VMware Workstation Initial Setup
Installing VMware Workstation at the start will be a little bit difficult. However, it will be easy once we install the solution several times. We should have a correct action plan for installation and what we need to install. The solution's installation totally depends on our infrastructure.
View full review »The initial setup is very easy.
View full review »The initial setup is straightforward. It's very user-friendly. The deployment time depends on the software image and the configuration. If it's small, it's really quick, like five minutes. The longest deployment I did was probably almost one hour. Large enterprises with a lot of virtual machines usually have a dedicated IT department to manage them.
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VMware Workstation
March 2024
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Installing an operating system can be complex, typically taking one to two hours, depending on the operating system installed in the VMware Workstation. You can deploy it using Windows IIS and create an in-house VPN.
View full review »The implementation process of the solution is very straightforward and simple. It's not overly complex.
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Dimitar Kavrakov
CEO at iSolute Ltd
The initial setup is very easy. If we’re experienced, most products are easy to install. We just have to download and install the product. The time taken for deployment depends on the resources. Generally, the deployment takes three or four minutes.
View full review »The product's initial setup phase was simple.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
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Walter Gygli
Owner at Secacon Gygli Engineering LLC
The setup of the VMware Workstation was simple.
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Toni Lindberg
CEO at Virtual Consultants Sverige AB
The initial setup of the VMware Workstation is simple. You only need to click install and hit the next button over and over on the mouse.
View full review »Installing VMware Workstation isn't so easy. It's highly complex compared to Windows. I rate it four out of 10 for ease of installation. Setting up a remote desktop only takes a minute or so, but the Workstation itself takes some time.
You need to install a tool on the host machine, and then all the features can be managed via VMware Workstation. Once it's deployed, I can maintain issues on the machines remotely. We don't often go to the sites.
View full review »The initial setup is easy. However, it could be a learning curve for new users and require training. I rate the process a ten out of ten.
View full review »From a user perspective, the installation and deployment process was easy to understand and easy to deploy. Even for someone like me, who is not a fully technical person, it was manageable.
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Munetsi Matambanadzo
System Engineer at ZESA Holdings
The initial setup is straightforward. I rate the process an eight out of ten. The deployment involves setting up a server with the help of a system administrator.
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reviewer1754271
Chief Technical Officer at a construction company with 51-200 employees
The initial setup is straightforward.
The installation is really easy, aside from little issues that it doesn't necessarily tell you when you're cloning something. For example, it may not point out which thing to click on but you can reasonably guess because it's at the top of the list, and it works.
I'm still in the process of tweaking the miners, so optimizing the system is an ongoing process. With this particular software, things change depending on the situation with the mining because you're working on a large network.
It takes about 15 to 20 minutes to clone the system once you've got the image done. The image that I made yesterday, I probably spent an hour or so setting up, and then I can cookie cutter. However, I'm continuing to look into how to optimize it for the number of CPUs, whether two processors with six cores are better than one processor with 12 cores, etc.
View full review »We don't use the on-premise version often; instead, we use a cloud-based solution for the service and the production environment.
The initial setup is straightforward.
The deployment is ongoing, and we use it on a regular basis.
It is not a production environment that has been migrated to the cloud. It is ongoing and does not have a beginning and an end.
View full review »The solution is deployed on the cloud. The installation was easy.
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Dan Tica
Senior Micro Solutions Engineer at Mobexpert
The initial setup is straightforward. it took thirty minutes to complete the deployment.
We only require two days a month for one person to maintain this solution.
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reviewer941238
Engineering Applications Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
As long as you have all the information you need in terms of how many processors are require and how much memory, it's not complicated. Implementation was an in-house job. Rather than loading a specific software package on our network, we can use a testing environment to see what to expect from it. We test out of the box in a virtual environment and see where we get with it. The deployment took about a day.
I rate the initial setup a six and a half out of ten. The initial setup of the solution is not complicated, but it may not be stable or as good as it should be if you use the tool without VMware Workstation's license or licensed software.
The solution is deployed by enabling virtualization on my laptop.
The time taken for the deployment depends on the size of your operations. The installation of VMware Workstation only takes around 20 to 30 minutes.
For deployment steps, download the free version of VMware Workstation for all the licenses, and then by clicking the next options available after clicking the EXE file, we can install the solution. You get around 60 days to use the free version of the solution, after which you need to pay for VMware Workstation.
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Ashvit Khandare
Cloud Engineer, Content Writer at Planet Flora
The initial setup is simple and takes only five minutes to complete.
I rate the initial setup a seven out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.
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VBVenkat
Networking engineer at Hical Technologies Private Limited
The initial setup is easy. The deployment took a few days.
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Kristjan Janezic
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The initial installation is easy.
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Tristan Camilleri
System Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup was not that difficult.
View full review »VMware Workstation's initial setup is easy.
View full review »The initial setup is easy. I have programed it on-premises. The deployment can take hours. I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten.
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Karthik Sjp
Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup of the VMware Workstation is easy.
View full review »Setup is very easy.
View full review »The solution's initial setup is straightforward and can be done by the users. You run the setup profile, and it will guide you through the installation.
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Updesh Yadav
Senior network engineer at GoTech
We need to download the EXE file for the solution and install it. It takes five minutes to complete the process. However, time might vary depending on connectivity, operating system installations, etc.
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reviewer139530
Systems and Security Administrator at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
Pretty simple - the network editor is the one you have to pay attention to if you are trying to setup multiple networks. The defaults really do not unleash the power of the platform.
View full review »The initial setup is very easy for creating virtual machines. It does not require any prior experience. The deployment time depends on the number of machines and services to be implemented. It takes approximately ten minutes to deploy one machine.
View full review »There were no problems with the initial setup, and the deployment was good.
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reviewer1803714
Customer experience engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
VMware Workstation's initial setup is straightforward. It's not a difficult solution to implement. It's incredibly similar to Citrix. It's quite easy because most sites that employ Horizon or VMware Workstation have already a VMware implementation, it's not extensive in that respect. However, what is difficult for all clients, it's how to make it work reliably, quickly, and stream well. After the initial installation, it's the second configuration that is what takes more work.
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reviewer903963
Pre-sales engineer
Workstation is easy to set up. It only took about 15 minutes.
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Darshil Sanghvi
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup of this product was straightforward.
View full review »The initial set-up is straight forward, however, you need to ensure that virtualisation is switched on in the BIOS.
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VMware Workstation
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about VMware Workstation. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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