Microsoft provides a free copy of windows that is intended for testing IE11 and Microsoft Edge Legacy. The licence is valid for 90 days, and they recommend setting a snapshot when you first install the virtual machine which you can roll back to later. This makes it a perfect testing environment for free.
This guide provides instructions on how to set it up with ESXi and download file/registry monitoring tools.
Install and set initial snapshot:
VMware
file from Microsoft to your local machineCreate/Register VM
:Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file
Windows Test
.VMDK
and .OVF
filesTarget Datastore
Power on automatically
Finish
Virtual Machines
on the sidebar and click on the current VMActions
> Edit Settings
:Expose hardware assisted virtualization to the guest OS
Edit notes
to contain the password:Passw0rd!
Reset Licence
Hardware Configuration
> Network adapter 1
) and desired hostnameSnapshots
> Restore snapshot
Virtual Machines
> This VMSnapshots
> Restore snapshot
Yes
or let it restart automaticallyPassw0rd!
as the passwordOptions
:Capture Read Events
Advanced Options
:C:\Windows\WinSxS\*
MsMpEng.exe,svchost.exe
VMware
file from MicrosoftReset Licence