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Now It’s Easy to Build Virtual Machines Like a ProThere was a time when you could Google “virtual machine software,” and only and Java would come up.But those days are long gone. Today, every server, network, security, and storage vendor has gotten into the business. Nowadays, VMs can run on smartphones and tablets and are even being used to And though is my favorite, I wanted to be fair to readers and all the vendors who have virtual machine products.So I’m recommending anyone considering a career in, or businesses reviewing solutions for their new data center or private cloud, to test and evaluate more than just products before deciding which is the best virtual machine for your future. Pick Your Favorite Color!Listed below are 11 flavors of VM software.Five will install on a desktop and can run various operating systems seamlessly within the same pane of glass.And then there are 6 more choices that are better suited for installing on server hardware. They all have their pluses and minuses. Does and don’ts.

Lovers and haters. Choose one software, or two, or three, or all 11 alternatives.

Before we get started with our list of virtual machine software products for you to review, I’d like to recommend reading my new guide to the. This guide covers salary ranges, job skills, and online training options for beginners to learn how to set up, configure, and support virtual servers and desktops. There is even a free training for VirtualBox.

Best Virtual Machines That Run on a Desktop1. Player is a FREEWARE for personal use software that will allow you to mount and run VMs directly from a Windows or Linux desktop. Though it cannot create new VMs from an ISO, it is still a powerful virtual machine software.There is also a Player Plus version with enhanced features, but it will require purchasing a license.2. Oracle VM VirtualBox is another cool FREE virtual machine software if you’re looking for an alternative to Workstation. And it’s an excellent choice for beginners.

Great for lab testing and running from the desktop, VirtualBox installs on Windows, OS X, Solaris, and Linux.Unlike VM Player this FREEWARE allows the creation of new virtual machines from ISO or importing. And will run most 32 and 64bit operating systems as a VM.

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(Oracle also has OVM which is not listed in my top ten). Workstation is a full-featured virtual machine software that requires licensing. This software is for advanced users who require running multiple systems. For example, it works well for developers needing database, web and application servers all in the same virtual space. It also allows for saving projects and cloning.Workstation also interfaces with vSphere via an API and is fully supported. And with too many features to list, I can say from experience it’s a robust solution for running virtual machines on a desktop.4. Parallels is a full-featured virtual machine software which began primarily to run a Windows virtual machine on Apple OS X.

It was a great way to have both worlds and run Windows applications on a Mac.Interestingly, you can run Windows on a Mac now a couple of different ways, but legally you are still not allowed to run OS X on anything except Mac hardware. Parallels require purchasing a license.5. Fusion requires obtaining a license too and is! $10.03Best Virtual Machine Software Products that Run on Server Hardware6. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers has been around for a while and from what I can find it is used most by hosting companies for providing Virtual Private Servers aka VPS.But to be completely honest with you, I’ve never used it or worked anywhere Virtuozzo was deployed. I’m not even aware of any business use cases running Virtuozzo for private cloud. Although after reading about it for this post, I would agree it seems like a good choice for hosting companies.7.

(Microsoft Hyper-V) Once upon a time there was Microsoft VirtualPC, then there was Microsoft VirtualServer, and now there’s Microsoft Hyper-V.A couple of years ago I remembered going to a demo and watching Hyper-V crash, but since then a lot has changed. Hyper-V can now do many of the same things most enterprise software boast about. Live migration, HA, templates, and importing VMs from and EC2 using SystemCenter VMM. The only real hang up is the lack of popularity with the Linux communityHyper-V works best with Windows operating systems, and it powers Microsoft’s Azure Cloud.8. XenServer (XenSource) is popular open sources virtual machine software that was acquired by Citrix. But then Citrix made the mistake of trying too hard to make a profit from XenSource and lost many of their key supporters in the process.

Since then Citrix has seen their error and has reopened the source code.XenServer is available for FREE, but you can also buy the fully supported version as well. It’s a robust solution used in many enterprise environments for hosting servers and desktop operating systems. And linked to XenCenter it can do just about everything vSphere can such as live migration, HA and importing and exporting VMs to the cloud.The critical need to know is.9. KVM (Kernel-Based Virtual Machine) is another of my favorites. I guess you can say it’s the second best choice. KVM is a full solution for Linux and is found already on most Linux Distros. It’s preferred by more Linux guru’s than or XenServer, and it fits perfectly into OpenStack.There are FREE or fully supported versions from RedHat, and it does all the cool stuff too.

But like Hyper-V with Linux, KVM has limits with virtualizing Windows.KVM’s popularity has been moving up on the list of virtual machine software’s due to its success with OpenStack. Marrying the 2 products together gives similar functionality as vSphere, although there are some limitations with hosting Windows VMs, which are now taken care of by OpenStack’s ability to also support Hyper-V and.10. Does it all and more. For large enterprise virtual server deployments of Windows or Linux, is the best solution in my opinion.I’ll tell you upfront it is not a cheap solution, but does offer a FREE version of to get you hooked. And don’t expect too much from the FREE version because most of the valuable features rely on and shared storage integration, as well as licenses for HA, vMotion, DSR, and storage DRS.Since the 90’s has been evolving.

