How to deploy Windows 10 IoT (Rasp Pi image) as a virtual machine

Question

Is it possible to deploy Windows 10 IoT (Rasp Pi image) as a virtual machine using VirtualBox or VMWare Player?

I need a test lab to have a network of three to five Windows 10 IoT devices. A virtual cluster would be ideal. My research based on Google and Bing has failed.

The problem can be either in the file format of the disk image without ISO, or in the architecture of the operating system other than x86, right?

Answer 1

The QEMU emulator can do this, it will download the image file directly. you may need to deploy ffu first with dis .
You do not need to fully install the w10 preview: just load the real or virtual W10 DVD and select to open the CMD block, from there you can run the updated dis command.
iot w10 do not have a (direct) GUI, you must talk to the device through winrm and powershell
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Answer 2

https://github.com/0xabu/qemu/tree/raspi is a working way to run Windows 10 IoT on Qemu. It fully emulates RPi2 except USB

Answer 3

The easiest way to find the Windows 10 IoT Core download for MinnowBoard MAX (here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691712 ). This MinnowBoard is x86-based and the image comes in a .iso file. I know that the OP was specific to the Rasp Pi image, but I don’t see the difference if we are just trying to use a hypervisor. Subsequently, you can simply follow this guide: http://www.newventuresoftware.com/blog/running-windows-10-iot-core-in-a-virtual-machine

It is very simple and straightforward, and it works with VirtualBox.

Answer 4

Hi, you can use the Raspberry Pi simulator https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-raspberry-pi-web-simulator-get-started