

You can download from the following Link: screenshot of the tool I wrote for Windows 11 compatibility Summary: You can also check that you have configured everything correctly with a free tool I wrote for checking a device’s minimum requirements for Windows 11. Once these steps have been completed, you are now ready to run Windows 11 Virtual Machines on VMware Workstation. The screenshot shows where to enable secure boot. Virtual Machine Settings > Options > Advanced > Firmware Type > UEFI > Enable secure boot Make sure you have UEFI selected and then ensure that “Enable secure boot” is enabled. Within the Same Virtual Machines Settings, navigate back to options and select the Advanced settings.

In this section we check to ensure secure boot is enabled on the VM. Now that we have added the Trusted platform chip, we can now progress with enabling Secure Boot. A screenshot showing the Trusted platform module added. Once added, you should see the Trusted Platform Chip (TPM) showing as present. Screenshot showing the add process for the trusted platform chip

Virtual Machine Settings > Hardware > Add > Trusted Platform Module > Finish Within the Virtual Machine Settings page, under the Hardware Tab, click add (1), then select the Trusted platform Module (2) and then Click finish (3). In this section we look at adding the TPM chip to the Virtual Machine hardware. There you have it step 1 is now complete, Lets move on to step 2 where we add the TPM chip. It should now show “This virtual machine is encrypted” The screenshot shows Virtual Machine encryption has been enabled Once Encryption has completed, you will see the access control setting form has change. Once you have entered a password and clicked encrypt, you will see the progress bar appear whilst the encryption process completes. (follow the guidance provided in he dialog box). The Encrypt Virtual Machine Dialog will then appear for you to provide a password. Summary steps: Virtual Machine Hardware Settings > Options > Access Control > EncryptĬlick the Encrypt button as shown in the screenshot below The screenshot shows where to enable Virtual Machine encryption (Virtual Machine Settings > Options > Access Control > Encrypt…) You should then see the Access Control setting located halfway down the list of settings.

Within the Virtual Machine settings page, select the options tab. In this section we look at enabling VM Encryption for the VMware Workstation VM. Add the Virtual Trusted Platform Module to the VM Hardware.There are three parts to configuring a VMware Workstation VM for Windows 11: In this quick guide, I will show you how to configure a Virtual Machine within VMware Workstation for running Windows 11 VMs. On the announcement of Windows 11, Microsoft did state that there are a number of minimum requirements that need to be met to run Windows 11. Windows 11 at the time of writing this post is currently launched as an insider preview.
