Business Edition Features Overview
The Business Edition of Parallels Desktop for Mac is based on the Pro version, with the addition of powerful deployment and management capabilities that enable IT to provision, granularly control, and lock down the settings across multiple groups of users.
Business Edition Feature Highlights
License management portal (Parallels My Account)
Split license keys into sublicenses
Enable product activation using sign in to corporate account
Maintain corporate compliance with restricted virtual machines
Set an expiration date for a virtual machine
Mass deployment of Parallels Desktop and virtual machines
Provision a corporate VM image from a link specified in Parallels My Account
Business-level support including 24/7 phone and email support options
Business Edition Feature Matrix
See how Parallels Desktop Business Edition compares to Parallels Desktop Standard and Pro editions.
Straightforward and high-performing solution to run Windows, Linux, or Mac applications on Macs with Intel chips or Apple Silicon.
Advanced networking tools. Create virtual networks for complex network scenarios and testing, including simulating various network scenarios.
Mass deploy and mass manage Parallels Desktop and virtual machines for your employees.
Use the invitation email feature to invite users to install Parallels Desktop on their Mac computers.
Provision a corporate VM image from a link specified in Parallels My Account.
Single Application Mode. A special Parallels Desktop deployment option allowing Mac users to run a Windows application without being aware of Parallels Desktop and Windows running in a virtual machine.
Licensing and Support
Premium 24/7 phone and email support
only for subscriptions
Centralized license management via Licensing Portal
Simple deployment with unified volume license key
Option to activate using sign in to corporate account
Extended grace period to accommodate a possible license renewal delay without disrupting the business
Customizable in-product Support Center option
Removed in-product notifications
Configurable software update policy and local update server options
Security
Restrict end-users from changing virtual machine settings
Restrict end-users from creating new virtual machines
Allow to disallow major Parallels Desktop version upgrades
Create expiring virtual machines
Enforce USB device policies
Advanced
Assign up to 32 vCPU and 128 GB vRAM per virtual machine on Intel or up to 18 vCPU and 128 GB vRAM per virtual machine on Apple Silicon
Command line interface to control Parallels Desktop and virtual machines. Command line interface allows you to work with Parallels plugins for popular development tools including Vagrant and Jenkins
Customize the Parallels Control Center to include custom graphics, text, and links.
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