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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE MVE^2),<br />
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE MVE^2),

Thank you for the tip.

I am now a registered member and am enjoying the benefits of this membership.

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I need to setup a demo or low priced version of VMWare vSphere on my servers at home so I can better learn VMWare VSphere.<br />
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Does VMWare have any demo or low priced versions of VMWare vSphere that I can use for this?
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I need to setup a demo or low priced version of VMWare vSphere on my servers at home so I can better learn VMWare VSphere.

Does VMWare have any demo or low priced versions of VMWare vSphere that I can use for this?

Demo or low priced versions of VMWare vSphere

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

vSphere

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Hyper-V

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.