Windows Sandboxes

Daytona now provides computer-use sandboxes running Windows, with instant VM provisioning. Each sandbox boots a full Windows environment on demand, so automation runs against real Windows software rather than a Linux approximation of it.

Real Windows environments

Many desktop applications, enterprise tools, and automation targets only run on Windows. Emulation layers and Linux compatibility shims do not reproduce the exact behavior of native Windows software, which makes them unreliable for testing and automation that must match production.

Windows Sandboxes run an actual Windows operating system inside an isolated VM. The application under test sees a genuine Windows environment, including the registry, native APIs, and the Windows desktop, so results match what runs on a real machine.

Instant VM provisioning

Windows sandboxes provision in seconds rather than the minutes a full VM boot usually takes. You request a sandbox, receive a running Windows environment, and start driving it immediately. When the work is done, the sandbox is torn down, so there are no long-lived machines to maintain.

What you can do

• Desktop application testing: Run regression suites against native Windows applications and verify behavior on the real platform.

• RPA workflows: Automate business processes that depend on Windows-only software, forms, and legacy tools

• Windows-specific automation: Drive any workflow that requires the Windows desktop, registry, or native APIs, controlled programmatically or by an agent.

Get started

Windows Sandboxes are available to all Daytona organizations. Read the documentation to get started.

Create a Windows sandbox

Daytona provides default snapshots for creating Windows sandboxes:

1from daytona import Daytona, CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams
2
3daytona = Daytona()
4sandbox = daytona.create(
5    CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams(
6        snapshot="windows-small",
7    )
8)