Just released – Windows developer virtual machines – December 2016 build

We’re releasing the December 2016 edition of our evaluation and licensed Windows developer virtual machines (VM) on Windows Dev Center. The VMs come in Hyper-V, Parallels, VirtualBox and VMWare flavors. The evaluation version will expire on 04/08/17.

Evaluation VM contain:

Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation, Version 1607
Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 (Build 14.0.25425.01)
Windows developer SDK and tools (Build 14393)
Microsoft Azure SDK for .NET (Build 2.9.6)
Windows Bridge for iOS (0.2.161107)
Windows UWP samples (November 2016 Update)
Windows Bridge for iOS samples
Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

Licensed VM contain:

Windows 10 Pro, Version 1607
Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 (Build 14.0.25425.01)
Windows developer SDK and tools (Build 14393)
Microsoft Azure SDK for .NET (Build 2.9.6)
Windows Bridge for iOS (0.2.161107)
Windows UWP samples (November 2016 Update)
Windows Bridge for iOS samples
Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

If you don’t currently have a Windows 10 Pro license, you can get one from the Microsoft Store. If you just want to try out Windows 10 and UWP, use the free evaluation version of the VMs. The evaluation copies will expire after a pre-determined amount of time.

The Azure portal also has virtual machines you can spin up with the Windows Developer tooling installed as well!

If you have feedback on the VMs, please provide it over at the Windows Developer Feedback UserVoice site.

Source: Just released – Windows developer virtual machines – December 2016 build