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Enterprise Features Overview

With Parallels Desktop for Mac, your Mac users can seamlessly run both Windows and OS X applications side-by-side with speed, control and confidence. Business users can experience as much or as little Windows as they want. Multiple view modes make it possible for users to customize the level of integration between Mac and Windows without compromising performance. Best of all, IT can lock down, secure, and control the settings that matter most.

Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition Features Highlights

  • Simplified license management.
  • Maintain corporate compliance with restricted virtual machines.
  • Set an expiration date for a virtual machine.
  • Run virtual machines in the background (“head-less” mode).
  • Mass deployment of virtual machines and management through Microsoft SCCM.
  • Business-level support including 24/7 phone and email support options.

Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition Feature Matrix

See how Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition compares to Parallels Desktop standard edition.

Feature

Enterprise Edition

Standard Edition

World’s most powerful, best-performing solution for running Windows applications on a Mac

X

X

Full support for OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite and Windows 8.1

X

X

Coherence view mode allows to run Windows applications on a Mac, just like if they were native Mac applications

X

X

In-product downloads of security and anti-virus trial software for Windows and Mac

X

Licensing and Support

License management via Licensing Portal (coming Fall 2014)

X

Simple deployment with unified volume license key

X

Business class support with 24/7 priority phone and email access

X

Annual subscription includes free upgrades

X

Customizable in-product "Request Support" option

X

Removed in-product notifications and third-party offerings

X

Configurable software update policy and local update server options

X

Security

Restrict end-users from changing virtual machine settings

X

Restrict end-users from creating new virtual machines

X

Create expiring virtual machines

X

Enforce USB device policies

X

Configurable policies via SCCM and Parallels Mac Management

X

Advanced

Run virtual machines in "head-less" mode

X

Support for mass-deployment of virtual machines

X

Ability to assign Asset ID to a virtual machine BIOS

X

NetBoot and FileVault 2 support in Mac X OS virtual machines

X

Configurable boot delay for a virtual machine

X

Customizable Parallels Control Center user interface

X