macOS 15 Sequoia: nested virtualization for M3+ Macs

[Sven G]

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/vzgenericplatformconfiguration/4360553-isnestedvirtualizationsupported?changes=latest_minor

Hopefully, this means that also Windows 11 ARM guests on Apple silicon (M3+) - besides Linux and macOS ones - will be able to take advantage of nested virtualization (see also WSL 2, etc.), as is currently possible on Intel Macs. This would be a very cool feature, for Parallels Desktop 20...

 

[OlegM2]

@OlegM2 - I just installed WSL2 on my M3 and running wsl --version gives me WSL version: 2.4.12.0

All versions of WSL in Windows 10/11 22H2 and up is version 2.x.xx.x. This is version of WSL app, not the version of running distro.
Can you run this command?:
wsl --list --verbose
Thx!

 

[ChristianS76]

All versions of WSL in Windows 10/11 22H2 and up is version 2.x.xx.x. This is version of WSL app, not the version of running distro.
Can you run this command?:
wsl --list --verbose
Thx!

Yeah, I see what you mean now. My distros are on version 1.

 

[EmanueleB1]

Will I have the chance to use Docker or something alike, then? I am considering upgrading to Apple Silicon and nested virtualization would be an useful feature...

 

[Kai-UweB1]

Currently I am using Parallels on my MBP M3 with Windows 11 for development. My work around is installing Docker on the MacOS host and using it from the VM.