Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 12.x, 14.x, 15.x
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Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 12.x, 14.x, 15.x

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Article ID: 315593

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Products

VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

This article lists the supported host operating systems for VMware Workstation Pro 12.x, 14.x, 15.x.
For version 16.x see, Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro/Player 16.x

Environment

VMware Workstation Pro 14.x (for Linux)
VMware Workstation Pro 12.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Pro 15.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Pro 12.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Pro 14.x (for Windows)
VMware Workstation Pro 15.x (Windows)

Resolution

This table lists the supported host operating systems for VMware Workstation Pro 12.x, 14.x,15.x and 15.5. VMware Workstation Pro 12.x and above only supports 64-bit host operating systems.

Note: VMware Workstation 15.x and above is compatible with Windows 10 1903 as a host operating system.

OS Vendor OS Release Workstation 12.x Workstation 14.x Workstation 15.x Workstation 15.5
Canonical Ubuntu 20.04        
Canonical Ubuntu 19.04       Yes
Canonical Ubuntu 18.04   Yes Yes Yes
Canonical Ubuntu 17.10     Yes Yes
Canonical Ubuntu 17.04   Yes    
Canonical Ubuntu 16.04   Yes   Yes
Canonical Ubuntu 16.04.3     Yes Yes
Canonical Ubuntu 15.10 Yes      
Canonical Ubuntu 15.04 Yes      
Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 Yes      
Canonical Ubuntu 14.10 Yes      
Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 Yes      
  Linux Mint 20        
CentOS CentOS 8.x        
CentOS CentOS 7.6       Yes
CentOS CentOS 7.5     Yes Yes
CentOS CentOS 7.4   Yes Yes Yes
CentOS CentOS 7.3        
CentOS CentOS 7.2        
CentOS CentOS 7.1 Yes      
CentOS CentOS 7.0 Yes      
CentOS CentOS 6.5 Yes      
Debian Debian 10.x       Yes
Debian Debian 9.9       Yes
Debian Debian 9.4   Yes Yes Yes
Debian Debian 9.1   Yes Yes Yes
Debian Debian 9.0   Yes Yes Yes
Debian Debian 8.9   Yes    
Debian Debian 8.1 Yes      
Microsoft Windows Server 2019       Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2016   Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Yes Yes    
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Yes      
Microsoft Windows 10 1909       Yes
Microsoft Windows 10 1903     Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 10 1803   Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 10 1709     Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 10 1703     Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 10 Yes Yes    
Microsoft Windows8.1-Update3     Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Yes Yes    
Microsoft Windows 8 Yes Yes    
Microsoft Windows 7 SP1       Yes
Microsoft Windows 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows XP        
Microsoft Windows Vista        
Oracle Oracle Linux 7.5   Yes    
Oracle Oracle Linux 7.3     Yes  
Oracle Oracle Linux 7 Yes      
Red Hat Fedora 32        
Red Hat Fedora 31        
Red Hat Fedora 30       Yes
Red Hat Fedora 29       Yes
Red Hat Fedora 28   Yes Yes  
Red Hat Fedora 27     Yes  
Red Hat Fedora 26   Yes    
Red Hat Fedora 25   Yes    
Red Hat Fedora 22 Yes      
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x       Yes
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9       Yes
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8       Yes
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7       Yes
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5   Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4   Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3   Yes    
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Yes      
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Yes      
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9   Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Yes      
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Yes      
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 Yes      
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 Yes      
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 15.x       Yes
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop 12 SP3   Yes Yes Yes
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Yes      
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3 Yes      
SUSE openSUSE 42.3   Yes Yes Yes
SUSE openSUSE 15.0     Yes Yes
SUSE openSUSE 13.2 Yes      
SUSE openSUSE 13.1 Yes      
SUSE openSUSE 12.3 Yes