

Please see our page on the VMware Academic Program for more information.ġ. NOTE: VMware Fusion is available to MIS students and faculty free of charge. Our instructions use Oracle VirtualBox because it is popular, free and the UITS 24/7 IT Support Center is familiar with its operation, which may be helpful in case you need assistance. NOTE: If you already have or use a virtualization software, like Parallels or VMware Fusion, and you're knowledgeable of its functionality, you may be able to skip this phase of the instructions and proceed to phase 3, adapting those instructions for the software that you're already familiar with. We'll use the download and the Product Key in Phase 3. You will be shown a link for Windows 10 Education (among other options).

This will patch Windows 10 and other Microsoft software, like Office 365, to ensure everything is up to date.Īdding a virtual machine to a computer is a complex, intensive process. Office 365 includes applications like Access, Excel and Word.

Download Windows 10 from the Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching site.The following guide describes the steps you might use to create a Windows 10 virtual machine on your Mac computer. If you have an M1 Mac, you will not be able to install or run Windows virtual machines on your Mac using the guide below. Important note: Apple Macs with M1 ARM-based processors do not support standard Intel-based x86/圆4 Windows installations.
