General Configuration Options

When preparing a source virtual machine for mass deployment, you may change any of its configuration settings according to your needs. The following list describes a few common options:

• Shared Folders and Profiles . Parallels Desktop offers great flexibility in bridging the capabilities of macOS and your guest operating system by configuring shared folders and profiles. Think over which files and folders you wish to share between the two operating systems and set up them in advance.
• Enforce USB Device Policies . Specify what types of USB devices can be connected to the virtual machine. See Enforcing USB Device Policies for complete details.
• Installing Applications . You can install all the necessary applications in the virtual machine before deploying it.
• Parallels Desktop Business Edition Options . Parallels Desktop Business Edition includes the following additional configuration options:
  • Set up a local update server and specify the Parallels Desktop automatic update options.
  • Customize the Support Center option.
  • Configure participation in the Customer Experience program.

  For the information on how to configure these options, see Configure Deployment Configuration Options and Parallels Desktop Business Edition Features .

For the complete information about Parallels virtual machine configuration, please refer to the Parallels Desktop User's Guide .