Microsoft provides a free web based virtual machine for D365FO development for students.
Bear in mind that this environment can be used only for learning purposes only.

In this post we will examine how to set up this type of environment.

First of all, go on the following page:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/customize-visual-studio-finance-operations/7-exercise
Here you need to click on button Launch VM mode in order to start launching the virtual environment.

Then sign-in with your email.

Then a browser will be displayed to enter your details.

Once you have done with the required setup, next the VM will finally be launched and next you will need to enter the password:

pass@word1

The last thing to be done is to login in to the browser in order to use the client D365FO app. For that purpose use the provided credentials as shown below.

Please note that this virtual machine has a time limit of 2 hours. After that you will be disconnected from the VM. And all the changes that you was doing are gone once it reach the timeout.

Afterwards you can connect again to the virtual environment with the same credentials and continue learning.