VMware Tools Drivers Published To Windows Update

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information about the VMware Tools Windows drivers published to Windows Update. The information provided includes the latest driver's version that is available for each supported Windows Operating System version.  For the supported Windows Operating System versions running Windows Update will install or upgrade to the latest versions of these drivers regardless of the VMware Tools version installed.

VMware Tools ships the newest versions of these drivers with each release. To determine the drivers' version shipped with the most recent, or a particular release of VMware Tools, please check the release notes at VMware Tools Documentation.

Resolution

Drivers on Windows Update:

 Below Windows drivers are available via Windows Update: 

Note:

• √: This driver for the specified OS is published on Windows Update.
• ×: This driver for the specified OS is not published on Windows Update

In Windows Server:

Driver	Version	Windows Server 2022	Windows Server 2019	Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2012R2	Windows Server 2012
vmci	9.8.18.0	√	√	√	√	√
vmxnet3	1.9.14.0	√	√	√	√	√
pvscsi	1.3.26.0	√	√	√	√	√

In Windows Client:

		Windows 11	Windows 10		Windows 8.1		Windows 8
Driver	Version	64 bit	64 bit	32 bit	64 bit	32 bit	64 bit	32 bit
WDDM	9.17.07.0004	√	√	√	×	×	×	×
vmci	9.8.18.0	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
vmxnet3	1.9.14.0	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
pvscsi	1.3.26.0	√	√	√	√	√	√	√

Discontinued-Publish OS

Driver	Version	Windows Server 2008 R2	Windows 7  64 Bit	Windows 7 32 Bit
vmci	9.8.16.0	√	√	√
vmxnet3	1.9.2.0	√	√	√
pvscsi	1.3.15.0	√	√	√

Known Issues:

1. VMware removes previous drivers from Windows Update, but due to a Microsoft Portal issue, a search of the Microsoft update catalog of VMware drivers, will list those drivers, but they are not available for download. This is expected.
2. VMware will publish the latest driver to Windows Update on each release, but due to the Microsoft gradual rollout, the driver will not show in the search result until the gradual rollout is completed. Due to the limited release period, a Windows VM may have a delay before receiving the driver update.

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