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Specify a license key

Parallels Desktop Business Edition license key is required to activate Parallels Desktop on target Macs. The key must be specified in the autodeploy package.

To specify the license key:

  1. In the autodeploy package, expand the License Key and Configuration folder.

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  2. Open the deploy.cfg file in a text editor.
  3. Find the License section (second from the top) and enter your Parallels Desktop Business Edition license key as a value of the license_key variable. The key must be supplied in the following format: "XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX" (including quotes and dashes).
  4. Save the deploy.cfg file.

To learn about other configuration parameters in the deploy.cfg file, please see Configure deployment options.

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