Lightweight Virtualization: Windows Sandbox, AWS Firecracker

Microsoft's new Windows 10 19H1 test build paves the way for new Sandbox feature | ZDNet

"Windows 10 19H1 Build 18305 adds support for a new sandbox feature for isolating potentially suspicious apps,

Windows Sandbox, is a containerized desktop environment that allows users to run potentially suspicious applications in isolation."

Microsoft announces Windows Sandbox, a virtualized safe space for testing untrusted apps | PCWorld

Windows Sandbox - Microsoft Tech Community - 301849

At its core Windows Sandbox is a lightweight virtual machine, so it needs an operating system image to boot from. One of the key enhancements we have made for Windows Sandbox is the ability to use a copy of the Windows 10 installed on your computer, instead of downloading a new VHD image as you would have to do with an ordinary virtual machine.

Firecracker – Lightweight Virtualization for Serverless Computing | AWS News Blog