- No need to allocate a separate operating system resources and restart the computer when switching from one OS to another. The application allows, in fact, from one computer to receive multiple, and these virtual computers if necessary can be completely isolated from each other, and can conversely, combine into a virtual LAN.

VMware Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization software for software developers / testers and enterprise IT professionals that runs multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC. Users can run Windows, Linux, NetWare, or Solaris x86 in fully networked, portable virtual machines - no rebooting or hard drive partitioning required. VMware Workstation delivers excellent performance and advanced features such as memory optimization and the ability to manage multi-tier configurations. Essential features such as virtual networking, live snapshots, drag and drop and shared folders, and PXE support make VMware Workstation the most powerful and indispensable tool for enterprise IT developers and system administrators. With millions of customers and dozens of major product awards over the last six years, VMware Workstation is a proven technology that improves productivity and flexibility. An indispensable tool for software developers and IT professionals worldwide.

Using VMware Workstation you can install different operating systems and applications for them, go online and do everyday tasks. The benefit of this method is the ability to test various software under various operating systems, without adversely harm the current system, installed on my main computer, as well as some test hardware solutions. Could life greatly facilitate cross-platform applications and lovers to work with the new OS.

Key features:

• Running multiple guest operating systems on one computer

• Running a virtual machine in windows desktop core operating system and full screen

• Installation of virtual machines without re-partitioning

• Running is already installed on your computer operating system without reinstalling or re-configure

• Launching applications Windows operating system on a Linux box and vice versa

• Creating and testing applications simultaneously for different systems

• Running is not tested applications without the risk of endangering the stability of the system or lose critical data

• Sharing files and applications to different virtual machines by using a virtual network

• Run the client-server and Web applications on one PC

• Running on the same PC multiple virtual machines and modeling of network

Updated virtualized hardware:

• Improved display technology, which has led to improvements in the mode Unity (forwarding applications to the guest in the host, when they work like a native application host), as well as systems with multiple video outputs;

• Guest operating system can provide up to 64GB of RAM;

• The guest operating system Windows 7 and above are now emulated HD Audio codec (based on Realtek ACL888) with support for 7.1 audio;

• The guest operating system Linux 2.6.35 and above may use the guest USB3 ports. This ability does not work in Windows until the release of Windows 8, which will include a native driver USB3;

• Added support for sharing of Bluetooth devices in the guest OS of Windows, but not forwarding an audio stream, a mouse and keyboard;

• Added support for forwarding to the guest environment hardware virtualization Virtual VT-X/EPT or AMD-V/RVI, so as a guest OS can run vSphere (including version 5).

Updated user interface:

• Favorites Bar has been replaced by a library of virtual machines;

• Added a live preview of the running guest operating systems, as well as a page with a summary folder that makes it easier to manage a group of guest operating systems;

• Updated and expanded functionality panel full screen mode, so mode "Quick Switch" was removed.

Removed the so-called "VM Teams", because the regime, "the team" (team) can now be assigned to any guest OS:

• Mode of operation "commands" (teams) was converted into a new folder mode (sets) of virtual machines;

• The folder of virtual machines can now limit the bandwidth of network adapters;

• In the "Folder" you can select multiple virtual machines simultaneously and send them all to the team on or off;

• In the global settings you can specify the interval over which will run the virtual machines (to prevent too great a simultaneous load);

• Using VMnets, folders can be placed in different network segments.

Other improvements:

• Improved performance for NAT connections;

• Guest operating system can now be shared with other users (for the both users must be running VMWare Worksation). Using the advanced interface, you can set the access to shared guest OS;

• Added a lightweight client for hosts vSphere, which allows you to access, as well as start / stop / restart, and configure the guest operating systems running this environment;

• For partial guest OS can be installed auto-attribute, then they will be included each time the host OS;

• Added the ability to connect to a remote running a guest operating system, for example, if the hardware does not have sufficient resources to run a "heavy" guest.

• The platform includes an application VMWare Converter, which allows you to convert your computer into a real virtualized application;

• Added ability to automatically update the add-ons for the guest OS;

• Windows and Linux versions have a single serial number, so buying the application for one of these operating systems, the user is free to use it in another.

What's new (amended on 30.03.2013):

Fixed run virtual network editor.