VMWare returns error "VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible" on VM Windows created on AzureAzure

Question

I created a Windows virtual machine (Windows 10 Enterprise) - Standard E2s v3 (2 virtual processors, 16 GB of memory) - Generation V1 x64 architecture on Azure and launched it on my Windows machine. Then, I downloaded VMware Pro Workstation 17 software to launch a MacOS Ventura virtual machine, and I also installed unlocker 427. I created the MacOS VM with the Ventura ISO image with the following settings: memory: 4GB / processors: 2 / hard disk: 20GB. When I launch it, I get the 'VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible' error on VMware Workstation on Windows 10 host. I followed the steps provided by the VMware community to resolve this issue https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=2146361, but to no avail. I tried directly on my machine without using the Azure VM, and I didn't encounter this problem; the MacOS VM launches and works well. The difference I noticed is that during the VMware installation on my machine, they gave me the option to check a box that allows installing Windows Hypervisor Platform (WHP) automatically.

Answer 1

@AT DOUAE

Esv3 series does support nested virtualization. Based on the error message it is likely that you have Trusted Launch enabled. Trusted launch does not support nested virtualization. Please try creating a VM with trusted launch disabled and let me know if you are still facing issues.

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