VMware Workstation Primary Use Case

Shambhu Narayan  Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Axis Securities Limited

Currently, we are creating storage, and we are using multiple machines. We use the solution for production purposes, and we are creating Linux and Windows machines.

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Dan Hercules - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Solutions Architect at MicroAge

I mainly use this platform for labs. So, I work with several different clients that have several different apps. And if they use VMware, it's a really good place for me to go and spin up a quick sandbox where I can test certain things for them. So that's my main use case.

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SHUBHAM BHINGARDE - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at CDAC

I use the product to create a virtual operating system for testing various tools. It allows me to test different tools.

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Tomasz Pietas - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT Manager at LPEC

I'm a teacher and I show it to students. I use the solution for virtualization for testing some systems and features in IT, for example, containers. 

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DK
CEO at iSolute Ltd

We provide the solution to our customers. It is used mainly for testing purposes and installing different products on different operating systems.

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Vebjorn Nergaard - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Engineer at Guard Automation AS

My company uses VMware Workstation to create a test lab and to access our customers' VPN connections so that we can isolate working with customers from your own computer, making it more secure.

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WG
Owner at Secacon Gygli Engineering LLC

We are using VMware Workstation for development purposes.

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TL
CEO at Virtual Consultants Sverige AB

VMware Workstation allows me to have virtualized environments. I can run the virtual environment in my home lab.

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BHARAT B  SHARMA - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Shreenathji Solutions

We use VMware Workstation to deploy multiple machines, and every machine has its own configuration and software installed according to our configurations. The company has between 25 to 50 employees on virtual machines, and the usage is high. 

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Terry Cutler - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and CEO at Cyology Labs

We use VMware Workstation for cybersecurity features while testing virtual machines in our environment.

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Nick Quirante - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Engineer at Netplay Inc

We use VMware Workstation for testing and deploying applications in our production environment.

We use Hyper-V and VMware Workstation for our testing environment. We use it to deploy and test developer applications within our company. 

We run our internal applications on virtual machines to ensure compatibility with the Windows platform.

We deploy the tested applications to our production environment.

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MM
System Engineer at ZESA Holdings

We use VMware Workstation for basic server management.

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Yasmine Abib - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems engineer at Expleogroup

We use VMware Workstation to establish virtual machines. You can deploy it as Windows or Linux and use it as your computer.

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AG
Chief Technical Officer at a construction company with 51-200 employees

I am a system integrator and have experience with many different IT products. I regularly work with a lot of different technologies. Recently, I have been working on configuring VMware and virtualization. For example, I am considering upgrading the ESXi.

We run VMware Workstation locally. You can run it on AWS but that's not necessary for what we're doing. There are use cases where it will be applicable but I'm dealing with a construction company, as opposed to a heavily vested IT company. The use cases are quite a bit more laid back.

We primarily use it for virtualization. We image older systems, so we have a backup copy that's immediately accessible. Those are the major use cases.

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Grant-Donald - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Consultant at Excellenta

We use VMware Workstation for testing and development.

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PraveenKumar27 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Lead at Paytm

We have prepared VMs for testing purposes. We have set up different configurations on different VMs to meet the configuration testing target.

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DT
Senior Micro Solutions Engineer at Mobexpert

VMware Workstation is currently being used as a test model, it is not in production.

It is used for testing, and we have a mixed solution for reduction.  We are also considering moving part of our servers to virtualization.

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JR
Engineering Applications Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Our primary use case of VMware Workstation is to test environments, different Windows operating systems and the like, and basically to figure out how the solution would work before we put it into production. I'm an engineering applications analyst. 

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SalimAhmed - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at MMCY Tech

I have worked in education and production in one of my previous companies with VMware Workstation. In my current company, I use VMware Workstation for personal use. I have used the solution since my company has a personal server, which is not an extra production server.

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Pallab Kumar Chanda - PeerSpot reviewer
Key Account Sales Manager at VFM Systems And Services

I'm an IT salesperson. I have experience selling this solution.

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AK
Cloud Engineer, Content Writer at Planet Flora

We use the solution for virtualization.

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VV
Networking engineer at Hical Technologies Private Limited

I use it in my Windows and Linux systems. I create VMs.

I also use vSphere Client

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KJ
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

The solution is used to set up virtual machines.

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TC
System Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use the solution for virtualization.

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Fredrik Hallgarde - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Manager at Real Time Services AB

We use VMware Workstation for mostly legacy operating systems.

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MohamedGamal1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Engineer at Metra computers

We work on issues for the banking and education sectors. As well as for virtual workstations.

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KV
Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Create multiple Virtual machines for various needs by different team members and also for other teams. Some of them are for crash and burn and some for extended validation.

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it_user265281 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager / Senior Network Engineer at Warnock, Tanner & Associates

This product is solid and useful for quick test/dev environments. 

Found replicating client application upgrades and compatibility tests within a virtual environment makes upgrades very successful. 

We also use it for custom application testing to ensure compatibility and smooth transitions.  

 

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Roshan Dias - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Engineering at Informatics (Private) Limited

VMware Workstation is a desktop product I use for personal testing on my laptop. If I want to spin up a virtual machine on my laptop, I use VMware Workstation.

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Ajmal Abbas - PeerSpot reviewer
System Consultant DDI Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

VMware Workstation is used by almost everyone who is trying to test something on their laptop.

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UY
Senior network engineer at GoTech

We use the solution as a hypervisor to deploy VM workloads for testing.

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Muhammad Samir - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Team Leader at PIS

We use the product for testing environments and technologies before implementing business solutions.

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Alexander Lavrinovich - PeerSpot reviewer
IT consultant at Soeldner consult gmbh

It is used to spin up games on a desktop. It can also run VMs on a desktop on-premises.

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TM
Customer experience engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

My company used to manufacture equipment that worked in conjunction with Citrix, VMware, or anything else that had either a cloud-based solution or a thin client or a thin client operating system requirement.

Our clients already were already a VMware Workstation, Citrix, Parallels, or a Microsoft customer, and we were only presenting them with the technology to physically connect to that solution. We provided a way in which they could present a connection to the target operating system or application. We were the OS that sat on the actual physical customer's desktop, and then they would connect to, for example, Citrix, VMware, or Microsoft.

Instead of having a whole full-blown copy of Microsoft Windows on a desktop to access another copy of Microsoft Windows, that's in the cloud, we are were presenting them with an alternative method to get to the virtual desktop or virtual application. We provided an endpoint computer solutions space. We didn't influence what the customers' endpoint was connecting to, we would facilitate the connection only.

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AL
Pre-sales engineer

It's a very good tool for testing labs on my own computer. This is only the use.

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DS
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The primary use case of this product is to connect to my virtual interpreter of VMs and the like. In the event of an emergency, or if the user wants to deploy a VM on his own virtual system, Workstation can create a number of VMs in their own system, without having to connect back to the network. We deploy this solution for our clients and have around 15 customers that are using it. We are resellers of VMware Workstation.  

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EC
Database Administrator at a government with 1-10 employees

Our primary use case for VMware Workstation is testing. We also provide some online services on VMware ESXi. 

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