Support for Windows Server 2016 installation options

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Clarify support of different Windows Server 2016 installation options. For Windows 2016 hardware requirement please find MS document here

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0

Resolution

For Windows Server 2016, VMware supports the Datacenter, Standard and Essentials edition. For these editions, Server with Desktop Experience (i.e: Server with GUI) and Core installation options are supported.

Currently, Nano installation option and running Nano instances are not supported at this time.