Announcement: Parallels RAS Upcoming Version System Requirements

This is an advance notice about phasing out some of the components in the upcoming versions of Parallels RAS. Please read it to plan your IT strategy accordingly.

Within the next 6–8 months, version 17 of Parallels RAS will be deprecating 32-bit architecture that is no longer supported by software vendors, as well as discontinuing support for certain operating systems. These changes will be made to align Parallels RAS infrastructure to the latest trends and to improve overall performance.

The following describes the components that will be phased out and the operating systems that will no longer be supported in certain cases.

Parallels Client

• 32-bit Parallels Client for Linux will be discontinued. Only the 64-bit version will be available in Parallels RAS v17 and later.
• Parallels Client for Linux will no longer support ARM (all versions) and Raspberry Pi (all versions).
• Parallels Client for Windows will no longer support Windows Server 2003. For server operating systems it will be available on Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer. Support for Windows workstations remains the same: Windows 7 and newer.

Parallels RAS Components

• 32-bit RAS Secure Client Gateway will be discontinued. Only the 64-bit version will be available in Parallels RAS v17 and later.
• 32-bit RAS Publishing Agent will be discontinued. Only the 64-bit version will be available in Parallels RAS v17 and later.
• Parallels RAS Web Portal will not be supported in Parallels RAS v17 and later.

Operating system support  

• Windows Server 2003 will no longer be supported for publishing from RD Session Hosts.
• Parallels RAS Console will no longer support Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. It will support Windows 7 and newer for workstations, or Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer for server operating systems.

Parallels RAS Upgrade Planning

Parallels RAS customers can still use the features listed above in their existing Parallels RAS v16.5 infrastructure until February 28, 2021. For more information, please see the end-of-life announcement at https://kb.parallels.com/en/123002.