How to deploy Windows 10 IoT (Rasp Pi image) as a Virtual Machine

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Tobonaut picture Tobonaut · May 16, 2015 · Viewed 20.3k times · Source

Is it possible to deploy Windows 10 IoT (Rasp Pi image) as a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox or VMWare Player?

I need for a testing lab a network of three to five Windows 10 IoT devices. A virtual cluster would be perfect. My Google- and Bing-based research failed.

The problem could be either the non-ISO disk image file format or the non-x86 architecture of the operating system, couldn't it?

Answer

makoshichi picture makoshichi · Oct 20, 2016

The easiest way I found is downloading Windows 10 IoT Core for MinnowBoard MAX (here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691712). This MinnowBoard is x86-based and the image comes in a .iso file. I know the OP was specific about being a Rasp Pi image, but I don't really see the difference if we're just trying to use a hypervisor. Afterwards, you may just follow this tutorial: http://www.newventuresoftware.com/blog/running-windows-10-iot-core-in-a-virtual-machine

It's very simple and straight-forward, and it works with VirtualBox.

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