Virtual appliances are pre-built, pre-configured and ready-to-run enterprise software applications packaged along with an operating system in a virtual machine.

Evaluate: VMware Workstation Player is ideal for safely evaluating software distributed as a virtual appliance.

VMware Workstation Player makes it quick and easy to take advantage of the security, flexibility, and portability of virtual machines.

Run: VMware Workstation Player can be used by anyone to run virtual machines on a Windows or Linux PC.

With Easy Install it’s easier than installing them directly on your PC.

Create: Use VMware Workstation Player to create virtual machines with the latest 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux operating systems.

Use VMware Workstation Player to create, run, evaluate, and share software running in virtual machines: What can I do with VMware Workstation Player? An expired virtual machine will automatically suspend and will not restart without administrator intervention. When powered on, the virtual machine will query the server at specified time intervals, storing the current system time in the restricted virtual machine's policy file as the last trusted timestamp. Workstation 12 Player now improves the performance of encrypted VMs during suspend and resume operations with up to 3X faster performance over previous versions of Workstation.įor workers assigned to short-term projects, temporary employees, or software evaluations, Workstation Player allows you to run restricted virtual machines expire at a predefined date and time. Restricted virtual machines are the easiest way to secure corporate desktops with encryption, runtime password protection, USB access restriction, isolation between the host and guest OS, and time limitation.

VMware Workstation Player has the ability to run restricted virtual machines created by VMware Workstation Pro or VMware Fusion Pro.

Run Restricted and Expiring Virtual Machines

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