Display: High definition (720p) display that is greater than 9” diagonally, 8 bits per color channelīy extension, to successfully install Windows 11 inside a VMware vSphere virtual machine, your ESXi host has to have certain hardware present to virtualize to the Windows 11 guest VM.Graphics card: Compatible with DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver.Check here for instructions on how your PC might be enabled to meet this requirement TPM: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0.Check here for information on how your PC might be able to meet this requirement System firmware: UEFI, Secure Boot capable.Storage: 64 GB or larger storage device Note: See below under “More information on storage space to keep Windows 11 up-to-date” for more details.Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or System on a Chip (SoC) The basic hardware requirements for installing Windows 11 includes the following as detailed from Microsoft: As noted by Microsoft, if your PC does not meet the minimum requirements necessary, you may not be able to install Windows 11 on your device, including in a virtual machine.

With Windows 11, Microsoft has introduced and enforced certain security requirements as part of the installation of the operating system. Windows 11 is a step beyond the requirements of Windows 10. What are these new requirements? Let’s consider Windows 11 TPM and Encryption in VMware vSphere and see how these new requirements can be satisfied when installing Windows 11 on top of VMware ESXi. In virtualized environments such as VMware vSphere, the steps to install Windows 11 require using new virtual hardware and disk encryption. With Windows 11, new requirements need to be considered during installation and upgrades. Windows 11 is now fully GA, and many have begun their upgrades and other projects to migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11.

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