Another month—another update for the Windows 11 Development Environment, also known as free Windows 11 virtual machines. Version 2305, with the latest updates, is now available for download. Those ...

Disk images for Microsoft's Windows 11 Development Environment virtual machines have suddenly become unavailable. As of Oct. 23, all four variants of these virtual machines—Hyper-V, Parallels for Mac, ...

Microsoft's official free Windows 11 virtual machines have been updated to version 2306. The latest version contains various development tools and the most recent Windows 11 "Moment 3" update.

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I’ve been a Windows user for decades, and have used the OS series for most of my workloads, be it gaming, testing new hardware, or even writing articles such as this one. However, I’m not too fond of ...

Microsoft has been rethinking its commitment to Windows for a while now, with Insider builds of the operating system showing a swing away from web-based user experiences and back to native code. That ...

Microsoft’s Build 2026 Windows updates add developer setup tools, local AI models, Linux workflows, and agent security controls. Windows is getting a major developer-focused upgrade as Microsoft ...

With Dev Configs for Windows, Microsoft has released an open-source collection of configurations that automate the setup of developer workstations on Windows. The configurations are based on the ...