Microsoft fixes Windows Server VMs broken by October updates

Microsoft fixes Windows Server VMs broken by October updates

Microsoft fixed a known issue causing blue screens and boot failures in Windows Server 2022 virtual machines (VMs) deployed on VMware ESXi hosts. Windows admins first reported experiencing VM start issues [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] after deploying last month’s KB5031364 cumulative update. The company confirmed the issue days later, saying it only affects guest VMs on VMware … Read more

Microsoft shares temp fix for broken Windows Server 2022 VMs

Microsoft shares temp fix for broken Windows Server 2022 VMs

Microsoft publicly acknowledged a known issue causing Windows Server 2022 virtual machine (VM) blue screens and boot failures on VMware ESXi hosts. Windows admins reported experiencing VM start failures [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] after installing the KB5031364 October 2023 cumulative update. Now, Redmond has confirmed these ongoing issues, saying that they affect only VMware … Read more

Microsoft: IOMMU, VBS part of what’s causing EPYC Windows Server VMware BSODs, boot fails

Microsoft: IOMMU, VBS part of what’s causing EPYC Windows Server VMware BSODs, boot fails

Microsoft has confirmed that the latest October 2023 Patch Tuesday for Windows Server 2022 (KB5031364) is triggering blue screens of death (BSODs) upon start up failures on VMware ESXi hypervisors with the error / stop code “PNP DETECTED FATAL ERROR”. Microsoft has identified that the issue is not affecting all systems or configurations and is … Read more

October Windows Server updates cause Hyper-V VM boot issues

October Windows Server updates cause Hyper-V VM boot issues

According to customer reports, this month’s Patch Tuesday updates are breaking virtual machines on Hyper-V hosts, causing them to no longer boot and display “failed to start” errors. According to complaints from Windows admins, the issue is triggered after installing KB5031361 and KB5031364 on Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 systems. The following errors … Read more

9 Ways to Fix VMware’s “Failed to Start the Virtual Machine” Error in Windows 11

9 Ways to Fix VMware’s “Failed to Start the Virtual Machine” Error in Windows 11

Virtual machines enable you to try out multiple operating systems without removing your main operating system. VMware is one such popular third-party hypervisor that supports multiple operating systems. However, some users face the ‘Failed to start the virtual machine’ error when they power on any virtual machine in VMware. As a result, they are unable … Read more

VMware Horizon Cloud adds support for accessing Windows 365 Cloud PCs

VMware Horizon Cloud adds support for accessing Windows 365 Cloud PCs

Microsoft and VMware have teamed up a number of times to offer Microsoft’s software products on VMware’s virtualization products and services. Today, Microsoft announced a new collaboration with VMware to expand the reach of its cloud PC services. In a blog post, Microsoft announced it has integrated its Windows 365 services in general, and its … Read more