VMware Workstation 12 Released

What's New

The following support is new in Workstation 12 Pro:

• Full support of Windows 10
  VMware Workstation Pro provides the following support for Windows 10:
  
  • Run Windows 10 as a virtual machine
    
  • Run Windows 10 as a host operating system
    
  • Windows 10 Auto Detect and Easy Install
    
  • Unity support for Windows 10
    
  • Migrate Windows 10 PC to a virtual machine
    
• New guest operating systems support
  Support has been added for the following operating systems:
  
  • Ubuntu 15.04
    
  • Fedora 22
    
  • CentOS 7.1
    
  • RHEL 7.1
    
  • Oracle Linux 7.1
    
  • VMware Project Photon
    
• Advanced graphics
  Support has been added for the following standards:
  
  • DirectX 10
    
  • OpenGL 3.3
    
• Performance improvements for suspending and resuming encrypted virtual machines
  
• Improved vCloud Air Integration (Workstation Pro on Windows only)
  
  • Power operation on remote virtual machines
    
  • Enhanced user experience
    
• Support IPv6 NAT network
  
• Tear away tabs
  You can drag open tabs out of the Workstation Pro window into new or already existing Workstation Pro windows.
  
• Automatically suspend virtual machines upon host shutdown
  
• Support 4K monitors with high resolution UI
  
• Support for multiple monitors with different DPI settings
  
• Echo cancellation for voice and video calls with Microsoft Lync and Skype
  
• Added USB 3.0 support to Windows 7 virtual machines (with the latest Intel USB driver)
  
• Improved standard installer
  
• Added NAT network configuration in Virtual Network Editor on Linux hosts
  
• Respect left-handed mouse setting on Windows host
  

The following features have reached end of life in Workstation 12 Pro and have been removed:

• Unity mode on Linux guest and host operating systems
  
• Integrated Virtual Debugger Visual Studio