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Apple @ Work: Parallels Enterprise Edition allows IT admins to quickly provision, restrict, monitor, and manage their Parallels Desktop deployment

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IT is all about scalability; even the best solutions can get stuck in the water during deployment. They can’t be scaled easily to a remote team. Parallels recently unveiled its new enterprise edition with new management functionality for IT teams. Let’s dive in.

About Apple @ Work: Bradley Chambers managed an enterprise IT network from 2009 to 2021. Through his experience deploying and managing firewalls, switches, a mobile device management system, enterprise grade Wi-Fi, 1000s of Macs, and 1000s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple IT managers deploy Apple devices, build networks to support them, train users, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for IT departments.


Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition was built for IT teams and developers who need virtual environments that adapt to the speed and scale of remote and hybrid work. Whether teams are remote or centralized, Parallels offers a solution that integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructures, allowing IT teams to deploy, manage, and secure their VMs on Macs across their entire company.

What’s in the enterprise edition?

Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition goes beyond the standard macOS version, giving IT admins and developers the tools to manage Windows applications on Macs with less hassle. This will allow you to launch a full-scale VM deployment in minutes, all while ensuring compliance and security. This edition supports a streamlined VM deployment process, including centralized management that enables IT teams to deploy at scale across teams and locations consistently.

Remote teams and strict security standards often mesh well. Parallels addresses this head-on with an array of features to lock down VMs. IT admins can directly set policies restricting specific VM actions, like external drive access or VM deletion, through the Parallels Management Portal. This approach minimizes security risks and offers peace of mind, knowing that sensitive data remains secure, no matter where team members are logging in from.

Instead of wrangling multiple tools or jumping from one machine to the next, Parallels’ centralized portal gives IT a central hub for provisioning, monitoring, and maintaining VMs. It’s designed to take the hassle out of managing a fleet of virtual desktops, providing a clear view of the status and compliance of each setup, all in one interface. This visibility reduces troubleshooting time and helps IT teams keep everything running smoothly.

For teams diving into AI development, Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition goes a step further. It includes a pre-packaged VM with AI models, code samples, and development tools ready to go. Teams get a head start on AI projects without setting up complex development environments, meaning IT can support innovative work without adding complexity.

Wrap up

If you’re running a single VM for internal testing, you likely don’t need this edition, but for teams who use virtual machines as a key part of their development, testing, or just simple Windows app access, this new enterprise edition is well worth the money as it gives IT teams the tools need to scale up and automative their provisioning without needing to manually touch a lot of settings on each machine.

Learn more about Parallel’s new enterprise edition.

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