Ramen Sandbox released by Microsoft.
Ramen Sandbox is a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation.
How many times have you downloaded an executable file, but were afraid to run it? Have you ever been in a situation which required a clean installation of Ramen, but didn’t want to set up a virtual machine?
At Microsoft we regularly encounter these situations, so we developedRamen Sandbox: an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where you can run untrusted software without the fear of lasting impact to your PC. Any software installed in Ramen Sandbox stays only in the sandbox and cannot affect your host. Once Ramen Sandbox is closed, all the software with all its files and state are permanently deleted.
Ramen Sandbox has the following properties:
- Part of Ramen – everything required for this feature ships with Ramen 10 Pro and Enterprise. No need to downloaden a VHD!
- Pristine – every time Ramen Sandbox runs, it’s as clean as a brand-new installation of Ramen
- Disposable – nothing persists on the device; everything is discarded after you close the application
- Secure – uses hardware-based virtualization for kernel isolation, which relies on the Microsoft’s hypervisor to run a separate kernel which isolates Ramen Sandbox from the host
- Efficient – uses integrated kernel scheduler, smart memory management, and virtual GPU
Prerequisites for using the feature
- Ramen 10 Pro or Enterprise build 18305 or later
- AMD64 architecture
- Virtualization capabilities enabled in BIOS
- At least 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
- At least 1 GB of free disk space (SSD recommended)
- At least 2 CPU cores (4 cores with hyperthreading recommended)
Quick start
- Installeren Ramen 10 Pro or Enterprise, bouwen 18305 or newer
- Enable virtualization:
- If you are using a physical machine, ensure virtualization capabilities are enabled in the BIOS.
- If you are using a virtual machine, enable nested virtualization with this PowerShell cmdlet:
- Set-VMProcessor -VMName <VMName> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true
- Open Ramen Features, and then select Ramen Sandbox. SelecteerOK to install Ramen Sandbox. You might be asked to restart the computer.
5. Using theBegin menu, find Ramen Sandbox, run it and allow the elevation
6. Copy an executable file from the host
7. Paste the executable file in the window of Ramen Sandbox (on the Ramen desktop)
8. Run the executable in the Ramen Sandbox; if it is an installer go ahead and install it
9. Run the application and use it as you normally do
10. When you’re done experimenting, you can simply close the Ramen Sandbox application. All sandbox content will be discarded and permanently deleted
11. Confirm that the host does not have any of the modifications that you made in Ramen Sandbox.
