Oracle has finally released VirtualBox 7 for all users on all supported platforms after a few months of testing. The latest major release includes many additional features and improvements, such as SecureBoot and TPM 1.2/2.0 support for improved Windows 11 support. These two changes now allow VirtualBox customers to run Windows 11 on fully compatible virtual machines without having to undergo software crazes or bypassing minimum hardware requirements.
Other notable features include full virtual machine encryption, cloud virtual machines support, DirectX 11-based 3D support, the possibility to run a virtual machine in session 0 (every time you login into your profile) and several user interface enhancements.
VirtualBox 7 has a full changelog:
New Features:
Fixes and other improvements
- OCI: Cloud networking functionality is enhanced for local VMs, now local VMs could be connected to cloud networking
- GUI: Improved behavior of the virtual machine list and various VM related tools in case multiple items are selected
- GUI: On available platforms, added a new option to disable the host''''s screensaver
- GUI: Reworked global preferences, machine settings and the wizards to improve stability and usability
- GUI: Improving mouse handling in multi-monitor case on X11 platform
- GUI: Medium enumeration engine was reworked to improve permormance
- GUI: NAT Network stuff was moved from global preferences to global Network Manager tool
- GUI: Extension Pack Manager was moved from global preferences to global tools
- GUI: Improved overall accessibility
- GUI: Migrating to recent Qt versions.
VirtualBox 7 is available on Windows, MacOS, and Linux for free.