Before you upgrade to Fusion 12 or Workstation 16

Products

• VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

This articles provides documentation and known issues affecting Fusion 12 and Workstation 16.

Environment

VMware Fusion 12.x

Resolution

Information for Fusion
Information for Workstation

Fusion

• Technology Guarantee Program (TGP) and Subscription Fulfillment For VMware Fusion Pro/Player
• VMware Fusion 12.x sales, licensing and compatibility FAQs
• Limitations of nested virtualization on Fusion on Mac OS 11.0 or later
• Supported host operating systems for VMware Fusion and VMware Fusion Pro
• VMware Fusion 12 Release Notes

Known issues:

• VMs with side channel mitigations enabled may exhibit performance degradation

Workstation

• Technology Guarantee Program (TGP) and Subscription Fulfillment for VMware Workstation Pro/Player
• VMware Workstation 16.x Pro sales, licensing, and compatibility FAQs
• VMware Workstation 16 Pro Release Notes

Known issues:

• VMs with side channel mitigations enabled may exhibit performance degradation