Latest Windows Insider 19H1 build, new Windows Sandbox feature not working.

[AshrafT]

Hi

Not sure if this a Parallels or Microsoft issue. In the latest Windows Insider build 18305 there is a new feature called 'Windows Sandbox' which need to be enabled using the 'Turn windows features on and off' option.

When trying to enabling it I get the attached error.
How-come my Windows VM can use the Hyper-V feature that uses the CPU virtualisation and this feature is not working.

Any info would be helpful to understand.

Thanks

 

[CarlosR10]

Seems like Sandbox is incompatible with Parallels due to presence of hypervisor, Windows Sandbox itself is a virtual machine, I suppose cannot run inside another virtual machine like Parallels.

My question to Parallels's team is if can be a way of run Windows Sandbox or your software offers an alternative to Windows Sandbox (that is, a lightweight virtual machine, with no installation, and takes the same version of running Windows)

 

[CarlosR10]

PS:
systeminfo.exe display me:
Hyper-V Requirements: A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.

 

[Ajith1]

Seems like Sandbox is incompatible with Parallels due to presence of hypervisor, Windows Sandbox itself is a virtual machine, I suppose cannot run inside another virtual machine like Parallels.

My question to Parallels's team is if can be a way of run Windows Sandbox or your software offers an alternative to Windows Sandbox (that is, a lightweight virtual machine, with no installation, and takes the same version of running Windows)

If you have Parallels Desktop Pro or Business, you will have a nested virtualization option if it is enabled you can use VM's inside Parallels Desktop VM's.

 

[CarlosR10]

If you have Parallels Desktop Pro or Business, you will have a nested virtualization option if it is enabled you can use VM's inside Parallels Desktop VM's.

Thanks very much. Yes, I have Pro. I will try this option to test Windows Sandbox. Warm regards!