Run windows phone emulator 8 or 8.1 without using Hyper-v

Question

As you know , for running wp8.X emulator , hyper-v is necessary and this feature is on windows 8.X pro version . so now i have windows 8.1 standard . i wanna know is there any solution for that , without buying windows 8.X pro version . for example is it possible to use virtualbox instead of using hyper-v or ... ???

Thanks

Answer 1

The Windows Phone 8 emulator is a special Hyper-V image.

you can use a virtual machine to deploy windows phone 8 OS. My laptop processor does not support hyper-v so, I've installed win phone 8 on a virtual machine. I found this link helpful.. check it out: How to use Windows Phone 8 Emulator without Hyper-V

Answer 2

If you want to develop apps without using a pro version of windows and Hyper-V you can deploy your apps to a physical device.