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List of Windows Servers running on vSphere 7 (List of virtual machine OSs supported by ESXi7)

Finally announced vSphere7 (ESXi7, vCenter7), but what I care about is the supported OS.
This article focuses on Windows Server supported vSphere 7.0.

List of Windows Server OS supported by ESXi7

Windows Server 64bit/32bit Support(o) / non-support(x) Memo
Windows Server 2019 64bit o
Windows Server 2016 64bit o
Windows Server 2012 R2 64bit o
Windows Server 2012 64bit o
Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit o
Windows Server 2008 64bit o Legacy Support
Windows Server 2008 32bit o Legacy Support
Windows Server 2003 R2 64bit o Legacy Support
Windows Server 2003 R2 32bit o Legacy Support
Windows Server 2003 64bit o Legacy Support
Windows Server 2003 32bit o Legacy Support
Windows Server 2000 32bit o Legacy Support

Guest OS check procedure supported by vSphere ESXi 7

You can search compatibility in VMware Compatibility Guide.
First, access the following URL.

]VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

So, let's click "Search category = GuestOS".

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Select [ESXi] from [Product Name]

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Select [ESXi 7.0] from [Product Release Version:]

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Select [Microsoft] from [OS Vendor]
Click [Update and view results] to display the list

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List of other OS compatibility

Windows Client OS

Windows 64bit/32bit Support(o) / non-support(x) Memo
Windows 10 64bit o
Windows 10 32bit o
Windows 8.1 64bit o
Windows 8.1 32bit o
Windows 8 64bit o
Windows 8 32bit o
Windows 7 64bit o
Windows 7 32bit o
Windows Vista 64bit o Legacy Support
Windows Vista 32bit o Legacy Support
Windows XP 64bit o Legacy Support
Windows XP 32bit o Legacy Support

CentOS

CentOS 64bit/32bit Support(o) / non-support(x) Memo
CentOS 8.x 64bit o
CentOS 7.x 64bit o
CentOS 6.x 64bit o
CentOS 6.x 32bit o
CentOS 5.x 64bit o Legacy Support
CentOS 5.x 32bit o Legacy Support
CentOS 4.9 64bit o Legacy Support
CentOS 4.9 32bit o Legacy Support

RHEL

RHEL 64bit/32bit Support(o) / non-support(x) Memo
RHEL 8.x 64bit o
RHEL 7.x 64bit o
RHEL 6.x 64bit o
RHEL 6.x 32bit o
RHEL 5.x 64bit o Legacy Support
RHEL 5.x 32bit o Legacy Support
RHEL 4.x 64bit o Legacy Support
RHEL 4.x 32bit o Legacy Support
RHEL 3.x 64bit o Legacy Support
RHEL 3.x 32bit o Legacy Support

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