How to test your website for different versions of Internet Explorer or Edge

Updated 2018-08-01. Posted 2013-02-02. Visible to the public.

Virtualization

Microsoft provides virtual machines for different Internet Explorer versions Show archive.org snapshot .

The images are available for various virtualization solutions, including VirtualBox Show archive.org snapshot .

BrowserStack

For a monthly fee browserstack.com Show archive.org snapshot provides access to various versions of Windows and Internet Explorer through your web browser. It's pretty convenient.

By installing a Chrome addon you can also test your local code on http://localhost.

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Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2013-02-02 17:14)