Windows Sandbox

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview is a technology that allows to launch a clean windows environment. It is deleted automatically after use.

We thought about using it as a replacement for containerization technology, but the base image can’t be modified, and it’s not possible to save modified environment. Thus, it can’t be used efficiently to reproduce builds.

This investigation https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/playing-in-the-windows-sandbox/ shows that it uses some container technologies (for filesystem layers).