VMware

VMware

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VMware Workstation running IBM PC-DOS 3.20
Type	hypervisor
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Host platform
Guest platform
Latest version	VMware Workstation 16.0.0 VMware Workstation Player 16.0.0 VMware Fusion 12.0.0
Released on	1999 (Workstation) 2008 (Player) 2007 (Fusion)
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VMware is a company that develops virtualization solutions, which are collectively referred to by the company's name. These include VMware Workstation, VMware Workstation Player, and VMware Fusion. VMware products are one of the most commonly used hypervisors due to being able to install various operating systems without much support or additional drivers.

Supported guest operating systems

A list of officially supported OSes that can run on VMware.

• MS-DOS and compatible operating systems
• Most Microsoft Windows versions (VMware Tools available for most versions starting with Windows 95)
• Most versions of Linux
• VMware ESXi
• eComStation
• Solaris 10 and later (8 and 9 are available but unsupported)
• Novell NetWare
• Most Intel macOS versions (Mac OS X Snow Leopard and later, only officially supported on VMware Fusion)
• FreeBSD

Versions

x86

• VMware Workstation 0.9
• VMware Workstation 1.0
• VMware Workstation 1.1
• VMware Workstation 2.x
• VMware Workstation 3.x
• VMware Workstation 4.0
• VMware Workstation 4.5
• VMware Workstation 5.5
• VMware Workstation 5.5
• VMware Workstation 6.0
• VMware Workstation 6.5
• VMware Workstation 7.0
• VMware Workstation 7.1
• VMware Workstation 8.0
• VMware Workstation 9.0
• VMware Workstation 10.x

x64

• VMware Workstation 11.x
• VMware Workstation 12.x
• VMware Workstation 14.x
• VMware Workstation 15.x
• VMware Workstation 16.x

Gallery

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  VMware Workstation 10.07 for Windows running Windows 7

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  VMware Workstation for Windows running Windows XP

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  VMware Workstation 15.0 for Linux running IBM PC-DOS 3.20

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  VMware Workstation 15.5 for Windows running Windows 10 Build 10074

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