Windows VM in Linux

How to install Windows in a virtual machine on Linux

Available Microsoft VMs: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/

• Chose your VM
• Select your VM Platform
• Download the .ova image

I went for Win7 with ie11, Win10 image beeing so slow it was unusable on my small NUC desktop.

Install

• Import the .OVA in Virtualbox using the Virtual Appliance tool
• Keep the default settings and Import

Create a system snapshot right now, the Windows image has a 90 days only licence.

• Start the VM. You should not need to enter the password on Win7 image, but if needed > login: IEUser / pwd: Passw0rd!
• Update Windows
• Update IE11 to Edge

Shared Folders

Create a Shared Folder between the host (Linux) and guest (Windows) :

• Create a share folder on Host (ie. ~/Public/VMShare)
• In VM Navigate to Shared Folders and click ‘Adds new shared folder’
• In next pop-up dialog do:
• Folder Path: choose a folder in the Host OS to share with.
• Folder Name: auto generated after chosen folder.
• Enable ‘Auto-mount’.
• Enable ‘Read-only’ if you DON’T want to add/edit the folder files in Guest.
• Mount point: leave it empty.
• Make sure GuestAdditions is installed
• Reboot

The Shared folders will appear on the guest in “Computer”