Windows 10 Host for Workstation

[entropy11]

Hi,

Now that I am being prompted for an upgrade to Windows 10, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me when the Workstation will be read to be installed on a Windows 10 host.  I currently have Workstation 11, but am holding off on the Windows 10 upgrade until I know that Workstation will work on that host.

Thanks!

[wila · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I'm afraid nobody can give you the exact time line. The thing is that technically that would be impossible as Windows 10 isn't released yet and the final release might break features that are needed for VMware to work. These things happen and VMware is smart enough to recognize that.

So the actual testing in Quality Assurance can only happen once Windows 10 is released. Take it that that by itself already takes some time.. I personally would expect it not to be officially supported until a month after Windows 10 release.

Marketing decisions might move that date forward, testing might move it back into the future.

The thing is that even if it is supported .. there still might be initial problems. My suggestion would be to at least wait a few months after release and to keep an eye on this forum to see what kind of problems people bump into who have installed it under the assumption that it should work. At least that is what I will do, the "free upgrade" offer to Windows 10 is for a year so there's sufficient time to take advantage of that offer.

Edit:

PS: It is VMware policy not to comment on future features or policies, so there won't be an official answer unless marketing decides different (which usually it does not)

hope this helps,

--

Wil

[NoelC1]

The free upgrade (to Win 10) offer will be good for a year.  There's no advantage I can see to "reserving" your copy.  Some think that may be a veiled attempt to get your consent to install Win 10 right when Microsoft pushes it out.  That doesn't make much sense if you have critical operations you're not sure will work on Win 10 yet.

I suggest a wait and see approach.

-Noel

[gbohn]

The IT news reports about the current state of Windows 10 'Beta' seem to to say it's in rough shape at the moment...

If it were me (and I actually wanted to use Windows 10 as a Host) I would take a cautious approach and wait for the smoke to clear after the launch to see how things are then.

[JJoel42]

VMware could not have answered this better ourselves!    However, given how many people are already trying to run Windows 10 in a VM we realize that it is smart for us to ensure this works as close as possible to the GA of Microsoft's latest OS.......

[johnkristian]

I'm running Workstation 11 on Windows 10 build 10130 as we speak, and it's not very pretty as for now.
It basicly works, but mounting of USB and network is not good at all (read: not working).