Parallels DaaS 20250417 (17 April 2025)
- New: All Customers can enable Windows 11 multi-session, significantly reducing costs.
- This includes webcam support.
- This is available via Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS clients.
- Single sign-on experience is supported.
- Enhanced copy/paste experience.
- New: Session hosts are optimized for performance and user experience out-of-the-box.
- New: Session hosts are optimized for using Microsoft Teams out-of-the-box.
Parallels DaaS 20250403 (3 April 2025)
Action required: Administrators need to whitelist new URLs for the User and Management portals in the Microsoft Entra ID app registration. Please follow the steps in our documentation: Migrating to daas.parallels.com | Parallels DaaS Administrator's Guide
- New: Management portal URL change to: https://daas.parallels.com/admin (From: https://cloudadmin.parallels.com)
- New: User portal URL change to: https://daas.parallels.com (From: https://cloud.parallels.com)
- New: Golden Image VMs are now listed in the Virtual Machines section of Management Portal.
- New: Versioning for Golden Image, allowing Admins to restore older versions.
- Improved: Various user experience improvements.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20250319 (19 March 2025)
- Improved: Various user experience improvements.
- Fixed: Resizing the browser windows causes an error.
Parallels DaaS 20250305 (5 March 2025)
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20250219 (19 February 2025)
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20250205 (5 February 2025)
- New: Added information on how to get help from Parallels to the onboarding screen.
- Improved: Various user experience improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20250114 (14 January 2025)
- New: The list of sessions in Parallels DaaS Management Portal shows virtual machine names.
- New: Users can set higher screen resolution when launching applications and desktops.
Parallels DaaS 20241211 (11 December 2024)
- New: Ability to manually add applications that were not detected automatically.
- Improved: Various user experience improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20241127 (27 November 2024)
- New: Ability to duplicate applications from Parallels DaaS Management Portal.
- Improved: Various user experience improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20241113 (13 November 2024)
- New: Added tooltips that show application details in Parallels DaaS User Portal.
- New: Redesigned the “Application” category in Parallels DaaS Management Portal for a better user experience.
- New: Administrators can now edit application icons, parameters, and descriptions.
- New: License usage overview.
- Improved: User experience.
Parallels DaaS 20241030 (30 October 2024)
- Improved: User experience.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20241016 (16 October 2024)
- Improved: User experience.
- Fixed: Various stability and text improvements in Parallels DaaS Management Portal.
Parallels DaaS 20241002 (2 October 2024)
- New: The ability to pause virtual machine pools to reduce costs when not in use.
- Improved: User experience.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20240918 (18 September 2024)
- New: Administrators can cancel Golden Image editing before the Golden Image loads.
- Fixed: Session host VMs are now assigned unique computer names (hostnames) according to the template “DaaS-[xxxx]”.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20240904 (4 September 2024)
- Improved: Various user experience improvements, including:
- When authenticating a connection to an application or desktop, users can confirm their credentials by pressing the “Enter” key.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20240821 (21 August 2024)
- New: When connecting an Azure subscription, owners can choose an operating system for session hosts.
- New: Windows 11 support.
- New: When connecting an Azure subscription, owners can choose a VM size for Secure Gateways.
- New: Parallels DaaS Administrators Guide opens when you click the “?“ button in DaaS Management Portal.
- New: Administrators can see information about DaaS in the “About” section.
- Improved: User experience.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20240807 (7 August 2024)
- New: Added the ability to forcefully disconnect the Azure subscription if the integration is broken.
- New: Added the ability to choose the Azure VM size for session hosts.
- New: Added the ability to change the client secret value of the connected Azure subscription.
- Improved: Application launcher in DaaS User Portal is bigger.
- Improved: User experience.
Parallels DaaS 20240724 (24 July 2024)
- Improved: The error message that appears in case of licensing issues is made clearer.
- Improved: A message is now displayed in DaaS User Portal when the network connection is lost.
- Improved: User experience.
Parallels DaaS 20240710 (10 July 2024)
- New: DaaS Management Portal shows detailed errors during Azure subscription connection and disconnection.
- Fixed: User could not sign in to DaaS User Portal if another user's access had been revoked.
- Fixed: User could not connect to a desktop after closing the tab with a previously opened connection to the desktop.
- Fixed: Microsoft Edge window was displayed when a user launched an application or desktop.
Parallels DaaS 20240626 (26 June 2024)
- New: Added application sorting in Parallels Web Client.
- Improved: User experience.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
- Fixed: Users are signed out after 1-2 hours if Parallels Web Client is opened in an inactive tab.
Parallels DaaS 20240612 (12 June 2024)
- Improved: User experience.
Parallels DaaS 20240529 (29 May 2024)
- New: Currently used region for the connected Azure subscription is now displayed in Parallels DaaS Management Portal.
- Improved: User experience.
