Select the OS you want to install and click ‘Next’:.

Enter a license key or click ‘I don’t have a product key’ when you want to enter this later:.

Click Next in the Windows Setup screen:.

In order to test the configuration, I’m running a manual installation of Windows 11.

Click the ‘CD/DVD (SATA)’ device and browse for the Windows 11 ISO.

Click the ‘Hardware’ tab and add a ‘Trusted Platform Module’.

Set the password for this virtual machine and click ‘Encrypt’:.

Then click ‘Encrypt’ in the ‘Encryption’ panel shown at the right:

Select the ‘Printer’ device, click ‘Remove’.

Select ‘Sound card’ device, click ‘Remove’:.

Review the default Disk file name and click ‘Next’:.

Set the disk size to 100 GB and click ‘Next’:.

Select ‘Create a new virtual disk’ and click ‘Next’:.

Select the recommended Virtual disk type and click ‘Next’:.

Select the ‘LSI Logic SAS’ SCSI controller for the I/O controller and click ‘Next’:.

Select ‘Use NAT networking’ and click ‘Next’:.

Set the ‘memory size’ to ‘4096’ and click ‘Next’:.Set the number of ‘Number of processors’ to ‘2’ and ‘Number of cores per processor’ to ‘2’, per and click ‘Next’:.Select ‘UEFI’ for the Firmware type, check the ‘Secure’ Boot’ checkbox and click ‘Next’:.Use ‘Windows 11 圆4’ as the Virtual Machine name and click ‘Next’:.

Select ‘Microsoft Windows’ as Guest operating system and ‘Windows 10 圆4’ as Version and click ‘Next’:.

Select ‘I will install the operating system later’ and click ‘Next’:.

Leave the ‘hardware compatibility’ to ‘Workstation 15.x’ and click ‘Next’:.

Select ‘Custom (Advanced) Configuration’ and click ‘Next’:.

In VMware Workstation select File, New, Virtual Machine from the main menu:.

Download a Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) from the Microsoft’s Software download page, MSDN Visual Studio Subscriptions or the Volume Licensing Service Center.

This blog includes screen captures of version 15. I’ve tested this both with VMware Workstation 15 and 16. In this blog I will describe the steps to create a Virtual Machine for VMware Workstation to install Windows 11 in.

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