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In vSphere 8, guest OS and workloads include some exciting new features, such as Virtual Hardware Version 20, which enhances guest services for applications and increases performance and scale for certain workloads.
TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Provision Policy for Windows 11 requires vTPM devices to be present in virtual machines, because cloning a VM with a vTPM VM can introduce a security risk as TPM secrets are cloned. vSphere 8 allows vTPM devices to be automatically replaced during clone or deployment operations. This requires that each VM contain a unique TPM device. This best practice improves vSphere support for Windows 11 deployment at scale.
Other features for guest OS and workloads are: