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# Stage 4: Enterprise Deployment (Jamf Pro, Intune, Email)

### What this stage accomplishes

Gets Parallels Desktop installed and activated on end-user Macs, which is what triggers the Portal to push the Golden Image and Policy from Stage 3.

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### Prerequisites

Stage 3's Golden Image and Policy are live.

### Steps

Pick the path that matches your Mac management situation:

* **MDM-managed Macs (e.g., Jamf Pro):** distribute Parallels Desktop through your MDM's app catalog, optionally with a configuration profile for activation parameters.
* **Unmanaged/BYOD Macs:** on the Enterprise Edition product card in My Account, click **Invite Users**, add the recipients' email addresses (individually or via CSV), set an expiration, and click **Send Invitations**. Each recipient gets an installer link and a single-use temporary activation code.

Either way, once the installation activates against the correct sublicense, the Management Portal pushes the assigned Golden Image and Policy automatically — there's no separate manual provisioning step.

### Verification

In the Management Portal's Virtual Machines monitoring page, confirm new VMs show up with the expected **VM Source** (your Golden Image) and, if relevant, the expected **Parallels Desktop State** (`Activated (SSO)` or `Activated (License Key)`).

### Common issues

Policy application isn't instant — it happens on triggers like app launch, activation, VM creation or state change, a network status change, or at most once a day. Invitation codes are single-use per device, so a new invitation is needed for each additional machine.

### Handoff to next stage

Move to Stage 5 for ongoing monitoring and lifecycle management.


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