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Windows Sandbox - Config Files

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Hari_Pulapaka
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Feb 21, 2019
Since the initial announcement of Windows Sandbox, we have received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Thank you for your support! We are glad that this feature resonates with the Windows communi...
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ohault
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Nov 01, 2020

The next logical steps could be to implement :

- A support for running containerized Windows GUI applications on Windows desktops (based on Windows Containers). The packaging process would be 1. Start Windows Sandbox, 2. install your app, 3. pack-it as a Windows Container UI App. 

- Sandbox specifics features (Dynamics image, smart memory, kernel scheduler, Graphic virtualization) to Windows Containers v.next

- Remote Desktop App Container Host, to run RemoteApp packed as Windows Container UI App and deployed on a Windows Server.  

- Remote Desktop Session Container Host : to be used either or both like a Windows "Sandbox" server (non persistent remote desktop session), or a next gen MultiPoint server

- For security integration and multi-tenancy as an OPTION not mandatory, a LSA isolated approach for Windows Containers

- Windows "infra" services support inside Windows Containers (Active Directory services, File sharing, Print sharing, DNS Server, ...)