Today, the Internet Explorer team is launching a new tool to make it easier to test sites in IE regardless of which platform you're on; seriously! The tool is called <a href="https://remote.modern.ie/">RemoteIE</a> and is designed to offer a virtualized version of the latest version of IE 

I ran through the steps to use the tool myself and wanted to document everything in case you run into any hiccups.

First, head on over to <a href="https://remote.modern.ie/">https://remote.modern.ie/</a> which will take you to this page:

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You'll need a Microsoft account to use the service since it needs to associate the service to that account. 

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If you have a Live.com or Outlook.com you can use that or you can register for a new one. No, you don't need to use those services for anything else if you don't want to but they've actually gotten way better and it might be worth a look.

Next, you'll want to select which server is closest to you so you have the best possible performance:

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At which point you'll be asked to download the Microsoft Remote Desktop app for whichever platform you want. This could be for
<ul>
	<li>Mac OS X</li>
	<li>iPhone or iPad</li>
	<li>Android</li>
	<li>Windows x86 or x64</li>
	<li>Windows RT</li>
</ul>

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As you can see, I was serious when I said this would be available cross-platform. 

For this tutorial, I'll be showing you how to get this up and running on OS X since I think that's where a lot of the friction for web developers is. To do that you'll need to download the app from the Apple App Store. Clicking on the "Mac" link will direct you to the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417">online Apple store site</a>. 

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Click on the "View in Mac App Store" button so that you can launch the App Store app on your Mac. You'll be presented by a confirmation notice from Chrome (or your fav OS X browser) to launch the external app:

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And after you confirm it you'll be in the App Store entry:

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In my case, I already had the app installed which is why it shows "Open". If you don't have it installed, go ahead and do so. Once you installed it, look for it in Finder:

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or if you're like me, use the awesome <a href="http://www.alfredapp.com/">Alfred</a> to find it:

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Now, the next step is why I wanted to create this tutorial since it isn't immediately obvious once you run Remote Desktop what to do. When you launch the app, if you take a look at the header, you'll see an entry called "<strong>Microsoft RemoteApp</strong>". That's what you'll want to click:

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From there, you'll now be asked for your Microsoft account information to determine what app subscriptions you have available:

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