The Desktop Hypervisor team is proud to announce the general availability of VMware Workstation 16 Pro and Player!
Quick links:
VMware Desktop Hypervisor Product Page
- Workstation 16 Pro Direct Download
- Workstation 16 Player Direct Download
Workstation Evaluation Page
To recap some of the new features we’ve brought to this release:
- Containers and Kubernetes support with ‘vctl‘ and kind
- DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1 Support
- Monster VMs – 128GB RAM, 32 vCPU, 8TB Disks, 10 NICs, 8GB Graphics Memory
- Hyper-V Support: Use Hyper-V, WSL2, Device Guard / Credential Guard and Workstation at the same time
- New Dark Mode UI
- Linux Vulcan Rendering Engine
- Latest OS Support
- USB 3.1 Device support
- Sandboxed Graphics Rendering Engine
- Improved Accessibility features (Section 508)
hi, does workstation pro 16 for windows supports linux guest with opengl 4.1 or only linux version of workstation pro
I see that Accessibility improvements have been made (508/WCAG), but there is no mention of what they are — not even in the release note or the docs. What exactly are the accessibility improvements?
hello, i have a question.
VMware allows you to use your personal Workstation Pro or Player license to run virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes clusters on up to 3 devices that you personally own, including Apple devices.
then If I use the Workstation Pro license on my Apple device, does it automatically change to the Fusion Pro license?
Regarding the above question, a Workstation 16 Pro license can be used to license VMware Fusion 12 Pro, and a Workstation 16 Player license can be used to license VMware Fusion 12 Player
I have both Fusion 11 and Workstation 15. I may purchase one single upgrade with this new licensing model, right?
I get the following message for VMWare Player 16.0 on Windows 7 (64-bit) SP1:
“Setup cannot continue. This program requires that you have Windows 8 or greater OS version installed.”
Has Windows 7 host support been dropped? Can’t see anything in the Release Notes to say so…
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80807 (yes its been dropped)
Does this bring a new virtual hardware version?
Workstation 16 and Fusion 12 need adding to the version 18 table on this page: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003746
Did VMware Workstation 16 remove support of Shared VM (VMware workstation server) ?
Not just removed… They are not even fixing it on V15.5.5 and V15.5.6. It is not working for months on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux Hosts (and on several othes). Crashing vmware-workstation-server daemon…
Please revert to the Default Windows 10 Interface. Edges are weird, not smooth, and ugly
Absolutely correct. The edges are rounded only at the top, and not in a nice way. It makes the software look inconsistent and out of place when the rest of the system has rectangular edges.