Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition updates summary

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition 20250522

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition includes the following additions and improvements:

Parallels Management Portal

• The new “Do not allow running virtual machines without this company’s Parallels license” policy allows you to securely encrypt corporate virtual machines and Golden Images to prevent them from being run on Macs that are not part of the organization. 

• The virtual machine monitoring page now allows you to see the encryption status of a virtual machine (locked to license, encrypted with a custom password, or unencrypted). 

• The new “Do not allow editing Parallels Desktop preferences” policy allows you to prevent users from changing Parallels Desktop preferences. 

This update also: 

• Fixes the error that prevented the use of 1024+ character-long URLs for Golden Image links. 

• Fixes the error that affected the usability of the Parallels Management Portal on certain display resolutions. 

• Fixes various other usability and interface issues. 

Known issues: 

• Deploying a virtual machine created in Parallels Desktop 20.3.1 and already encrypted with the "Do not allow running virtual machines without this company’s Parallels license" policy using the deployment package method is known to fail. Deploying virtual machines via Golden Images is NOT affected by this issue. 
   
  While we are working on a fix, the suggested workaround is to deploy an unencrypted virtual machine first and apply the policy later. 

• The “VM state” column on the virtual machine monitoring page of the Parallels Management Portal may fail to accurately reflect the latest state of the virtual machine. 

If you think these features may be beneficial to your setup, please contact our sales team here. 

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition 20250318

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition includes the following additions and improvements:

Parallels Management Portal

• Columns on the virtual machine monitoring page can be reordered as needed.

• The Policies page now lists all created policies and marks those that are not applied to any user groups as Not Applied.

• Internal changes improve the overall reliability of the Management Portal.

If you think these features may be beneficial to your setup, please contact our sales team here. 

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition 20250225

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition includes the following additions and improvements:

Parallels Management Portal

• Redesigned Golden Image workflow enables you to add multiple virtual machine images; 

• Each added golden image may include two distinctive versions, one for Apple silicon Macs and one for Intel Macs; 

• Each added golden image may be assigned to one or many specific user groups (as defined by  license keys or user groups linked from your identity provider to license keys); 

• Individual policies can now be applied to users activated with a primary license key; 

• The virtual machine monitoring page now allows you to sort virtual machines by their VM serial number as generated by Parallels Desktop when registering a new virtual machine; 

• The virtual machine monitoring page now also lets you see the licensing status of individual Parallels Desktop installations, showing them as activated with a license key, activated with SSO, or deactivated. 

If you think these features may be beneficial to your setup, please contact our sales team here. 

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition 20241211

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition includes the following additions and improvements:

• Official support for Single Sign-On (SSO) in Enterprise Edition. Integrate your Parallels Desktop for Mac setup with such identity providers (IdP) as Microsoft Azure/Entra ID or Okta, simplifying and securing the activation process for your users

• Support for enforcing policies tailored to specific user groups designated in your IdP provider by linking those groups with sublicense keys for Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition

• Hybrid licensing, combining two activation methods in one setup: license key and SSO

Parallels Management Portal

• VM monitoring tab now has two new monitoring parameters: VM device name and VM device ID. This functionality requires Parallels Desktop for Mac 20.2.0.

•  The VM status column has been split into two parameters: Parallels Desktop state, reflecting the activation status of the Parallels Desktop application, and Last Command, denoting the status of the last command sent to the virtual machine from the Management Portal, with possible values being None, Pending delete, or Failed to delete.

If you think these features may be beneficial to your setup, please contact our sales team here.

Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition 20241007

This release introduces a new tier of Parallels Desktop for Mac, the Enterprise Edition. This edition is designed specifically for organizations with large-scale deployments of virtual machines that require more control, visibility, and efficiency in managing their environments.

Compared to the Business Edition, Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition brings changes to how system administrators manage licenses, provision virtual machine images, manage licenses, and their deployed environments.

Parallels Management Portal

The main new feature of Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition is the Management Portal. With it, you can:

• Provision prepared virtual machine images for both Apple silicon and Intel Macs;
• Set and dynamically change policies to groups of users, locking down their ability to install their own virtual machines or remove the corporate ones;
• Monitor all virtual machines in your setup by various parameters, enabling you to detect un-updated or abandoned machines.
• Delete virtual machines remotely in a couple of clicks.

If you think these features may be beneficial to your setup, please contact our sales team here.