Hyper-V to VMware

nlel1975

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I've been using a Hyper-V Windows 10 install for ages, tried Windows 11 and once I got it installed I couldn't set the resolution above 1920 x 1080 and I had no sound either. I've been using VMware Fusion on my Mac for awhile now so decided to try VMware Workstation which is the Windows equivalent.

My my so much easier to install, once you've installed VMtools everything just works. I have it set to 3840 x 2160 with 125% scaling and I have sound too. So I've deleted my Windows 10 Hyper-V install and removed Hyper-V completely from the system.
 
VMware Workstation is a nice product. Works very well for what it's designed for.

I did some work on a windfarm control room once which heavily utilised it, made the whole process much smoother!

It's a shame Broadcom are heavily killing VMware ESXi etc for most businesses, I love using it at work!
 
I'm not that familiar with Hyper-V so unsure if your issue is a limitation or possibly related to video memory configured on the VM(s) you were running.

But agree that some VMware things are just great and seem to work. In general the VMware products have always been more "polished" than other options. But i'm also hoping with the way Broadcom are messing around, it encourages the alternatives to improve quickly to allow businesses to migrate workloads away from Broadcom.
 
I've been using VMware Workstation recently and it's been incredibly easy to use and just get everything working first time.
 
If you absolutely must use a desktop hypervisor then might as well use Virtual box.

Other than that, proxmox would be a sensible choice for a bare metal hypervisor.

Hyperv is basically dead outside of their cloud product, and VMware is well ... broadcom
 
You need to use an enhanced console session or RDP to the VM to get a more "native" Windows desktop experience. A regular console connection to a Hyper-V VM is rather limited and ideally used for mgmt purposes. You definitely wouldn't use that for day-to-day tasks.

RDP is the best way - it supports HW acceleration for the display and audio passthrough from the guest to the RDP client. Remote desktop needs to be enabled on the VM, then connect to the IP address using mstsc.exe, input credentials, and you're rocking. Hyper-V is OK for home use but you do need to know how to configure and use it for it to be a good experience. VMware Workstation is much better out of the box, undoubtedly. I do fear what will become of its future with VMware undergoing Broadcomification.
 
Yeah I knew there must be someway to get Windows 11 on Hyper-V working, I just couldn’t be bothered messing about with it especially when my Windows 10 Hyper-V VM worked straight out of the box.

So I installed VMware workstation and that just works.
 
I went the other way - VMware is trash, especially now Broadcom is running the show. Hyper-V just works, but then so does VMware, and for that reason, they are equally trash :D
 
robj20 said:
What makes VMware trash now? Genuinely curious as I just started using it.
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The products are not trash, it's more the licensing/costing due to the Broadcom takeover.

I have not seen or had any renewal quotes personally, but have read lots of posts on Reddit and other places where Broadcom have simply increased the renewal quotes to the point where the smaller customers are being forced to move to another solution.
 
nade said:
The products are not trash, it's more the licensing/costing due to the Broadcom takeover.

I have not seen or had any renewal quotes personally, but have read lots of posts on Reddit and other places where Broadcom have simply increased the renewal quotes to the point where the smaller customers are being forced to move to another solution.
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I downloaded it for free? Guess you mean for business use.
 
robj20 said:
What makes VMware trash now? Genuinely curious as I just started using it.
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Nothing wrong specifically with VMWare Workstation that you are using, although it's a Type 2 Hypervisor rather than a bare metal Hypervisor.

The VMWare is trash comments are generally aimed at their licensing in general, mainly to do with their bare metal product ESXi.

For almost forever there was a cheap "homelab" subscription (VMUG Advantage I think) that offered licenses for all of their enterprise products (ESXi and all of the management VCentre tools) but for non-production use i.e. home/evaluation. For a lot of users this was the key to running the same thing at home as at work, or being able to try products at home and then demonstrate them for Work use, helping to grow the product/experience.
However it was discontinued shortly after the Broadcom takeover, perpetual licenses were also all discontinued in favour of subscriptions, and numerous other license stipulations (e.g. minimum core counts etc) added that bumped up costs for most small-medium workloads.
 
robj20 said:
I downloaded it for free? Guess you mean for business use.
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Yeah, sorry I should have been more specific.

I've worked with it since around 2008 now and really there has been nothing close to having the features/options with the various products from VMware, including ESXi. But yes, more recently it seems more and more small companies are potentially being priced out of their renewals and having to find other options.

Been looking again at Nutanix (last looked at it maybe 8 years ago) and their main product has improved massively. But I feel ESXi / vCenter / etc is more polished and proven.

But I guess that's the upside to what's happening is that the other solutions are getting more and more focus to try and take Vmware customers away from Broadcom.
 
nade said:
Been looking again at Nutanix (last looked at it maybe 8 years ago) and their main product has improved massively. But I feel ESXi / vCenter / etc is more polished and proven.
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For what it's worth, be careful if you do go Nutanix - they'll get you with a decent initial price. Then they'll bend you over ala Broadcom when it comes to renewals.
 
I moved from HyperV to VMWare when MS took GPU hardware acceleration or sharing out of the Windows 11 version a few years back. I use an old version of VMWare Workstation Pro and the workstation tools (17.5.2) that still has the Unity feature, so apps integrate into my host desktop as if they are Citrix applications. I have this set not to update as this works well for my personal use
 
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