

For example, Atom Z670/Z650 and Atom N570. Intel Atom processors based on the 2011 Bonnell micro-architecture.Systems using Processors (CPUs) launched in 2011 or later are supported, except for the following: You can replicate server, desktop, and tablet environments in a virtual machine and allocate multiple processor cores, gigabytes of main memory, and graphics memory to each virtual machine, whether the virtual machine resides on a personal PC or on a private enterprise cloud.įor more information, see the VMware Workstation Pro documentation. VMware Workstation Pro™ enables technical professionals to develop, test, demonstrate, and deploy software by running multiple x86-based Windows, Linux, and other operating systems simultaneously on the same PC.

Michael Roy, who works on the VMware Fusion and Workstation teams, shared the undocumented feature via Twitter and also noted that people will see a significant performance gain, and best of all, you will be free of having to enter a password each time.VMware Workstation 16.2.0 Pro | 14 October 2021 | Build 18760230

In addition you will also find that a TPM module is once again present in the virtual machine settings, do not delete it! You can confirm that TPM is present by running the command tpm.msc by right clicking on the Start icon and entering it in the Run command.Īs you can see above, I am running the latest Windows 11 Dev build 22478 with a compatible TPM present in the free VMware Workstation Player. Double click on it to open it in VMware Workstation Pro or Player.

Go to the directory where the VM is stored (for example D:\VM\Windows 11 Dev).This will take some time depending on how large your VM is, when it completes, you can back out of the Virtual Machine settings.Īdding software level TPM to Workstation Pro and Workstation Player In the Options tab click on Access Control, then Remove Encryption.Ensure you are updated to version 16.2.0 ( Pro - Player ~600mb).If you already added TPM to Windows 10 or 11: The following assumes you have not encrypted the VM further with BitLocker within Windows, if you have you may need to decrypt the drive first before performing the steps below.
