I thought if you were testing and creating VM's in a homelab, that microsoft offered Windows keys that activated for a period of time, no? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by kreemerz@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I seem to recall someone telling me that about vm labs. Is this still the case?

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[-] bryan_vaz@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You might be thinking of the Dev network keys (MSDN).

MSDN used to be free so this was a common approach, but they re-org'ed all their programs so I think those keys are now hiding under the paid MSDN program...

If you have a university that supports alumni, Microsoft grants a key to each student, faculty, and alumni in most of their post-secondary education plans.

My other recommended way is through the Startup Hub.

[-] AnApexBread@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

MSDN used to be free so this was a common approach, but they re-org'ed all their programs so I think those keys are now hiding under the paid MSDN program...

You can still get Windows 11 Dev VMs for free;

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/

And you can get Evaluation keys for 11 Enterprise, Server 2022, SQL Server 2022, and System Center 2022.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter

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