Support partners for non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software

This article lists some vendors that have partnered with Microsoft to provide support for virtualized software.

Applies to:   Windows Server 2019
Original KB number:   944987

Summary

Microsoft has established a joint support relationship for non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software that have validated that their virtualization product supports the current version or Windows Server, for example, Windows Server 2019, and previous versions as well:

  • Canonical, Ltd
  • Citrix Systems, Inc.
  • Nutanix, Inc.
  • Red Hat, Inc.
  • SUSE Linux Products GmbH
  • Virtuozzo International GmbH
  • VMware, Inc

See Server Virtualization for the validated products from vendors that support Windows Server 2019 and earlier Windows Server versions.

More information

Third parties are responsible for the testing of their software running together with Microsoft software. Microsoft software may not work as intended in third-party virtualized hardware environments.

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.

Fore more information, see Support policy for Microsoft software that runs on non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software and Microsoft server software and supported virtualization environments