

With new VMs you may need to manually set the virtual hardware version to v18 before installing, so double check. After power-on, you can then upgrade VMware tools as you normally would. Existing VMs can be upgraded by adjusting the virtual hardware compatibility while the VM is powered off. To get started with DX11, VMware Tools needs to be upgraded, and the Virtual Hardware Compatibility version must be set to v18. This further isolates the Guest VM operations from the Host, significantly reducing the viability of privilege escalation to the host.

