Windows 10: Licensing Windows 11 on a VMware workstation

We have a user who is running VMware workstation OS and wants to create a Windows 11 VM. What Microsoft licensing is required to accomplish this? We have M365 E3 and E5 licenses, but the licensing documentation states that the host OS must be Windows.

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VMWare workstation 11 no internet.


VMWare Workstation 12 is out now, which fully supports Windows 10. I suggest upgrading to 12.

 

Reclaim License key from deleted VMware Workstation machine.

Hi

I installed Window 10 Pro with my license key in a VMWare Workstation machine.

There was some issue with the Workstation so I ended deleting my the virtual machine, however, when I installed new Virtual machine (Virtual box this time) and tried to use the same license, it says that my license key is already used.

I can see the VMware Virtual machine on Microsoft Account still. How do I de-register it from my MS account and reclaim the license?

I can see the option to Unlink the Virtual machine, but I think it simply unlink from my account and the license would still be tied with the deleted Virtual machine.

 

Disabling Memory Integrity is causing windows 11 to BSOD while Powering on Vmware workstation host

If the version of VMware Workstation you're trying to operate is less than 16.2.x, then it's likely that's the reason for the failures, since earlier versions of Workstation 16 aren't supported using a Windows 11 host per the following VMware support document chart.

Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x and Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x (80807)

Even with those newer versions of Workstation 16, I found multiple support documents on the VMware Communities relating to issues with stability for either Windows 10 or 11 as hosts. Here's an example from over a year ago.

VMWare Workstation 16 on Windows 10 Home or Window... - VMware Technology Network VMTN

Since these Microsoft Community forums are focused on Windows consumer issues that don't especially include multiple virtualization platforms, I'd recommend you post in those VMware communities instead, since everyone there is focused on those specific types of issues.

Rob