Developer(s) | VMware |
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Initial release | 1999 |
Stable release | 17.5.1
/ February 27, 2024 |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows Linux |
Platform | x86-64 only (version 11.x and above, previous versions were available for x86-32 as well) |
Type | Hypervisor |
Website | https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro/workstation-pro-evaluation.html |
VMware Workstation Pro (also known as VMware Workstation until the release of VMware Workstation 12 in 2015) is a hypervisor (software for creating virtual machines) that was developed by VMware and released in 1999. A free version of VMware Workstation with less features called VMware Workstation Player (also known as VMware Player) was created in 2005.
VMware Workstation runs only on x64 versions of supported operating systems. An x86 version was available in older versions.