Nevertheless, with the advancement of technology, people have a predilection for running Windows 7 in a virtual machine instead of dedicating hardware. Among these, Windows 7 still reigns as one of the most widely utilized operating systems. VirtualBox 7.0.0 is a major new release of the virtualization software, especially in environments that use Windows 11 virtual machines, but also for other purposes.Today's epoch is one of digitalization, where everything is computerized, leading to a substantial upsurge in the usage of different operating systems. The new version of the virtualization software supports EFI now as well. VirtualBox 7.0.0 supports IOMMU, TPM 1.2 and 2.0, and EHCI and XHCI USB devices in the new release. It is not supported at this stage, though. There is also a developer preview package for Apple Silicon CPUs available. The implementation lacks "Internet Networking" in the release, but Oracle promises that it will be delivered in a future update. VirtualBox relies solely on hypervisor and vmnet frameworks provided by Apple. On macOS, finally, support for all kernel extensions was dropped. Additionally, the capability of waiting for and/or rebooting guests when updating Guest Additions was added. On Linux, automatic updating support for Guest Additions for Linux guests has been added. The feature needs to be enabled first before it becomes available.
On Windows, it is now possible to run autostarted virtual machines when no user is logged in. Several operating system specific features are now available.
This allows administrators to manage and control them just like local virtual machines in the new release. Still, it adds a level of protection to virtual machines, when used.Ĭloud virtual machines may now be added to the Virtual Machine Manager and configured via the Network Manager Tool. The feature is available from the command line interface only for now. Microsoft changed the hardware requirements of Windows 11, including those for the processor, TPM and RAM, and VirtualBox failed to provide those via its virtualization software, even if the host system met all system requirements.Īnother new feature of VirtualBox 7.0.0 is the ability to encrypt virtual machines fully this includes the VM config logs and saved states. You may check out my review of the first beta release, which focuses on the Windows 11 support improvements of the release.īasically, it is now possible to install Windows 11 in virtual machines without running into any hardware compatibility issues. The official changelog lists major features only that were added or improved in the new release of the virtualization software.
0 kommentar(er)
