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vmWare Workstation 17.5 Pro ™ | 3PC | WINDOWS | PERMANENT LICENSE/FULL VERSION | RETAIL | UPDATED
VMware Workstation Pro takes virtualization to the next level, delivering the broadest operating system support, a rich user experience, a comprehensive feature set, and high performance.
VMware Workstation Pro is designed for professional users
It relies on virtual machines to do its work.
- World-class desktop hypervisor - runs multiple virtual machines, containers or Kubernetes clusters on a single PC
- Now supports Windows 11 PCs and virtual machines
- Improved 3D graphics support for DirectX 11 and up to 8 GB vGPU memory
- Use VM snapshots, clones and virtual networks for maximum efficiency
- Easily move and access virtual machines in the VMware infrastructure
- Creating, pushing, pulling and executing OCI container images with the vctl CLI
- Encryption and creation of restricted or expired virtual machines
- Running Workstation Virtual Machines and Containers Alongside WSL2 and Hyper-V on Windows
Comparison between Workstation 17 Player & Workstation 17 Pro
Generally |
Workstation Player | Workstation Pro |
| Creating new VMs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create and run numerous VMs from a central UI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Creating large VMs (32 CPU, 128 GB RAM) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Converting PCs to Virtual Machines with VMware Converter | ✓ | ✓ |
| support for mass deployment | ✓ | ✓ |
host/guest integration |
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| host/guest file sharing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared/Mirrored Folders | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-click SSH to Linux VM | ✓ | ✓ |
| Running VMs in different display modes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unity View (Windows guest users only) | ✓ | ✓ |
graphic |
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| 3D graphics with support for DX11 and OpenGL 4.3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Large graphics memory: 8 GB | ✓ | ✓ |
device support |
✓ | |
| Support for 4K, 5K and Retina displays | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for a variety of virtual devices | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for USB smart card readers | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB 3.1 device support | ✓ | ✓ |
| support for assistive devices | ✓ | ✓ |
| support for multilingual keyboards | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual TPM (Trusted Platform Module) device | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual NVMe device | ✓ | ✓ |
| security features | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for Microsoft virtualization-based security (guest) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) – vTPM | ✓ | ✓ |
| support for UEFI boot | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for UEFI/Secure Boot | ✓ | ✓ |
| GPU sandbox renderer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create/Manage Encrypted VMs with Fast Encryption | ✓ | ✓ |
| snapshots | ✗ | ✓ |
host operating systems |
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| Windows 10 and Windows 11 hosts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linux: Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, openSUSE | ✓ | ✓ |
guest operating systems |
✓ | |
| Support for over 200 operating systems (Linux, older Windows versions, BSD) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, XP and other guest operating systems | ✓ | ✓ |
Specific functions for Windows hosts |
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| Windows 10 and Windows 11 hosts | ✓ | ✓ |
| DX11 rendering engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for Hyper-V mode (Device Guard, WSL 2) | ✓ | ✓ |
Specific functions for Linux hosts |
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| Vulkan rendering engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Host support: Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, openSUSE | ✓ | ✓ |
Advanced Features |
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| Command line operation: vmrun and VIX | ✓ | ✓ |
| Easy deployment of vCenter Server Appliance | ✓ | ✓ |
| REST API | ✓ | ✓ |
| vctl-CLI for containers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adaptation of virtual networks (NAT, renaming networks) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Simulation of virtual networks (packet loss, latency, bandwidth) | ✗ | ✓ |
| connection to vSphere/ESXi Server | ✗ | ✓ |
| Power control of remote vSphere hosts | ✗ | ✓ |
| Creating Linked Clones | ✗ | ✓ |
| Creating full clones | ✗ | ✓ |