The guest operating system installation guide includes instructions for installing supported guest operating systems on the following VMware products:
- VMware ESXi/ESX 3.5 and later
- VMware Workstation 4.0 and later
- VMware Fusion 1.0 and later
- VMware ACE 1.0 and later
If you are using VMware® Workstation 3.x, VMware ESX Server 1.x, or an earlier VMware product, see your product users manual for the supported guest operating system installation instructions.
See General Guidelines for Supported Guests and General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products for information that might apply to the guest you are installing.
Supported Guest Operating Systems
VMware supports the following Windows, Linux, Unix, Macintosh, and other operating systems. Operating systems that are not listed are not supported.
To see which guest operating system customizations are supported for a particular version of vSphere or vCenter, see the Guest OS Customization Support Matrix.
Windows Operating Systems
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Windows
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows 11
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 8
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows ME
- Windows 98
- Windows 95
- MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1x
UNIX and Other Operating Systems
Linux Operating Systems
- CoreOS
- Debian
- Fedora
- Flatcar
- Mandrake
- Mandriva
- NeoKylin
- Novell
- openSUSE Linux
- Oracle Enterprise
- VMware Photon OS
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Red Hat Linux
- Rocky Linux
- Sun Java Desktop System
- SUSE Linux Enterprise
- SUSE Linux
- Turbolinux
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Ubuntu
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS