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Which Virtualization Solutions Support Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)?

Content Type: Compatibility | Article ID: 000059942 | Last Reviewed: 07/22/2021

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Unable to determine the status of virtualization support for Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) in production environments.

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support for Intel SGX is officially upstreamed as of kernel 5.13. Official Quick Emulator (QEMU) support in KVM is forthcoming.
VMware ESXi* has vSGX support.
Microsoft Azure* enables Intel SGX in Hyper-V.

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