Parallels Desktop Business Edition Features Overview

With Parallels Desktop for Mac, your Mac users can seamlessly run both Windows and Mac 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 and options 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 Business Edition feature highlights

  • License management portal (Parallels My Account)
  • Split license keys into sublicenses
  • Maintain corporate compliance with restricted virtual machines
  • Set an expiration date for a virtual machine
  • Mass deployment of Parallels Desktop and virtual machines
  • Provision a corporate VM image from a link specified in Parallels My Account
  • Business-level support including 24/7 phone and email support options

Parallels Desktop Business Edition feature matrix

See how Parallels Desktop Business Edition compares to Parallels Desktop Standard and Pro editions.

Feature

Standard

Pro

Business

Straightforward and high-performing solution to run Windows applications on an Intel or Apple M1 chip Mac.

Merge the coolness of Mac with the utility of Windows. Seamlessly utilize Mac features inside Windows and leverage Windows' strengths on your Mac.

Advanced networking tools. Create virtual networks for complex network scenarios and testing, including simulating various network scenarios.

 

Mass deploy and mass manage Parallels Desktop and Windows VMs for your employees.

 

 

Use the invitation email feature to invite users to install Parallels Desktop on their Mac computers.

 

 

Provision a corporate VM image from a link specified in Parallels My Account.

 

 

Single Application Mode. A special Parallels Desktop deployment option allowing Mac users to run a Windows application without being aware of Parallels Desktop and Windows running in a virtual machine.

 

 

Licensing and Support

Premium 24/7 phone and email support

First 30 days

Centralized license management via Licensing Portal

 

 

Simple deployment with unified volume license key

 

 

Extended grace period to accommodate a possible license renewal delay without disrupting the business

 

 

Customizable in-product Support Center option

 

 

Removed in-product notifications

 

 

Configurable software update policy and local update server options

 

 

Security

Restrict end-users from changing virtual machine settings

 

Restrict end-users from creating new virtual machines

 

Allow to disallow major Parallels Desktop version upgrades

 

 

Create expiring virtual machines

 

 

Enforce USB device policies

 

 

Configurable policies via Configuration Manager and Parallels Device Management

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

Assign up to 32 vCPU and 128 GB vRAM per virtual machine and control resources on the fly

 

Command line interface to control Parallels Desktop and virtual machines. Command line interface allows you to work with Parallels plugins for popular development tools including Vagrant and Jenkins

 

Customize the Parallels Control Center to include custom graphics, text, and links.

 

 

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