Microsoft announces Windows Sandbox, a virtualized safe space for testing untrusted apps

Windows Sandbox is here to protect your PC. A simple, virtualized Windows within Windows, it’s a place where an app can be safely run if you’re worried it might be malware. Microsoft announced Windows Sandbox Tuesday evening in a blog post, unearthed by ZDNet. Microsoft pre-announced that Windows Sandbox would first be tested within a future Windows 10 Insider build, beginning with build 18305 or newer. (At press time, Windows Insider build 18298 was the latest public release.) You’ll need a 64-bit processor with virtualization enabled in the BIOS and within Windows, and either Windows 10 Server or Windows 10 Pro. Windows 10 Home users won’t be able to use Windows Sandbox.To read this article in full, please click here