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[Windows] The `windows-11-arm` image label will use Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 image in September 2026
[Windows] The Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available in GitHub Actions

Windows 11 Enterprise

OS Version: 10.0.26200 Build 9168
Image Version: 20260907.151.1

Windows features

Installed Software

Language and Runtime

Bash 5.3.15(2)-release
Go 1.24.13
Julia 1.12.0
Kotlin 2.4.20
LLVM 22.1.8
Node 24.20.0
Perl 5.32.1
PHP 8.4.25
Python 3.13.15
Ruby 3.4.10

Package Management

Chocolatey 2.7.4
Composer 2.10.3
Helm 4.1.4
NPM 11.19.0
NuGet 7.9.0.83
pip 26.2.1 (python 3.13)
Pipx 1.17.2
RubyGems 3.6.9
Vcpkg (build from commit 04a9d8e521)
Yarn 1.22.22

Environment variables

Name	Value
VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT	C:\vcpkg

Project Management

Ant 1.10.18
Gradle 9.7
Maven 3.9.16
sbt 1.12.12

Tools

7zip 26.03
aria2 1.37.0
azcopy 10.32.7
Bazel 9.2.0
Bazelisk 1.28.1
Bicep 0.46.1
CMake 4.4.3
CodeQL Action Bundle 2.26.4
Git 2.55.0.windows.5
Git LFS 3.7.1
ImageMagick 7.1.2-25
InnoSetup 6.7.1
jq 1.8.1
Kind 0.33.0
Kubectl 1.37.0
Mercurial 6.3.1
gcc 14.2.0
gdb 16.2
GNU Binutils 2.44
Newman 6.2.2
NSIS 3.10
OpenSSL 3.6.4
Packer 1.16.0
Pulumi 3.261.0
R 4.6.1 (x86_64, emulated)
Stack 3.11.1
Swig 4.4.1
VSWhere 3.1.7
WinAppDriver 1.2.2009.02003
yamllint 1.38.0
zstd 1.5.7
Ninja 1.13.2

CLI Tools

Alibaba Cloud CLI 3.5.0
AWS CLI 2.36.40
AWS SAM CLI 1.166.1
AWS Session Manager CLI 1.2.835.0
Azure CLI 2.90.0
Azure DevOps CLI extension 1.0.8
GitHub CLI 2.100.0

Rust Tools

Cargo 1.98.1
Rust 1.98.1
Rustdoc 1.98.1
Rustup 1.29.1

Packages

bindgen 0.73.1
cargo-audit 0.22.2
cargo-outdated 0.19.0
cbindgen 0.29.4
Clippy 0.1.98
Rustfmt 1.9.0

Browsers and Drivers

Google Chrome 152.0.7977.83
Chrome Driver 152.0.7977.82
Microsoft Edge 152.0.4191.66
Microsoft Edge Driver 152.0.4191.66
Mozilla Firefox 155.0.1
Gecko Driver 0.37.1
IE Driver 4.14.0.0
Selenium server 4.48.0

Environment variables

Name	Value
CHROMEWEBDRIVER	C:\SeleniumWebDrivers\ChromeDriver
EDGEWEBDRIVER	C:\SeleniumWebDrivers\EdgeDriver
GECKOWEBDRIVER	C:\SeleniumWebDrivers\GeckoDriver
SELENIUM_JAR_PATH	C:\selenium\selenium-server.jar

Java

Version	Environment Variable
21.0.12+101.0 (default)	JAVA_HOME_21_AARCH64
23.0.2+7	JAVA_HOME_23_AARCH64

Shells

Name	Target
gitbash.exe	C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe
msys2bash.cmd	C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe
wslbash.exe	C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe

MSYS2

Pacman 6.1.0

Notes

Location: C:\msys64

Note: MSYS2 is pre-installed on image but not added to PATH.

