VMware

Workstation

Powerful Virtual Machine Software for the Technical Professional

VMware Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization software for software developers/testers and enterprise IT professionals that runs multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC. Users can run Windows, Linux, NetWare, or Solaris x86 in fully networked, portable virtual machines — no rebooting or hard drive partitioning required. VMware Workstation delivers excellent performance and advanced features such as memory optimization and the ability to manage multi-tier configurations and multiple snapshots.

With millions of customers and dozens of major product awards over the last six years, VMware Workstation is a proven technology that improves productivity and flexibility. This is an indispensable tool for software developers and IT professionals worldwide.

VMware Workstation enables users to:

  • Configure and test multi-tier applications, application updates and operating system patches on a single PC.
  • Easily restore or share archived test environments, reducing repetitive configuration and set-up time.
  • Streamline computer-based training by allowing students to always start from a "clean" state and experiment with multiple operating systems, applications, and tools in secure, isolated virtual machines.
  • Run software demos of complex or multi-tier configurations on a single laptop.
  • Accelerate help desk resolution of end-user problems with a library of pre-configured virtual machines.