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VMware Workstation 17 Pro 1 Device Lifetime is a software license for virtualization and running multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single Windows or Linux machine. Using it, you can share one or more desktop environments with other OS without restarting the host system to switch operating systems.
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VMware Workstation 17 Pro is a virtual machine enabling running any application in the guest OS like VPN, Microsoft Office, firewalls, and more. It’s an excellent tool for advanced users like administrators and developers who want to manage multiple virtual machines simultaneously.
VMware Workstation Pro takes virtualization to the next level, offering the broadest operating system support, rich user experience, rich feature set, and high performance.
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General |
Workstation Player |
Workstation Pro |
| Create new virtual machines | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create and run numerous virtual machines from a central user interface | ✗ | ✓ |
| Create large virtual machines (32 CPU, 128 GB RAM) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Convert 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSH to Linux VM with one click | ✓ | ✓ |
| Running virtual machines in different display modes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unity View (Windows guest users only) | ✓ | ✓ |
Graphics |
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| DX3 and OpenGL 11.4 compatible 3D graphics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Large graphics memory: 8 GB | ✓ | ✓ |
Device compatibility |
✓ | |
| Support for 4K, 5K, and Retina displays | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for a wide range of virtual appliances | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for USB smart card readers | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB 3.1 device support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for auxiliary devices | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for multilingual keyboards | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual TPM Appliance (Trusted Platform Module) | ✓ | ✓ |
| NVMe Virtual Appliance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security features | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for Microsoft virtualization-based security (guest) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) – vTPM | ✓ | ✓ |
| UEFI boot support | ✓ | ✓ |
| UEFI/Secure boot support | ✓ | ✓ |
| GPU sandbox renderer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create/manage encrypted virtual machines 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, previous versions of Windows, BSD) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, XP and other guest operating systems | ✓ | ✓ |
Specific features for Windows hosts |
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| Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs | ✓ | ✓ |
| DX11 Rendering Engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hyper-V mode support (Device Guard, WSL 2) | ✓ | ✓ |
Specific features 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 vCenter Server Appliance Deployment | ✓ | ✓ |
| API REST | ✓ | ✓ |
| cLI vctl for containers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual Network Adaptation (NAT, Network Renaming) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Virtual network simulation (packet loss, latency, bandwidth) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Connecting to the vSphere/ESXi Server | ✗ | ✓ |
| Remote vSphere Host Power Control | ✗ | ✓ |
| Creating linked clones | ✗ | ✓ |
| Creating full clones | ✗ | ✓ |
License |
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| Business License | ✓ | ✓ |
| License for private use | ✓ | ✗ |
| License for Testing | ✗ | ✓ |
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