Adding an Administrator Account

To add an administrator account to the Parallels RAS farm:

1. In the RAS Console, select the Administration category and then click the Accounts tab in the right pane.
2. Click the Tasks drop-down menu and choose Add (or click the [+] icon).
3. The Account Properties dialog opens.
4. Click the [...] button next to the Name field. In the Select User or Group dialog, select a user or a group.
5. Specify an email address and mobile phone number. Both fields are optional and are disabled if the account specified in the Name field is a group.
6. In the Permissions drop-down list select one of the following:
   • Root administrator. Select this option to give the user full permissions to manage the farm.
   • Power administrator. This option allows you to grant specific permissions to the administrator. To specify permissions, click the Change Permissions button.
   • Custom administrator. Creates a special type of administrator to delegate session management permissions.
7. In the Receive system notifications via drop-down list, select Email to send all system notifications to the specified email address, or select None to disable email system notifications for this account.
8. Click OK to add the new administrator account to the farm.