Cached Tools

Go

1.24.13
1.25.14
1.26.8

Node.js

22.23.2
24.20.0

Python

3.12.10
3.13.15
3.14.7

Ruby

3.4.10

Database tools

Azure CosmosDb Emulator 2.14.28.0
DacFx 170.4.83.3
MySQL 8.0.46.0
SQL OLEDB Driver 18 18.7.5.0
SQL OLEDB Driver 19 19.4.1.0

Web Servers

Name	Version	ConfigFile	ServiceName	ServiceStatus	ListenPort
Apache	2.4.55	C:\tools\Apache24\conf\httpd.conf	Apache	Stopped	80
Nginx	1.31.5	C:\tools\nginx-1.31.5\conf\nginx.conf	nginx	Stopped	80

Visual Studio Enterprise 2026

Name	Version	Path
Visual Studio Enterprise 2026	18.9.12120.119	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Enterprise

Workloads, components and extensions

Package	Version
android	36.1.69.0
Component.Android.NDK.R27C	18.9.12009.81
Component.Android.SDK.MAUI	18.9.12009.81
Component.Linux.CMake	18.9.12009.112
Component.Linux.RemoteFileExplorer	18.9.12009.112
Component.MDD.Linux	18.9.12009.112
Component.Microsoft.NET.AppModernization	18.9.12009.81
Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.RazorExtension	18.9.12009.112
Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.amd64	17.1.37110.1
Component.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.AzureFunctions	18.9.12009.81
Component.Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager	18.9.12009.81
Component.Microsoft.Windows.DriverKit	18.9.12009.81
Component.OpenJDK	18.9.12009.112
Component.Unreal	18.9.12009.112
Component.Unreal.Android	18.9.12009.81
Component.Unreal.Debugger	18.9.12009.81
Component.Unreal.Ide	18.9.12009.112
Component.VisualStudio.GitHub.Copilot	18.9.12009.112
Component.VSInstallerProjects2022_arm64	3.0.0
ComponentGroup.Copilot.DotNet.Skills	18.9.12009.81
ComponentGroup.Microsoft.NET.AppModernization	18.9.12009.81
ios	26.5.10301
maccatalyst	26.5.10301
maui.blazor	10.0.20.7528
maui.core	10.0.20.7528
maui.windows	10.0.20.7528
Microsoft.Component.ClickOnce	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Component.CodeAnalysis.SDK	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Component.MSBuild	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Component.NetFX.Native	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.ComponentGroup.ClickOnce.Publish	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.6.2.TargetingPack	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.7.1.TargetingPack	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.7.2.SDK	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.7.2.TargetingPack	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.7.TargetingPack	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.1.SDK	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.1.TargetingPack	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.SDK	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.Net.Component.4.8.TargetingPack	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Net.ComponentGroup.4.8.1.DeveloperTools	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.Net.ComponentGroup.4.8.DeveloperTools	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.Net.ComponentGroup.DevelopmentPrerequisites	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.Net.ComponentGroup.TargetingPacks.Common	18.9.12009.81
microsoft.net.runtime.android	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.android.aot.net9	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.android.net9	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.ios	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.ios.net9	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.maccatalyst.net9	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.runtime.mono.tooling.net9	10.1.1126.37416
microsoft.net.sdk.emscripten	10.1.1126.37416
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.DevelopmentTools	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.10.0	18.9.12104.207
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Runtime.8.0	18.9.12104.207
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.SDK	18.9.12104.207
Microsoft.NetCore.Component.Web	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.AppInsights.Tools	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.AspNet	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.AspNet45	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CppBuildInsights	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Debugger.JustInTime	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.DiagnosticTools	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.DockerTools	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.DotNetModelBuilder	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.DslTools	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.EntityFramework	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.FSharp	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.FSharp.WebTemplates	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Graphics	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.HLSL	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.IISExpress	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.IntelliCode	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.IntelliTrace.FrontEnd	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.JavaScript.Diagnostics	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.JavaScript.TypeScript	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.LiveUnitTesting	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.ManagedDesktop.Core	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.ManagedDesktop.Prerequisites	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.MSODBC.SQL	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.MSSQL.CMDLnUtils	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Node.Tools	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.NuGet	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.NuGet.BuildTools	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.PortableLibrary	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Roslyn.Compiler	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Roslyn.LanguageServices	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.CLR	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.DataSources	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.LocalDB.Runtime	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.SQL.SSDT	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.TextTemplating	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.TypeScript.TSServer	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Unity	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.UWP.VC.ARM64	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.UWP.VC.ARM64EC	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.14.29.16.11.ARM	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.14.29.16.11.ARM64	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.14.44.17.14.ARM64	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ASAN	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM64	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM64.Spectre	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.Spectre	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATLMFC	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATLMFC.Spectre	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CLI.Support	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CMake.Project	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CoreIde	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.DiagnosticTools	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.Clang	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.ClangToolset	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.MFC.ARM64	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.MFC.ARM64.Spectre	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Redist.14.Latest	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Redist.MSM	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Runtimes.ARM64.Spectre	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Runtimes.ARM64EC.Spectre	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Runtimes.x86.x64.Spectre	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.TestAdapterForBoostTest	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.TestAdapterForGoogleTest	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64EC	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Vcpkg	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VSSDK	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Web	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.WebDeploy	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.22621	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.26100	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11Sdk.WindowsPerformanceToolkit	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.WindowsAppSdkSupport.CSharp	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.WslDebugging	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.AzureFunctions	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Maui.All	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Maui.Android	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Maui.Blazor	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Maui.iOS	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Maui.MacCatalyst	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Maui.Shared	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Maui.Windows	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.MSIX.Packaging	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.NativeDesktop.Core	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.NativeDesktop.Llvm.Clang	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.UWP.NetCoreAndStandard	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.UWP.VC.v142	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.VC.Tools.142.x86.x64	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.VisualStudioExtension.Prerequisites	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Web	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.Web.CloudTools	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.WebToolsExtensions	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.WebToolsExtensions.CMake	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.WebToolsExtensions.TemplateEngine	18.9.12009.112
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.WindowsAppDevelopment.Prerequisites	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.CoreEditor	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedGame	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeCrossPlat	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeGame	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCrossPlat	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb	18.9.12009.81
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Node	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Universal	18.9.11915.232
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VisualStudioExtension	18.9.11915.232
runtimes.ios	10.1.1126.37416
runtimes.ios.net9	10.1.1126.37416
runtimes.maccatalyst	10.1.1126.37416
runtimes.maccatalyst.net9	10.1.1126.37416
wasm.tools	10.1.1126.37416
SSIS.MicrosoftDataToolsIntegrationServices	2.2
VisualStudioClient.MicrosoftVisualStudio2022InstallerProjectsArm64	3.0.0
Windows Driver Kit	10.1.26100.6584
Windows Driver Kit Visual Studio Extension	10.0.26586.0
Windows Software Development Kit	10.1.26100.8249

