Since more organizations use the Windows operating system as the main operating system for their employees' workstation/desktop, you need to understand how to perform a penetration test on the Windows platform.
One of the benefits offered by Microsoft is the 90-day trial of their operating systems through the Microsoft Evaluation Center. In this section, I'll demonstrate how to set up a Windows VM in our penetration testing lab:
- First, you'll need to download the ISO image of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 using the following URLs:
