What is Parallels Remote Application Server?

Parallels Remote Application Server provides vendor independent virtual desktop and application delivery from a single platform. Accessible from anywhere with native clients and web enabled solutions, like the Parallels RAS HTML5 Gateway, Parallels Remote Application Server allows you to publish full desktops, applications and documents within a virtual environment, improving desktop manageability, security and performance.

Parallels Remote Application Server extends Windows Terminal Services by using a customized shell and virtual channel extensions over the Microsoft RDP protocol. It supports all major Hypervisors from Microsoft, VMware, and others enabling the publishing of virtual desktops and applications to the Parallels Client.

The product includes powerful universal printing and scanning functionality, high capacity resource based load balancing and management features.

With the Parallels Client Manager Module for Parallels Remote Application Server you can also centrally manage user connections and PCs converted into thin clients using the free Parallels Client.

How does it work?

When a user requests a virtual desktop or application, the system finds a virtual guest on one of the least loaded VDI hosts, or it finds a least loaded terminal server, and starts or restores an RDP connection with it. Using Microsoft RDP protocol, the virtual desktop or published application is presented to the user.

Users can connect to the Parallels Remote Application Server using Parallels Client (available at no charge), which can run on Windows, Linux, OS X, Android, Chrome, and iOS. Users can also connect via an HTML5 browser or Chromebook.

As newer versions of Windows keep on being developed as time goes by, how can you defend the migration cost to your business? Parallels Remote Application Server can help. Desktop replacement allows you to extend the lifespan of your hardware and delay migration to the latest OSs to a time that suits you best. The Parallels Remote Application Server solution allows you to be very flexible: you can lock machine configurations on the user side, placing your corporate data in an extremely secure position; or you can opt to allow users to run some local and remote applications. Parallels Client Desktop Replacement is able to reduce the operability of the local machine by disabling the most common local configuration options, while guaranteeing the same level of service and security afforded by thin clients, directly from your existing PCs.