- Fixed: Users cannot sign in to Parallels Web Client when email is automatically filled by Safari.
- Fixed: Various UI issues.
Parallels DaaS 20240515 (15 May 2024)
- Improved: Better diagnostics added for the cases when it is not possible to connect Azure subscription if required VM sizes are not available in Azure.
- Improved: Name of the currently logged in administrator is now visible in the Management Portal.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20240429 (29 April 2024)
- Improved: User experience.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.
Parallels DaaS 20240417 (17 April 2024)
- Fixed: Administrators were presented with an uninformative error message if the Golden Image editing session was open while customers were being removed from Parallels DaaS.
- Fixed: Owners were presented with an ambiguous error message while trying to sign in to Parallels DaaS without an active license.
- Fixed: Users were prompted with a Windows Hello window when connecting to applications or desktops.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements
- Improved: User experience.
Parallels DaaS 20240320 (20 March 2024)
- New: The ability to run Parallels DaaS infrastructure & virtual machines in the Microsoft Azure region of your choice.
- Improved: Only the Owner can disconnect Parallels DaaS from the Microsoft Azure subscription.
- Fixed: Several security enhancements.
Parallels DaaS 20240221 (21 February 2024)
- New: Introduced instructional videos to the documentation, offering visual guidance for common tasks and features.
- Improved: Temporarily disabled the Application Page in Management Portal during subscription initialization for clarity.
- Improved: Improved error messaging for Asynchronous Operation Failures to provide clearer feedback.
- Improved: Transitioned from Let's Encrypt to ZeroSSL for certificate creation.
- Improved: Made documentation enhancements detailing prerequisites for a better setup experience.
- Improved: Positioning of the "More Options" (...) button across several interface pages.
- Improved: Validation on the Workspace Settings page.
- Fixed: Resolved scrolling issues in Mozilla Firefox for both remote app and desktop environments.
- Fixed: Irregular sign-out behavior in Web Client.
- Fixed: Irregular sign-out behavior in Management Portal.
- Fixed: Updated the "Access Restricted" message with the current links to the documentation and FAQs for better guidance.
- Fixed: Addressed an issue where Management Portal incorrectly displayed the dashboard during subscription initialization.
- Fixed: Corrected the absence of an error message when signing in without a Parallels DaaS license.
- Fixed: Synchronized Azure subscription status accurately during disconnection processes.
- Fixed: Ensured user authentication tokens are invalidated upon Azure subscription disconnection for enhanced security.
- Fixed: UI loading issues after Azure subscription disconnection for a smoother experience.
- Fixed: Enhanced the Connection Wizard display in the Management Portal on Safari for consistency.
- Fixed: Eliminated redundant displays of the End User Service Agreement in Google Chrome.
- Fixed: Adjusted Walkthrough alignment in Microsoft Edge for better readability.
- Fixed: Made all user details accessible in the Invite User Wizard for comprehensive management.
- Fixed: Scrollbar styling inconsistencies in Microsoft Edge on Windows and Chromium browsers on Linux.
- Fixed: Removed premature License Expired warnings before sign-in.
- Fixed: Ensured the Sign-In button responds under all conditions for reliable access.
- Fixed: Loading issues on the Virtual Machines page.
- Fixed: Streamlined Subscription initialization and certificate creation processes for efficiency.
- Fixed: Redirection issues in the User Management sections after page refreshes for intuitive navigation.
- Fixed: Occasional failures in subscription disconnection
- Fixed: Addressed "400 Bad Request" errors related to oversized request headers or cookies for smoother access.
- Fixed: Prerequisites PowerShell script now detects if PowerShell version is out of date.
Parallels DaaS General Availability(30 January 2024)
We are proud to announce Parallels DaaS, a cloud-native, Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution that offers users secure, instant access to their virtual applications and desktop environments.
Quick, easy onboarding and management:
- Modern, web-based management portal
- Rich, at-a-glance dashboard view of registered users
- Intuitive image management via any web browser
- Built-in user profile management
- Session Management
Security:
- Robust security with unique control & data Isolation
- Supporting the latest security protocols for peace of mind
System Management:
- Pre-configured image instances available out-of-box
- Modern, web-based Management Portal
- Simplified maintenance with less chance of errors or downtime
- Continuous monitoring and real-time alerts for IT outages
- Bring Your Own Microsoft Azure Subscription
User Management
- Cloud-based identity & access service Entra ID (AD)
- My Parallels Account Integration for Admin access
- Rich, at-a-glance Dashboard view of registered users
- Built-in User Profile and Session Management
User Experience:
- Non-persistent Desktop experience
- Superior end-user experience and productivity
- Multi-platform access with web browser client access
Known issues
To access information on known issues and their resolutions, please refer to the article: Parallels DaaS Known Issues
For any assistance or direct support inquiries, please reach out to our support team by visiting Support | Parallels DaaS
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