Microsoft Visual C++

Name	Architecture	Version
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Additional Runtime	x64	12.0.40660
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Minimum Runtime	x64	12.0.40660
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Additional Runtime	x86	14.51.36247
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Debug Runtime	x86	14.51.36247
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Minimum Runtime	x86	14.51.36247

Installed Windows SDKs

10.0.22621.0
10.0.26100.0

.NET Core Tools

.NET Core SDK: 6.0.136, 6.0.203, 6.0.321, 6.0.428, 8.0.130, 8.0.206, 8.0.319, 8.0.424, 9.0.120, 9.0.205, 9.0.317, 10.0.111, 10.0.204, 10.0.303, 10.0.400
.NET Framework: 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App: 6.0.5, 6.0.26, 6.0.36, 8.0.6, 8.0.22, 8.0.30, 9.0.6, 9.0.19, 10.0.8, 10.0.11
Microsoft.NETCore.App: 6.0.5, 6.0.26, 6.0.36, 8.0.6, 8.0.22, 8.0.30, 9.0.6, 9.0.19, 10.0.8, 10.0.11
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App: 6.0.5, 6.0.26, 6.0.36, 8.0.6, 8.0.22, 8.0.30, 9.0.6, 9.0.19, 10.0.8, 10.0.11
nbgv 3.10.94+dea9a6c17c

PowerShell Tools

PowerShell 7.6.5

Powershell Modules

Az: 15.6.1
AWSPowershell: 5.0.293
DockerMsftProvider: 1.0.0.8
MarkdownPS: 1.10
Microsoft.Graph: 2.39.0
Pester: 3.4.0, 5.9.0
PowerShellGet: 1.0.0.1, 2.2.5
PSScriptAnalyzer: 1.25.0
PSWindowsUpdate: 2.2.1.5
SqlServer: 22.4.5.1
VSSetup: 2.2.16

Notes

Microsoft Defender is not disabled on this image. Tamper Protection is enabled by default on Windows 11 and prevents the image build from disabling it. See https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/14326 for details.