Supported Guest Operating Systems

You can install the following guest operating systems into Parallels Desktop virtual machines:


	Parallels Tools
Windows
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 7 (SP0-SP1)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP0-SP2)
Windows Vista (Home, Pro, Business, Ultimate) (SP0-SP2)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP0-SP2)
Windows XP (Pro, Home) (SP0-SP3)
Windows 2000 (Pro, Server) SP4
Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation, Server) SP6
Windows ME
Windows 98 SE
Windows 95
Windows 3.11
MS DOS 6.22
Linux
Ubuntu 17.04**
Ubuntu 17.10, 16.10, 16.04 LTS, 15.10, 15.04, 14.10, 14.04 LTS, 13.10, 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 LTS, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10, 10.04 LTS
Linux Mint 18, 17, 16, 13
Zorin OS 12.1*
Debian GNU/Linux 9, 8, 7, 6, 5
elementary OS 0.4
Kali Linux 2
RHEL 7, 6, 5
CentOS 7, 6, 5
Fedora 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19
OpenVZ 7
Mageia 5, 4, 3
OpenSUSE 42.2, 13.2
OpenSUSE 42.1**
OpenSUSE 13.1, 12.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SP2, SP3)
Gentoo Linux**
Manjaro Linux 16.10*
Boot2Docker
macOS
macOS 10.13 High Sierra
macOS 10.12 Sierra
OS X 10.11 El Capitan
OS X 10.10 Yosemite
OS X 10.9 Mavericks
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Mac OS X Server 10.6 (Snow Leopard Server)
Mac OS X Server 10.5 (Leopard Server)
Solaris
Solaris 11.3, 11, 10
BSD
FreeBSD 11*
FreeBSD® 10, 9, 8
OpenBSD 6
OS/2
OS/2 Warp 4.5, 4
eComStation 2, 1.2
ReactOS
ReactOS 0.4**

* - operating systems marked with this sign can theoretically be installed in virtual machines but they haven't been tested yet.

** - operating systems marked with this sign can be installed in virtual machines but they are not officially supported.

Please note that Parallels Desktop does not include operating system installation discs or their images. You should purchase them separately.