VMware Workstation Player 16.0

VMware Player is the easiest way to run multiple operating systems at the same time on your computer.

With its user-friendly interface, VMware Player makes it effortless for anyone to try out Windows 10, Chrome OS or the latest Linux releases, or to create virtual "sandboxes" to test pre-release software in. VMware Player can also be used to run a virtual copy of an old PC so that you can recycle the old machines you have under your desk or stored in the closet.

• Run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single computer
• Experience the benefits of preconfigured products without any installation or configuration hassles
• Share data between host computer and virtual machine
• Run 32- and 64-bit virtual machines
• Use 3rd-party pre-configured virtual machines and images
• Share data between the host computer and virtual machine
• Broad host and guest operating system support
• Support for USB 2.0 devices
• Gain easy access to virtual machines via an intuitive home page interface

What's new in VMware Workstation Player 16.0:

Container and Kubernetes Support

• Build/run/pull/push container images using the vctl CLI.
• Supports KIND kubernetes clusters running on top of Workstation Player.

Note: Windows 10 1809 or higher is required

New Guest Operating System Support:

• RHEL 8.2
• Debian 10.5
• Fedora 32
• CentOS 8.2
• SLE 15 SP2 GA
• FreeBSD 11.4
• ESXi 7.0

Vulkan Render Support for Linux Workstation Player

• Workstation 16 Player enables 3D support for Intel GPUs on Linux hosts to deliver DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3 to VMs using Vulkan Renderer.
• Note: Linux host operating system with a recent Intel/Vulkan driver is needed, Mesa 20.1 or later is recommended.

Sandboxed Graphics

• Virtual machine security is enhanced by removing graphics render from vmx and running it as a separate sandbox process.

USB 3.1 Controller Support

• The virtual machines virtual XHCI controller is changed from USB 3.0 to USB 3.1 to support 10 Gbps.

Larger VM

• 32 virtual CPUs
• 128 GB virtual memory
• Note: Running virtual machines with 32 vCPUs requires that your host and guest operating systems both support 32 logical processors.
• 8 GB virtual graphics memory

Dark Mode

• Workstation 16 Player supports Dark Mode for optimized user experience.
• Note: Requires host operating systems to be Windows 10 1809 or higher

vSphere 7.0 Support

• In Workstation 16 you can perform the following:
• Connect to vSphere 7.0.
• Upload a local virtual machine to vSphere 7.0.
• Download a remote virtual machine running on vSphere 7.0 to the local desktop.

Performance Improvements

• Improved file transfer speeds (Drag and Drop, Copy and Paste)
• Improved virtual machine shutdown time.
• Improved virtual NVMe storage performance [full release notes]

Download: VMware Workstation Player 16.0 | 213.0 MB (Free for personal use)
View: VMware Player Website

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