Internet Explorer 9 VHD

Question

When trying to test across multiple versions of Internet Explorer (6, 7, 8) I have in the past used the Virtual PC Console and mounted VHDs available from Microsoft. I am running Windows Server 2003.

This system seems to suit me, although now IE9 is on the scene I wondered if anyone knew of a VHD for the IE9 beta?

Answer 1

http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads

images for linux (virtual box),mac and windows to test ie 6-11

Answer 2

What I've had to do is download the IE8 Vista VHD and manually update it to the latest IE9 beta.

Edit: You can also sign up for a 90 day trial of Windows 7 (and update manually to IE9). Seems to run better for me than Vista, but you have to sign up (free) for their Developer Network). There may be ways to extend the 90 day trial if you Google a bit.

Edit 2: MS have just updated the IE VHD page with details for IE9 (Vista & Win7) but I can't see the updated download links yet. I guess they'll be there pretty soon.

Edit 3 (Thanks to brillyfresh): The IE VHD page now has a VM for IE9 available to download.

Edit 4: There isn't currently a VM for IE10, but you can either manually install IE10 in the Windows 7 / IE9 VM or you can download a 90 day Windows 8 evaluation.

Answer 3

Microsoft is releasing "Platform Previews" of IE9 that can be installed side-by-side with IE8 on Windows Vista and Windows 7, so there's no need to use a virtual machine. http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

Answer 4

Have you look at SuperPreview in Expression Web? http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/dd565874.aspx I don't think IE9 is included, but it may improve your productivity.

I am not aware of a VHD with an OS and IE9, but there isn't any reason you couldn't create one.