Small Deployment (15–30 Users)

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Parallels DaaS – Small Deployment (15–30 Users)

This page outlines a common deployment of Parallels Desktop as a Service (DaaS) for small environments with 15–30 users in a multi-session configuration. It includes licensing and infrastructure requirements. This setup is scalable to larger teams as needed.

You will be invoiced for your Parallels DaaS licenses directly from Parallels or via your preferred partner, your Azure resource consumption will be billed directly to you or your partner from Microsoft.

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Licensing Requirements

Name	Type	Description
Parallels DaaS License	Named user
Microsoft Licenses	Named user	Microsoft 365 E3, E5, A3, A5, F3, Business Premium, Student Use Benefit Windows Enterprise E3, E5 Windows Education A3, A5 Windows VDA per user

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Infrastructure Overview

Parallels DaaS creates Virtual Machines that act as session hosts for the users. Virtual machine (VM) sizing impacts cost and performance. Parallels DaaS automatically scales resources based on user demand. Typical VMs run ~200 hours/month using automatic powermanagement.

Common VM types

Below is a list of commonly used Azure Instance types with Parallels DaaS, by default each machine will be equipped with a E10 disk that is 128GiB in size. Prices below include the disk and have hybrid benefits enabled.

VM Type	Specs	Approx. Users	200 Hrs (PAYG)	24/7 (PAYG)	1 Yr Reserved	3 Yr Reserved
D4s_v4 / v5	4 vCPU / 16 GB RAM	~16 users	$52	$159	$98	$66
D8s_v5 (Recommended)	8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM	~32 users	$92	$308	$186	$121

User density depends on workload. Heavy multitasking or conferencing video usage may reduce capacity.

Persistent Desktop experience (optional)

For saving desktop items, user preferences, favorites, and files persistently across sessions, add:

• Azure Storage Account + Azure File Share Used to store roaming user profiles.

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Shared Infrastructure example for 20 users

Item	Description	Quantity	Rate	Price
Parallels DaaS Gateway VM	Standard B1ms (Linux, always on – 730 hrs)	1		$25
Public IP Address	Static IP for Gateway	1	Flat rate	$5
Azure Storage Account (File Share)	Transaction Optimized (200 GiB total)	1	~$0.06/GiB/month	$12
File Share Transactions	Light usage (in-Azure)	~400K ops	~$0.001 per 10K ops
Virtual Machines	Standard D4s_v4 (4 × VMs, 200 hrs each, with Hybrid Benefit)	4	$52	$208