With VMM, you can efficiently run virtual machines on your NAS — no extra hardware or hypervisor is needed. In this guide, I’ll show you how to get started and explain why this solution is both cost-effective and surprisingly capable.
Virtual machines running on Virtual Machine Manager can be accessed remotely in four ways: through the VMM interface on your Synology NAS, with easy-to-use share links, through remote desktop software, and using the command line over Secure Shell (SSH).
Creating VMs on Synology NAS with Virtual Machine Manager is intuitive even for beginners. The step-by-step wizard guides you through selecting resources and installing guest OSes:
I have a few reasons in this tutorial why you might want to run a Synology DSM virtual machine, but there are plenty more. Before we get started, you need to ensure that you have a NAS that’s capable of running Virtual Machine Manager.