If you try and setup an Azure HCI cluster on VMware workstation or vSphere the cluster setup fails and you see the error: { "Name" : "AzStackHci_Hardware_Test_Tpm_Certificate_Properties" , "DisplayName" : "Test TPM DEMO-HCI-01" , "Tags" : {}, "Title" : "Test TPM Certificate Properties" , "Status" : 1, "Severity" : 2, "Description" : "Checking TPM for desired properties" , "Remediation" : "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/deploy/deployment-tool-prerequisites" , "TargetResourceID" : "Machine: DEMO-HCI-01, Class: TpmCertificates, Subject: TPMVersion=id:00020065, TPMModel=VMware TPM2, TPMManufacturer=id:564D5700, Thumprint: 42E5DC85B4ABC9C7C64BBA3868A2C100017F3E8B" , "TargetResourceName" : "Machine: DEMO-HCI-01, Class: TpmCertificates, Subject: TPMV