diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/62810-Vmware-Guest-Allow-DashInWindowsServerDNSName.yml b/changelogs/fragments/62810-Vmware-Guest-Allow-DashInWindowsServerDNSName.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f418164356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/62810-Vmware-Guest-Allow-DashInWindowsServerDNSName.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- vmware_guest - Allow '-' (Dash) special char in windows DNS name.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
index a76fab86e36..53fd9341bee 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
@@ -1813,7 +1813,8 @@ class PyVmomiHelper(PyVmomi):
             ident.userData.computerName = vim.vm.customization.FixedName()
             # computer name will be truncated to 15 characters if using VM name
             default_name = self.params['name'].replace(' ', '')
-            default_name = ''.join([c for c in default_name if c not in string.punctuation])
+            punctuation = string.punctuation.replace('-', '')
+            default_name = ''.join([c for c in default_name if c not in punctuation])
             ident.userData.computerName.name = str(self.params['customization'].get('hostname', default_name[0:15]))
             ident.userData.fullName = str(self.params['customization'].get('fullname', 'Administrator'))
             ident.userData.orgName = str(self.params['customization'].get('orgname', 'ACME'))