Microsoft has been working their butts off to repair the image of their flagship browser, Internet Explorer. They've done so by adhering to standards they previously scoffed at, creating a website with awesome IE-compliant demos, adding useful developer tools, hiring a jQuery guy. In short: they've catered to both users and developers. One further step Microsoft has gone is providing free IE virtual machines for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems -- a dream for any developer looking to easily test their website in Internet Explorer.
You can get the free IE VMs from the Modern IE website. Choose your OS, virtual machine software, and then the browser and platform you desire:
One you download the rar pieces, you'll wan to unpack them to get the built VM:
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For more install instructions, visit Rey Bango's blog. VMs are valid for 90 days at which time you can recreate the VMs or purchase a license.
Well done to Microsoft for providing free Internet Explorer virtual machines to developers. More developers having easy access to multiple IE's means more sites properly supporting IE means better user experience for everyone. Thank you Microsoft!
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Before installing, please note:
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These virtual machines expire after 90 days. We recommend setting a snapshot when you first install the virtual machine which you can roll back to later. Mac users will need to use a tool that supports zip64, like The Unarchiver, to unzip the files.
The password to your VM is 'Passw0rd!'
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The Microsoft Software License Terms for the Microsoft Edge and IE VMs are included in the release notes and supersede any conflicting Windows license terms included in the VMs. By downloading and using this software, you agree to these license terms.