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# _generals
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Kees Baggerman
04/05/2023, 7:05 PMThose are 2 different things, vTPM can be used without physical TPM modules in the host.
Kees Baggerman
04/05/2023, 7:06 PMSo vTPM is a VM construct while you could use the physical TPM chips to secure your hosts or to do passthrough for specific use cases
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Morgan Jones
04/05/2023, 7:09 PMSo then, is vTPM generally accepted as the recommended path for a vdi deployment?
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Kees Baggerman
04/05/2023, 7:10 PMAbsolutely, in our lab env we don’t have physical TPMs yet we’ve tested the 💩 out of vTPM (Disclaimer: I work for Nutanix and lead the EUC Solutions team)
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Morgan Jones
04/05/2023, 7:12 PMAre you aware of limitations of utilizing the physical tpm chips (in passthrough or otherwise) ? This seems to be a case where documentation regarding decision influencing information is sparse. I appreciate your responses.
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Kees Baggerman
04/05/2023, 7:14 PMHere’s some Intel on physical TPM chips, read the performance part: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2018/04/vsphere-6-7-esxi-tpm-2-0.html
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