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P. von OvenLearning VMware Workstation for Windowshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9969-2_2

2. Introduction to VMware Workstation Pro

Peter von Oven1  
(1)
Gloucestershire, UK
 

Before we start to get into the technical details of the solution, in this second chapter we are going to introduce you to VMware Workstation Pro for Windows, VMware’s desktop (type 2) hypervisor solution. Given that this was the first product that VMware released, it has a significant place in the overall history of VMware and deserves that extra bit of focus on how it all started for VMware and not just this particular solution.

It is probably worth noting that there is also a

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