# Creating a Configuration Profile

To create a configuration profile:

1. Log in to your Parallels business account.
2. In the **Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition** product card, click **Registered Computers**.
3. Click the More item in the main menu (top right) and choose Configuration Profiles, as shown in the screenshot below.<br>

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4. The page listing configuration profiles opens. If you haven't created any profiles yet, the list will be empty.
5. Click the **Create Profile** button. A dialog opens where you can configure the profile.

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6. To replace the default profile name (top left), simply erase the default name (New Configuration Profile) and type a new one.
7. The payloads are listed in the left pane. To configure a payload, select it and then specify the necessary settings in the right pane. Each payload has the "Enable..." option at the top of the right pane. This option enables or disables a payload but doesn't change or discard the payload settings. When a payload is enabled, it is included in the configuration profile when the profile is applied to Mac computers. When a payload is disabled, it is not included, so Mac computers don't receive it.\
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   For creating the payload (i.e, a virtual machine image), refer to [this page](https://docs.parallels.com/landing/pd-ag/provisioning-and-activation-of-parallels-desktop/alternative-deployment-methods/alternative-mass-deployment-via-deployment-package/preparing-the-autodeploy-package/optional-adding-a-virtual-machine/creating-and-uploading-virtual-machine-images) of the guide.
8. When done, click **Save** to save the configuration profile.

At this point we will not configure any of the payloads yet and will go straight to applying the configuration profile to a license or sublicense keys (it is allowed to create a profile with all payloads disabled). Once you learn how to create and apply a configuration profile, we'll talk about how to configure and use each individual payload.


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