title: VMWare Workstation (11.1.0) - can PowerCLI be used to manage VMs?
body: <p>I have ESXi server on the server and VMWare Workstation 11.1.0 on Windows 7 laptop. To manage VMs on ESXi I use PowerCLI and to debug certain things I'd like to use the same code to manage VMs locally on the VMWare Workstation (clones of those on ESXi). Though whenever I try to connect using <code>Connect-VIServer -Server localhost</code> to local Workstation it requests username/password and then fails with the:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Connect-VIServer : 17/05/2015 13:00:43    Connect-VIServer        Could not determine user name and/or password for server localhost
  At line:1 char:1
  + Connect-VIServer localhost
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-VIServer], ViServerConnectionException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ViCore_Login_CredentialNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it something I'm doing wrongly while connecting to the Workstation or Workstation doesn't support PowerCLI interface at all? Couldn't find any official statements on this matter of the vmware web-site or else where.</p>