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Cannot run 3D maps from Excel 2016 in a vm

I have a linked clone pool of Win 7 x64.  I am trying to run 3D maps from Excel 2016 but keep getting the error: Cannot initialize DirectX.  Confirm that your hardware supports DirectX 10 or later...

"Enable 3D support" is UNchecked.  I Checked it and it still provides the same error.  Video memory is set at 35MB currently.  Any help is appreciated.

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PCTechStream
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There is a whole process you have to go through to install the correct hardware and drivers for 3D. If you don't have a GRID card you cant use a hardware based GPU.  

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Deploying Hardware-Accelerated Graphics with View Virtual Desktops in Horizon 6

LINK:  http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/vmware-horizon-view-graph...

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So you're pretty much saying without a GPU installed separately  (currently only have on-board with our cisco server), the 3D is not going to work?

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Technically Speaking Yes! if you don't want to get "skipped" frames/micro-lag for less than half a second! But some people find a way around!

The key enabling technologies for these solutions are:

Graphics cards that support GPU virtualization

- NVIDIA GRID

- NVIDIA Tesla

- AMD FirePro

- Intel HD Graphics P4700

• VMware vSphere® 5.1 or later

• VMware View® 5.3 or later (now called View in VMware Horizon® 6)

• Protocols

-PCoIP

- Secure WebSocket protocol for remote display

• VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™

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DX10 support for Windows VMs requires hardware compatibility version 12.

https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003746

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This is a screenshot of a dxdiag of a Windows 10 VM running off an ESXi 6.5 (which is itself a VM running under VMware Workstation).

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