VMware Workstation - The Gold Standard in Desktop Virtualization. More refined than ever.

From the creator of PC virtualization comes the most reliable, secure way to run multiple operating systems at the same time. Winner of more than 50 industry awards, VMware Workstation transforms the way technical professionals develop, test, demo, and deploy software. VMware Workstation is an integral component of any serious technical professional’s toolkit.

With VMware Workstation you can:

• Run applications in Linux, Windows, and more at the same time on the same PC with no rebooting
• Run VMware vSphere 4 and ESXi in a virtual machine for experimenting, testing, training, and demonstrating the power of vSphere
• Evaluate and test new operating systems, applications and patches in an isolated environment
• Demonstrate complex multi-tier software applications on a single laptop in a repeatable, reliable manner
• Facilitate fast, efficient testing of applications across a large number of operating systems and browser combinations. .
• Rich integration with SpringSource Tool Suite ,Visual Studio, and Eclipse make it incredibly easy to debug applications on multiple platforms

More Refined Than Ever

Protect from Prying Eyes
Protect your virtual machines from prying eyes with 256-bit AES encryption.

Printing that Just Works
Driver-less printing makes your PC printers automatically accessible to your Windows and Linux VMs—no configuration or drivers required. Your PC’s default printer even shows up as the default, too.

Go Back in Time
Buggy applications, hardware failures, viruses and other malware do not give you fair warning to take a manual snapshot. AutoProtect luckily automatically takes snapshots at set intervals, protecting you from unexpected bumps in the road, making it easy to go back in time to when things were good.

Free Up System Resources
Pause a virtual machine to free up CPU resources for use by other running virtual machines or demanding applications.

Most Advanced Virtualization Platform

Create virtual machines with up to 8 virtual processors or 8 virtual cores and up to 32GB of memory per virtual machine. Driverless printing makes your PC printers automatically accessible to your Windows and Linux virtual machines—no configuration or drivers required. Smart card authentication enables you to dedicate a Smart Card reader to a virtual machines or share access.

ith millions of registered users and over 50 industry awards, no other desktop virtualization product offers as many innovative features that help software developers, QA engineers, sales professionals, and IT administrators to reduce costs, manage risk, and streamline tasks that save time and improve productivity.

For Software Developers

Software developers rely on VMware Workstation’s integration with Visual Studio, Eclipse, and SpringSource Tools Suite to streamline the development and debugging of their applications in multiple environments.

For QA Testers

Quality assurance teams use Workstation to efficiently and economically test applications on a complex matrix of operating systems, application platforms, and browsers—and by doing away with repetitive configuration tasks.

For Systems and Sales Engineers

Systems engineers and other technical sales professionals love Workstation because it gives them the power to demonstrate complex multi-tier applications with ease. Workstation can simulate an entire virtual network environment—including clients, servers and database virtual machines—all on a single PC.

For Teachers and Trainers

Teachers and trainers use Workstation to rapidly create virtual machine for students, with all the lessons, applications, and tools required for the course within a secure, isolated virtual machine. At the end of each class, the virtual machines can revert automatically to a “clean” state, making them readily available for the next set of students.