It started as a clumsy little software that used to be installed on a Windows desktop. Then from there, it changed into GSX for Windows Servers. And then again it morphed into ESX which eliminated the need for Windows and booted to a Redhat kernel. And later in version 4, it became which now runs on a custom Linux kernel.VMs on run Windows and Linux operating systems near flawlessly.

It’s also a powerhouse for many sizeable virtual desktop deployments running on View or Citrix XenDesktop. And more recently was in the news because they will soon power Google’s Chrome virtual desktop cloud and provide access to Windows application. How cool is that!Engineers are well paid and in some datacenters, they run the show. Designing and building software defined datacenters consisting of best-of-brands servers, network and storage hardware. With dedication and, you could become a vSphere expert and join in the fun.A final highlight about is that it is used in the majority of private clouds.

And more recently many public clouds have been offerings services that allow flexing private vSphere infrastructure directly to public vSphere infrastructure.11. Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure ( New Product Update)A while back, I met with Andy Ng to see a demo of Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure. Once upon a time, Andy was my top Engineer and he’s mentioned in my eBook,During the Nutanix demo, Andy did what he does better than anyone I know – he drew a full stack of Nutanix on the whiteboard and covered the hyperconverged technology from end to end. I was intrigued by Andy’s presentation of hyperconvergence. For more information see the results of Gartner’s Peer Insights:.

Some folks say Nutanix is the solution to the tax.To sum up my meeting in terms that someone who understands vSphere might understand, think of a 3 node cluster with VSAN and NSX all wrapped together. Basically, storage, network and compute are all bundled together in a hyperconverged elastic cluster that runs virtual servers on an open source hypervisor.Nutanix is where I would start testing if I was building a new data center from scratchNutanix has an enterprise software and hardware version that’s fully supported, and they also offer an open source software only version. Free Virtual Machine Tutorial To Get You Started. Vrtualbox is an alternative to using or when the old days you would use Virtual PC. It allows 64-bit operating systems and Irving and especially for testing 2013 and are more advanced nav features.

It’s a great product because it also performs very well. So I’ve already downloaded the VirtualBox here so I would just go through the install. And it’s one of those simple ones is just like those next-next-next. It will give you a warning here that it actually will shut down the network interface for a short second. It’s not different than what virtual preceded.It’s just if you’re running a live environment you have to be careful that it actually will stop all machines to make sure you have access to the Internet. So it’s really only for production purposes. So when I’m basically finished installing it so it was a very very simple process.The next thing I want to show here is actually how to install a Windows 7 inside this one.

To create a new computer here and I just called this one Windows 7. Top 11 VM Software Alternatives (Try Them Out!)As you can see, there are many options and features to choose from when considering the best virtual machine software that performs hardware.

I have 1,000s of WTV files my parents watch and re-watch. There is no support for this on Win8 (not unless you upgrade to Pro then buy the WMC add-on), and it won’t be supported in Win10.

The trouble is these files are off free-to-air stations created using a Win7 HTPC with a USB tuner capturing DVB-T TV stations over several years.I’ve tried down-converting them to DVRMS format (the earlier Windows PVR format) then into MP4s but they then loose their Closed Caption subtitles that are essential for anyone hard of hearing. And the clever way Series Recording was done in WMC is second to none (I’ve tried several FreeView PVRs from well known manufacturers, and all had to be returned to the store).How might I run Win7 Home Premium with Window Media Centre in virtual mode on a new Win10 laptop?Thanks! October 8, 2015. Hi Joe,I’ve just scrape installed Windows (8.1 Pro x64) on my old Latitude E6520 (from Win 7 Pro x64, after Check Point stopped it from booting).My IT support guys decided it would be best to update because they couldn’t supply a Win 7 Product Key!)So as I have a nice clean build, I thought I’d go the VM route as well.However I was advised to use either Parallels or Fusion, even after remarking they both appear to be purely for Macs to run Windows! 0.o (correct me if I’m wrong)I’m thinking all I really need is Hyper-V? (for free 🙂 as all I really want is to have disposable VM(s) I can install the weird & wonderful onto, then replace it if it breaks.However, it sounds like I need another OS licence for the VM, even though it’s the exact same one as the host OS, on the same hardware! True?Cheers, DD December 17, 2015.

Sorry about the late timing!!!! I just bought a Panasonic cf-52 laptop with Win 10 PRO running on a Windows Vista COA. Well, I’d like to think your last statement STILL holds true for my efforts.

Can you confirm this? I’m primarily interested in running old OS’s such as WIN XP. Or older windows OS’swho knows maybe some DR-DOS files and.apps. I’m thinking I can stay away from migration and dedicated server machines and all that goes along with security issues. Thanks for any feed back.ronoforange dec 15 2017 December 15, 2017. Hi Ron,Thanks for the question.Yes – if the installed OS is Win10 and you are running Vista as a VM, which is the original OS and using the license key that is from the sticker on the laptop, then the OEM license can be run on the same hardware as a VM.

But note – XP, and Vista are both no longer supported by Microsoft with security patches.Also, note, if your laptop hardware is 64 bit then you can go 64, 32 or 16 bit OS. Whereas, if you are installing VirtualBox on a 32 bit CPU and plan to go to 64 bit OS then VB will grey out the option for using these VM configs. But you can use 32 bit and lower.And for DOS, I found this YouTube video for you for running DOS on VirtualBox.Sounds like you have plans for a lot of fun. Good Luck!Joe December 16, 2017.