Summary steps: Virtual Machine Hardware Settings > Options > Access Control > EncryptĬlick the Encrypt button as shown in the screenshot below The screenshot shows where to enable Virtual Machine encryption (Virtual Machine Settings > Options > Access Control > Encrypt…) You should then see the Access Control setting located halfway down the list of settings. Within the Virtual Machine settings page, select the options tab. In this section we look at enabling VM Encryption for the VMware Workstation VM. Add the Virtual Trusted Platform Module to the VM Hardware.There are three parts to configuring a VMware Workstation VM for Windows 11: In this quick guide, I will show you how to configure a Virtual Machine within VMware Workstation for running Windows 11 VMs. On the announcement of Windows 11, Microsoft did state that there are a number of minimum requirements that need to be met to run Windows 11. Windows 11 at the time of writing this post is currently launched as an insider preview.