2021-03-16T08:55:27Z

What needs improvement with VMware Workstation?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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PraveenKumar27 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2024-02-22T13:03:50Z
Feb 22, 2024

Currently, everybody is moving towards the cloud. I don’t think anyone will use VMware anymore. The product is outdated. If the tool moves to the cloud, I will use it.

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Terry Cutler - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2024-02-21T16:37:53Z
Feb 21, 2024

They could include official support for macOS virtualization within VMware Workstation.

VV
Real User
Top 20
2024-01-22T11:15:35Z
Jan 22, 2024

The dashboard can be improved.

KJ
Real User
Top 20
2023-12-21T09:37:06Z
Dec 21, 2023

I need to buy a newer version of the tool to support Windows Server. I would love to see the support in the lower versions.

Roshan Dias - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-12-04T08:45:32Z
Dec 4, 2023

For some virtual machine configurations, you have to go to the text editor and make the configuration changes, which could be improved.

DK
MSP
Top 5
2023-11-29T10:17:28Z
Nov 29, 2023

The solution freezes sometimes. The performance must be improved. The tool should provide more dashboards.

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Muhammad Samir - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-11-10T14:48:38Z
Nov 10, 2023

The product’s virtual machine data backup feature needs upgrading.

Fredrik Hallgarde - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-10-13T11:22:22Z
Oct 13, 2023

VMware Workstation’s scalability could be improved.

MM
Real User
Top 20
2023-10-10T14:54:48Z
Oct 10, 2023

They could work on the pricing model for the end users. It could be more affordable. There could be more integration with different tools.

Dan Hercules - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
Top 10
2023-08-29T14:04:37Z
Aug 29, 2023

It would be great if VMware Workstation had more networking options and compatibility, that would be great. I would like to deploy virtual switches and play around with networking a bit more. Otherwise, I have to deploy ESXi Virtual Edition and emulate it, which is painful and clunky. In future releases, if there could be a built-in tool in VMware Workstation that allows me to convert Hyper-VVMs directly to VMware VMs. Another area of improvement is pricing. It could be a bit tricky to upgrade. So, there could be an improvement in the upgrade path from Standard to above.

SalimAhmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-08-28T12:54:12Z
Aug 28, 2023

VMware Workstation uses more resources like CPU and disk space, especially the CPU, which is a shortcoming that needs improvement.

MohamedGamal1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 10
2023-07-20T14:01:00Z
Jul 20, 2023

The support can be improved.

TC
Real User
Top 20
2023-06-14T13:01:55Z
Jun 14, 2023

The product could provide the features available in Microsoft Hyper-V.

UY
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-04-28T09:13:00Z
Apr 28, 2023

The solution's pricing could be better.

Yasmine Abib - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-03-31T14:49:33Z
Mar 31, 2023

It would be better if software updates occur automatically.

Tomasz Pietas - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-03-09T17:07:32Z
Mar 9, 2023

The solution is missing a snapshot feature. The solution can be expensive. It's not as easy to use as, for example, Oracle's Virtual Box.

Ajmal Abbas - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-12-05T23:15:03Z
Dec 5, 2022

They could bring in many different features from VMware vSphere to Workstation. This is a free version they are providing. However, it could be more robust. Therefore, if they could bring in things from the enterprise versions to the Workstation, that would be very helpful.

WG
Real User
Top 20
2022-10-25T13:59:24Z
Oct 25, 2022

VMware Workstation could improve the export and import of virtual machines.

Alexander Lavrinovich - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-09-05T14:54:07Z
Sep 5, 2022

It could have more platforms and CPUs.

KV
Real User
Top 20
2022-07-26T06:08:44Z
Jul 26, 2022

The price of VMware solutions could improve.

Pallab Kumar Chanda - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-05-30T13:37:24Z
May 30, 2022

The GUI interface could be improved. My customer says that you have to be trained to use it. For someone who isn't a VMware expert, a simpler user interface would help.

AG
Real User
2022-02-23T13:18:00Z
Feb 23, 2022

The interface is a little wonky and needs to be improved. Honestly, the biggest problem with VMware is not with their interface, as much as their support for the interface. In order for a virtual machine to run on your system, you have to set the hardware up correctly. If it's an AMD, you need to have virtualization enabled on the CPU. That means going into the BIOS and making sure that your VX is set if it's Intel, or an AMDV is enabled. But, you don't actually find that on an AMD. Rather, you have to go to the SPV and check the box that's there. It would behoove VMware as a company to have better documentation that shows people how to do all of this setup. It wasn't too big of a deal for me to figure it out because I've been working with it, but I could imagine that someone who's not familiar with the BIOS and not familiar with SPV could get into a lot of trouble just to set it up for virtualization. That's unfortunate. I'm not saying they should make the interface overly simple to use. I'm just saying that they should make their documentation easy to access for the stuff that you need. Specifically, if you're in an area of the application, it should have an information link that goes into detail and sub-detail at that point. That would be good. I understand the segmentation of different markets that they're trying to achieve in terms of sales, but it would be really nice if they just enabled you to scale. You're limited to a certain number of threads as it is now. It might be 32 threads or 32 CPUs max on VMware Workstation. ESXi can go to 128 or even 700-and-something if you scale it up to vSphere. However, it would be nice if someone purchased VMware and then was able to add those feature sets onto it. That's how their software's actually built. It's all VMware Workstation, yet depending on the configuration and how much you pay, some can allocate 738 CPUs and other ones can only do 32.

DT
Real User
2021-11-13T00:49:06Z
Nov 13, 2021

I would like to see the stability improve. We have experienced some crashes on our devices. The configuration could be simplified. I would want to see features included that make deployment easier.

JR
Real User
2021-10-21T19:50:32Z
Oct 21, 2021

For our needs, the issue is that there is no way to take an existing system out of the testing environment, clone it with everything that it's currently set up on, and put it into production without having to create a whole new one. It lacks the ability to clone the environment so you have your test environment set up in the way it's going to be used in production. Rather than create a whole other environment, the idea would be to clone that capability onto another system and not have to start over from scratch. You have everything working the way you want it to and you just want to move it over to the production side of things.

DS
Reseller
2021-06-20T10:12:38Z
Jun 20, 2021

I think that performance could be improved by making it more effective and less resource consuming. It's a little clunky.

EC
Real User
2021-03-16T08:55:27Z
Mar 16, 2021

The price should be reduced. Visio stencils must be made available for technical documentation.

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