The document provides links to download virtual machine images containing different distributions of Hadoop including Cloudera CDH, Hortonworks HDP, MapR, IBM BigInsights, Microsoft HDInsight, and Pivotal HD. These quick start VMs allow users to try out various Hadoop platforms on their local computer using virtualization software like VMware, KVM, VirtualBox or emulators for Windows.

1. Try out Hadoop

2. Cloudera
QuickStart VMs for CDH 5.3.x
(VMWare, KVM, Virtualbox)
http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera/en/downloads/quickstart_vms/cdh-5-3-x.
html

3. Hortonworks
HDP 2.2 on Sandbox
(VMWare, Virtualbox)
http://hortonworks.com/hdp/downloads/

4. MapR
MapR Sandbox (M7)
(VMWare, Virtualbox)
https://www.mapr.com/products/mapr-sandbox-hadoop/download

5. IBM InfoSphere BigInsights
IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Quick Start Edition
(Linux, Windows)
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/im/biginsightsquick/

6. Microsoft HDInsight
Windows Azure HDInsight Emulator
(Windows)
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/hdinsight-get-started-
emulator/#install

7. Pivotal HD
Pivotal HD 2.1.0 Single Node VM
(Linux)
https://network.pivotal.io/products/pivotal-hd