Versions

9.0.1 build-894247	43.75%
9.0.0 build-812388	25.00%
8.0.3 build-703057	6.25%
8.0.1 build-528992	3.13%
8.0.0 build-471780	15.63%
4.5.2 build-8848	3.13%
2.0.2 build-203138	3.13%

vmware-authd.exe has 7 known versions, the most recent one is 9.0.1 build-894247. It is started as a Windows Service called 'VMAuthdService' with the name 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService' and described as “Authorization and authentication service for starting and accessing virtual machines.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 87.52 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to VMware by the certification authority VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0021% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 5.03 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 8.64 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 156 Bytes per minute for reads and 2 Bytes per minute for writes.

VMware Authorization Service for VMware Server, a virtualization-software server suite developed and supplied by VMware, Inc. It uses a client–server model, allowing remote access to virtual machines, at the cost of some graphical performance. VMware Server can preserve and revert to a single snapshot copy of each separate virtual machine within the VMware Server environment.