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Just use the ESXi 5.1. &nbsp;You get Enterprise Plus evaluation for 60 days which has all features enabled.
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There really is only one free version of VMware, VMware &nbsp;vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi). All others products aren't free, at least when it comes to type 1 Hypervisors.<br />
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For type 2 Hypervisors there is VMware Player, but that is only meant for personal use.
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Hi, I plan on about learning about virtualization using VMWARE. Which free version would you recommend? &nbsp;i have a HP ML115 server.....
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Hi, I plan on about learning about virtualization using VMWARE. Which free version would you recommend?  i have a HP ML115 server.....

Just use the ESXi 5.1.  You get Enterprise Plus evaluation for 60 days which has all features enabled.

There really is only one free version of VMware, VMware  vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi). All others products aren&#39;t free, at least when it comes to type 1 Hypervisors.

For type 2 Hypervisors there is VMware Player, but that is only meant for personal use.

Which free version of VMWARE to use for training lab

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.