Configure UEFI enabled boot on windows VMware

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)[1] is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. UEFI replaces the legacy Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface


 VMware vSphere fully supports UEFI firmware and Secure Boot as part of vSphere 6.5 and newer.When creating a VIrtual Machine that is Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 and later and you choose it be compatible with ESXi 6.7 and later. 


Install new Windows operating system:

1.Select the below option while create VM:

2.Change booting option for Firmware:



3.While booting use EFI Vmware options



4.VM will come up with EFI booting








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