Dividing Users into Groups

In large organizations with multiple Macs, there may be groups of Parallels Desktop users with very different needs in terms of capabilities and restrictions, from a software engineer who develops for multiple platforms and needs a dozen virtual machines to test every possible scenario to a back-office staff who would benefit the most from Single Application Mode.

Note: From a system administrator's point of view, dividing the user base into groups is useful for applying specific policies and/or provisioning tailored Golden Images.

The best way to maintain flexible arrangements is by dividing users into groups, each of which would require a sublicense. We recommend that you create an organizational chart to plan your groups beforehand.

As an organization, you can choose what type of license activation you want to use: a per-device one where you activate each individual installation with a product key, a per-user one that requires signing in with SSO, or a mix of the two, which Enterprise Edition also allows.

To learn more, we suggest that you read Parallels Desktop Licensing Guide.