In this blog, we are going to talk about Windows 10 sandbox and key points listed below.

1. What is Windows 10 Sandbox?
2. Prerequisite for Windows 10 Sandbox?
3. How to install Windows 10 Sandbox?
4. Benefits of using the sandbox.

What is Windows 10 Sandbox?

This is a sandbox environment it is a temporary Windows 10 available to you which could be used for multiple testing purposes.
It is a windows 10 light-weight virtual machine, which helps in running untrusted applications securely and gives you a new experience on every restart of the machine.

Prerequisite for Windows 10 Sandbox.

• Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise or Education build 18305 or later (Windows Sandbox is currently not supported on Home SKUs)
• AMD64 architecture
• Virtualization capabilities enabled in BIOS
• Minimum 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
• At least 1 GB of free disk space (SSD recommended)
• At least two CPU cores (four cores with hyperthreading recommended)

How to check if above listed prerequisites are available on your computer

Windows Version : Press Windows + R and this shall open Run window.
Type "PowerShell" to launch the PowerShell

After Launching PowerShell, type "Get-ComputerInfo | Select Windows* "

Here, you can check if your computer has windows 10 Pro Or Enterprise build version 18305 or later.

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Virtualization

You can start the check with PowerShell, type "systeminfo.exe" and hit Enter, now wait for the results to load here, and look up "Hyper-V Requirements"

Another quick way to check is to launch Task Manager and go to the second tab. Select CPU and Lookup for "Virtualization", if it's enabled or not.

In case, Virtualization needs to be enabled from the BIOS settings. Restart your computer and press the relevant key to enter BIOS Settings. You can enable the Virtualization and save the settings to Restart again.

System Specifications: RAM, Hard Disk, CPU

Press Windows + R and this shall open Run window in this box, type msinfo32 and click ok.

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In this window, you can find the processor's CPU Core, Total Physical Memory and expand Components > Storage > Drives.

All this would cover the system requirements now.

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How to install Windows 10 Sandbox?

This is one of the simplest installations, which would be completed in a few steps only.

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Please see the installation steps below.

Press Windows + R and this shall open Run window in this box, type "Control Panel" and click ok.
Click on "Program and Features" and "Turn Windows Features on or off" and this would open Windows Features box.

Check the Box for "Windows Sandbox" and click Ok, this would install the windows 10 sandbox.

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After the windows feature update is complete, please go ahead and restart your computer. Press Start Button and Click "Open" to Launch the Windows Sandbox.
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Benefits of using sandbox.

There are lot of benefits for using the Windows Sandbox, to list below few properties which are really helpful.

• Quick to use & light weight VM: This is a feature, ready to use for developers and users who wants to test particular scenarios.
  this is only 100 MB in size, you don't have to use full blown VM with imported VHD file to create a test environment.

• Pristine: Every time you relaunch the sandbox, it would be like a fresh windows 10 installed copy of it.
• Disposable: The sandbox is completely disposable, it would delete all the setting saved for any applications used during a particular session. Therefore, next time you relaunch the sandbox, you would have a fresh copy of windows launched to you.
• Secure: it runs on Microsoft hypervisor, which completely isolate the host and the sandbox on two different kernels.

More reference on the sandbox, please refer to this article- Windows Sandbox - Windows security

If you want to further customize your sandbox, please refer to this Microsoft Article.
Windows Sandbox configuration - Windows security | Microsoft Docs

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(Standard Disclaimer: All the Information posted in the blog may be out of date in due time or updated by the relevant sources

Perform your due diligence and verify all the information posted here)

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