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Kelly1780
Copper Contributor
Nov 04, 2021

Windows build expired

Does anyone know if just installing the official regular Windows 11 will work with the Parallels Desktop for Mac M1chip? I had to do the Insider Build, but now that has expired. And it seems that I w...
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Eddie Leonard
Iron Contributor
Nov 04, 2021
This is not a supported scenario.
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    Kelly1780
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 04, 2021
    I was just on with Windows Support and they seemed to think it is, but that I would need to reach out to Parallels to be sure.
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    Kelly1780
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 04, 2021
    This is what they said: As I have checked on my resources, Windows 11 should be compatible with Parallels Desktop 17 if it meets the system requirements for Windows 11 especially TPM which for virtual machines, should be vTPM. What we would suggest is to reach back Parallels and confirm if they are able to make this work with your Parallels Desktop 17 to make sure that it matches the system requirement for the operating system.
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      Eddie Leonard
      Iron Contributor
      Nov 04, 2021
      From a Microsoft perspective here are the Windows on ARM requirements:

      ARM64 VMs are only supported on devices that meet the pre-requisites:
      Windows 11 ARM-based PCs with a Microsoft SQ1, Microsoft SQ2, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx, or Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 processor
      Hyper-V enabled (instructions)

      https://aka.ms/WIPARM

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