use.
Every time you open Windows Sandbox, a new client is setup and when you close the client, all data within is deleted.

Now, it just to start playing around in WIndows Sandbox whenever you need to test stuff before deploying into the real world.

Go for it! 😊