This article will address the incompatibility of some software between MacOS and Windows and provides some insight on the matter.
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Below is quick reference guide on some software and its compatibility based on research and experience by the Technology Services. The compatability of virtualized environment is for M-series MacBook virtualizing Windows ARM64. If you are using Intel-based MacBook, you should expect all the software to work when virtualizing Windows x86-64.
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Supported - Installer available to install the exact software.
Unsupported - No installer available for this software, nor alternative is provided.
Equivalent Exists - Software providing nearly identical functionality can be installed as an alternative.
Software | Native | Virtualized |
Running software directly using MacOS | Running software in virtualized Windows ARM64 | |
MacOS | Parallels, VMware Fusion, UTM | |
Microsoft SQL Server + SSMS | Equivalent Exists | Unsupported1 |
Visual Studio IDE | Equivalent Exists Visual Studio for Mac (No support for C, C++) Visual Studio Code (Some support for C, C++, C# via Extension) | Supported |
SQL Server + Visual Studio IDE | Equivalent Exists Visual Studio Code with C# Extension, Azure SQL Edge + Azure Data Studio | Unsupported1 |
IBM SPSS Amos | UnsupportedSupported | Unsupported2 |
SOLIDWORKS | Unsupported | Supported23 |
Microsoft Project | Unsupported | Supported |
SQL Accounting | Unsupported | Supported |
Sage UBS Accounting | Unsupported | Supported |
TASM (or any assembler) | Unsupported34 | Unsupported |
1 There is an unofficial script exists to install and bypass checks for Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Tested working on UTM environment. However, no information on any broken feature.
2 Software will crash due to lack of support from IBM.
3 No evidence or information on any feature missing or broken when running on ARM64 environment.
3 4 TASM assembler can be emulated (Chinese article) via DOSBox using a Visual Studio Code extension. No information on any missing instruction set.
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