Notice it’s picked up “Windows11_InsiderPreview_Client_圆4_en-us_2245…” as the image name. Drag the ISO file onto the light blue target rectangle.Īfter a few moments it’ll recognize the image and offer up this new window:

Since we have the ISO disc image from Microsoft, that’s the easiest option. Choose File > New and you’ll see this:Īs you can see, lots of choices. Once the download’s done, launch VMWare Fusion… CREATING A WINDOWS 11 VIRTUAL MACHINEįusion makes creating a virtual machine pretty easy, actually. Do that, then go get a cup of tea it’s going to take a while to get a 5GB download. One of the options there is to download a beta of the new operating system. A few clicks and you gain access to the Windows Insider area on the Microsoft site. Do that by going into Settings on your Windows 10 system and searching for ‘insider’. It’s big, over 5GB, and you’ll need to join the Windows Insider Program to gain access. The first step is to get a copy of the latest Windows 11 release as an ISO file. I imagine it won’t be long before there’s a default “Windows 11” option within the Fusion setup process, but until then, I’m running version 12.1.2 and here’s how it worked… DOWNLOAD THE WINDOWS 11 ISO In this tutorial, I go through a full Windows 11 install from the Microsoft ISO image download so you can see where it’s easy and where you have to guess and hope you’re choosing the best option. You can test your existing PC to ensure it’s Win11 compatible – How to Check If Your PC Can Run Windows 11 – and it turns out you can actually create a virtual workspace in VMWare Fusion that includes a TPM, as I detail here: Add TPM 2.0 To Your VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine.īut this begs the question can VMWare Fusion actually run Windows 11 at this point? The answer is, well, mostly. For a PC to be compatible with Windows 11, it will now need to have what’s known as a Trusted Platform Module for better platform security. Microsoft is tightening the requirements for people to run Windows 11 on their computers, muchly around the issue of security.

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