Gregory's ServerI've been trying to figure things out by SSHing into a "windows-latest" runner in GitHub Actions, but I think that's running a highly customized Windows Server instance which probably isn't a good reflection of what a regular developer would be using on their own machine
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 @slightlyoff oh that's different from "Azure Virtual Machines", this might be what I want! Not sure why it thinks I'm called "allison", or what a "host pool" is @slightlyoff I think I'm too much of a coward to risk clicking through this thing, I'm going to dig out an external SSD and try VirtualBox locally instead!  @simon AVD is the "right" answer, AFAICT. It's what we (Edge) use for remote development and fast bring-up for new Chromium/Edgium instances, and the machines can be super beefy if you need that. No idea what the admin/acquisition story is like, but it's a cromulent answer if it meets your needs. @simon @slightlyoff UTM, which is based on qemu, may be a smoother experience than VirtualBox at this point. @simon You are correct (in that Windows Server is rarely used on developer machines, and GitHub runners have a ton of nonstandard stuff installed) |
@simon Do you have access to Azure Virtual Desktop?