## Templates Templates are used to automate the creation and deployment of guest VMs in Parallels RAS. A template is based on an existing virtual machine created with one of the hypervisors supported by Parallels RAS. Once a template is ready, it can be used to create clones (guest VMs) that will inherit all properties of the template. The resulting guest VMs can then be used to host published resources. Read the following topics to learn how to create and use a template: Template Types and Guest OS Requirements Creating a Template How Guest VMs are Created From a Template Manually Adding a Guest VM Template Maintenance Template Status Managing Multi-Provider Template Distribution Managing Template-based Guest VMs