A unique guest operating system option is not available for Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit) and Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit).
Use these guest operating system options when installing Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit):
Guest Operating System | Recommended Guest Operating System version in vSphere 5.x |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-bit | Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit) |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit | Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit) |
Note: VMware products do not need to differentiate between these minor OS releases in a virtual machine.