VMware Workstation 11 Now Available

VMware Workstation 11 delivers best-in-class Windows 8.x support, and innovative new features that transform the way technical professionals work with virtual machines, whether they reside on their PCs or on private enterprise clouds.


Overview
VMware Workstation is the most advanced virtualization software for desktop and laptop computers. The VMware Workstation 11 release further strengthens the product’s leadership in providing the broadest, deepest OS support (including Windows 8.1 Update and Windows 10 Preview), best-in-class virtual machine architecture, the richest desktop user experience and an unmatched set of value-added features to enhance the productivity of technical professionals and the organizations they serve.

Key new features in VMware Workstation 11
VMware Workstation 11 comes with a number of key new features includes:

Unmatched OS Support: VMware Workstation delivers unsurpassed platform compatibility for hundreds of operating systems. Workstation 11 fully supports the latest Microsoft operating systems, from the Windows 8.1 update for the desktop to Windows 2012 R2 for the server. For organizations and technical users that run the latest Linux distribution, Workstation 11 supports Ubuntu 14.10, RHEL 7, CentOS 7, OpenSUSE 13.2 and many more.

Ready for Windows 10 Technical Preview: Workstation makes it really easy to evaluate new operating systems, test software applications and patches, and reference architectures in an isolated and safe virtual environment. Leverage Workstation’s Snapshot feature to preserves the state of a virtual machine so you can return to a known good state or prior preview build at any time.

State of the Art Performance: VMware Workstation supports the latest Intel 64-bit x86 processors, including the new Haswell microarchitecture for maximum performance. Taking advantage of key new Haswell extensions, the solution also delivers up to 45 percent improvement in CPU intensive operations like multimedia and encryption/decryption compared to Workstation 10.

Powerful Virtual Machines and Graphics: Create virtual machines with up to 16 vCPUs, 8 TB virtual disks, 64 GB memory, and now 2GB video memory. Graphics-intensive applications can now be given an additional boost by allocating up to 2 GB of video memory per virtual machine.
Connection to VMware vCloud Air: Connect to VMware vCloud Air to extend and scale virtual machines on a public cloud. Developers can easily connect to VMware vCloud Air and upload, run, and view virtual machines right from the Workstation interface to easily collaborate with remote team members and scale through a public cloud.

See more at: Workstation 11.0 Release Notes

Download VMware Workstation
The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Download the files appropriate for you:

Note: VMware Workstation 11 and Player 7 Pro require 64 bit processor and 64 bit host operating systems for advanced computing and enhanced performance. While 32 bit operating systems are supported inside virtual machines.

Vmware Workstation 11 Screenshots:










References:
New Release of VMware Workstation 11 - Now Available!
VMware Workstation Documentation

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