Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition updates summary

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, expected to be released on December 17, 2024

•  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.