# RAS Publishing Agent RAS Publishing Agent provides load balancing of published applications and desktops. A RAS Publishing Agent is automatically installed on a server on which you install Parallels RAS and is designated as the primary Publishing Agent. Each Site must have a primary RAS Publishing Agent but can also have secondary Publishing Agents added to it. The purpose of a secondary Publishing Agent is to ensure that users do not experience any interruption of the service due to possible failure of the primary RAS Publishing Agent. This chapter describes how to add RAS Publishing Agents to a Site and how to configure them.
In This Section Configuring RAS Publishing Agents Secondary Publishing Agents Managing Secondary Publishing Agents Using Computer Management Tools