Neowin News Feed for: Hypervisor

Windows Sandbox is awesome and I wish more people knew about it

Usama Jawad — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:00:01 +0000

Windows Sandbox is a very nifty piece of virtualization software available by default in Windows for the past six years; many people just don't know about it. Read more...

Microsoft shares detailed guide to meet Windows 11 TPM requirements when moving VMs

Sayan Sen — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 06:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has published a detailed guide on how to meet the requirements of Windows 11 TPM 2.0 when moving and migrating virtual machines. Read more...

VMware Workstation Pro (free) fixes Windows 11 freezing, boot crash issue, and more

Sayan Sen — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:52:02 +0000

The latest VMware Workstation Pro update fixes Windows 11 freezing and crash issues plus security vulnerabilities. Read more...

Self-hosting: Installing your first virtual machines on the Proxmox hypervisor

Christopher White — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:20:01 +0000

In our second installment of the self-hosted series, we provide step-by-step instructions to install a Linux and Windows virtual machine on Proxmox, along with some key things to watch out for. Read more...

VMware, VirtualBox alternative NanaBox finally supports TPM 2.0 for Windows 11 guests

Sayan Sen — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:20:01 +0000

Popular hypervisors like VirtualBox and VMware have had support for TPM for a while. A much lesser-known alternative called "NanaBox" has also finally received TPM 2.0 support with its newest update. Read more...

VMware Workstation Pro goes free, official guides on how to install and switch are out

Sayan Sen — Wed, 15 May 2024 08:50:01 +0000

VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are now free for personal use. Alongside that announcement, a senior executive has also published a couple of guides on how to get them or switch. Read more...

Microsoft: IOMMU, VBS part of what's causing EPYC Windows Server VMware BSODs, boot fails

Sayan Sen — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 05:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued a workaround for a bug that is triggering BSODs on startup fails on Windows Server 2022 virtual machines on VMware ESXi. It notes that EPYC systems with IOMMU, VBS are affected. Read more...

VirtualBox fixes Windows black screen, TPM save, nested virtualization, BIOS bugs

Sayan Sen — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:50:02 +0000

VirtualBox has received a major update today which fixes a TPM save issue, a black screen issue on Windows 11, nested virtualization, and lots more. Find the full changelog in the article. Read more...

Linus Torvalds accepts Microsoft's Linux Hyper-V upgrades so both Intel and AMD can benefit

Sayan Sen — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:42:01 +0000

Microsoft is improving Hyper-V support in the upcoming Linux kernel version 6.6 so that both AMD and Intel processors will benefit. The upgrade mainly pertains to improved guest support. Read more...

Latest Patch Tuesday update is causing major problems for Windows Server admins

Usama Jawad — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:54:27 +0000

Although software updates are supposed to fix problems, it appears that the latest Patch Tuesday release is causing major headaches for Windows Server admins due to DC boot loops and Hyper-V issues. Read more...

Guide: How to enable Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 and 11

Usama Jawad — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:16:01 +0000

Windows Sandbox is a utility that enables you to download and run suspicious files in an isolated environment without risking your primary install. It is available on select Windows 10 and 11 configs. Read more...

Canonical releases LXD 4.0 LTS machine container hypervisor

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:58:01 +0000

Canonical, the firm behind Ubuntu Linux, has announced the availability of LXD 4.0 LTS. It brings VM support as well as many improvements. It's available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Read more...