# Creating Secondary License Keys

To create a sublicense, follow these steps:

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**Warning**: If you plan on activating your end users' copies of Parallels Desktop for Mac with license keys on a **per-device** basis, we strongly recommend against sending out your primary license key to your end-users directly. We recommend employing the **Invite Users** function, which generates unique keys for each invitation email, or creating and sharing additional sublicense keys.
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1. Go to [Parallels My Account](https://my.parallels.com/login) and select **Dashboard** in the top-right corner.
2. In your Parallels Desktop Enterprise Edition card, click on the **Subscription Details** line.
3. Scroll down to the **License Keys** card and click **Create License Key** in its top-right corner.
4. Click on the key name at the top and change it to reflect the name of the group.<br>

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5. Assign a certain number of Parallels Desktop installations available with this license key, select the key type, and click **Save**. To learn more about the differences between Dynamic and Reserved keys, see [this chapter](/landing/pd-ag/parallels-desktop-licensing-guide/managing-subscriptions-licences-and-seats/creating-additional-license-keys.md) in our Licensing Guide, specifically the [**Allocating Licenses**](/landing/pd-ag/parallels-desktop-licensing-guide/managing-subscriptions-licences-and-seats/creating-additional-license-keys.md#allocating-licenses) section.

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* If you want your users to activate their copies of Parallels Desktop for Mac using license keys, you could send them invitations to activate, which will contain automatically generated individual activation keys (derived from the respective sublicense keys). To do that, use the **Invite Users** button on the product card in Parallels My Account.
* If your organization uses an identity provider (e.g., Microsoft Azure/Entra ID or Okta) and you want your users to activate their copies of Parallels Desktop for Mac using Single Sign-On, refer to [this section](/landing/pd-ag/getting-started/configuring-the-single-sign-on-sso-integration-with-parallels-my-account/optional-how-to-divide-users-into-groups-and-assign-them-sublicenses.md) of the guide.

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**Note**: With Enterprise Edition, you can maintain a mix of per-device (sublicense key) and per-user (SSO) activations across the same overall setup.\
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Any users not included in the mapped SSO groups will be activated using the quota from the **primary license key** seats pool. Golden Images will be assigned, and policies will be applied accordingly.
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Irrespective of their activation method, dividing users into groups will let you benefit from things like custom [policies](/landing/pd-ag/preparing-virtual-machines-for-deployment-and-securing-them/policies.md) and restrictions.


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