Safe testing with Windows Sandbox and virtual machines
Reproduce problems and try fixes without risking a user's PC or the production network: Windows Sandbox for throwaway tests, Hyper-V VMs with checkpoints for longer ones, and isolated virtual networks for lab domains.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 45 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Choose between Windows Sandbox and a virtual machine for a given test.
- Pick the right Hyper-V virtual switch type so a lab can't affect production.
- Use checkpoints safely and explain what they don't protect.
- Keep test data and licenses compliant.
Course outline
- 1.Safe testing with Windows Sandbox and virtual machinesVideo · 4 min
- 2.Sandbox or VM?Lesson · 8 min
- 3.Virtual networks and checkpointsLesson · 8 min
- 4.Configuring Windows Sandbox for safe testsLesson · 8 min
- 5.Safe testing with Windows Sandbox and virtual machines: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
- 6.Safe testing with Windows Sandbox and virtual machines: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 7.An installer fails only on one PCScenario
- 8.Final exam7 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Microsoft Learn: Windows Sandbox overview
- Microsoft Learn: Create a virtual switch for Hyper-V virtual machines
- Microsoft Learn: Using checkpoints to revert virtual machines to a previous state
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