Is there anything else I should consider? This is the first time I want to upgrade from a VMware Workstation Pro version to a new one. Of course I will create a backup of the entire VM folder before the upgrade. Has any of you here already upgraded? Do I have to reconfigure the virtual network after the upgrade, or will the settings be kept?

Should I get a license for VMware Workstation 16 Pro and upgrade right now, or should I wait until v16 is on the market for a while and all potential bugs are fixed? Workstation 16 Pro improves on the industry defining technology with DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4. Of course I have read the VMware Workstation 16 Pro Release Notes, I am not really interested in Dark Mode.īut some of the new guest OS do indeed interest me, and Sandboxed Graphics sounds like a useful feature if you intentionally infect your VMs with malware. These capabiltiites are normally exposed in Fusion and ESXi when running on Apple hardware. I'm very careful and make sure that the Windows VMs are set up accordingly to prevent anything from happening (and so far everything has always worked fine). Unlocker 4 is designed for VMware Workstation and Player 16 and has been tested against: but enables support for macOS that is disabled in the VMware products that do not run on Apple Hardware. Note: Lincoln Lab is licensed for use on MIT-owned equipment only.

I mainly run a small pentesting lab and some Linux VMs for my daily activities on the internet.īut sometimes I also intentionally infect one of my Windows VMs with malware that arrives as an email attachment (or that I can otherwise somehow get). The patch to v15.5.7 fixed some bugs that were critical to security. I am currently using VMware Workstation 15.5.7 Pro on a Windows 10 Pro host.

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