Microsoft's 'automatic virtual machine activation' feature lets you spin up a short-lived VM without wasting a license key. Here's how to use it.

KMS Activation Thresholds KMS can activate both physical computers and virtual machines. To qualify for KMS activation, a network must meet the activation threshold: KMS hosts activate client ...

Activating Microsoft Windows virtual machines can be challenging. But by using automatic virtual machine activation with the built-in Software Licensing Manager, administrators can quickly and easily ...

You can install Windows 11 as a virtual machine using the free VMware Workstation Player or Oracle VM VirtualBox.

If you can't run Windows 11 on your PC, then you might want to try it on a virtual machine. Here's how to install Windows 11 on a VM.

Want to try Windows 11 risk-free? Use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine where you can test the new operating system without losing access to your "real" PC. I've got step-by-step instructions here.