At the time of this writing, VMware Workstation is now up to version 12 and it is very common to find it installed on the laptops of Information Technology Pros, Software Developers, Web Developers, or just plain technology enthusiasts. For further details have a look at the official documentation.VMware Workstation is the wildly popular software that facilitates creating and operating virtual machines or VM’s right on your x86 based laptop or desktop computer. These settings are accessible from the VM’s settings by clicking on the Advanced tab for the selected network card. This works on virtual machines on a per-vNIC basis. The networks that can be renamed are the ones you add other than the default VMnet0,1 and 8.Īnother great addition is the Network Latency simulation feature which allows you to stress test applications, amongst other things, by introducing packet loss, latency and bandwidth capping. If Workstation is installed on a Windows host, you can now rename networks in the Virtual Network Editor to better organize your environment. Virtual NVMe support is also provide via a new virtual NVMe storage controller for improved guest operating system performance on Host SSD drives, a great opportunity to test vSAN. Hardware version 14 allows you to assign 64-bit guest OS a maximum 64GB of memory, support for Intel Skylake and AMD Ryzen processors. Secure Boot support for virtual machines is also included to ensure only trusted code is loaded by the UEFI firmware during the a VM’s boot-up process.Workstation 14 Pro now supports Trusted Platform Module 2.0 for use with advanced security and encryption technologies such as BitLocker.Note that VBS support is currently supported on Intel CPUs with the best performance attainable using Intel Skylake generation and above. This allows you to leverage advanced security features like Credential Guard and Device Guard on Windows 10 / 2016 guest OSes. Virtualization Based Security (VBS) on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 VMs is now supported.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 / 7.3 / 7.4.This KB article gives you a side-by-side supported guest OS list for Workstation Pro v12 and v14. Other related support features include Auto Detect, Easy Install and Unity support. Windows 10 Creators update is Microsoft’s attempt to bring out the creative side lurking inside of us. From a Workstation Pro perspective, Windows 10 Creators Update is now supported both as a guest OS and on the host OS itself.
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