[RECOMMENDED] Deploying Parallels Desktop via MDM App Catalogs Using Configuration Profiles
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Instead of preparing deployment packages, many modern MDM solutions allow you to deploy known apps via their built-in app catalogs.
This method, however, requires you to accompany the pre-existing Parallels Desktop installation package with a configuration profile containing a specific license key or an instruction to activate the app via Single Sign-On.
Some of the MDM solutions don't have the feature to prepare such configuration profiles on the spot, so the next easiest way to achieve that is to use iMazing's app.
A configuration profile with licensing information will persist on target Macs and help you keep your users' copies of Parallels Desktop for Mac activated even through a complete reinstallation (if you include a licensing key in it) or force an SSO sign-in window to pop up at the restart (if you set SSO as the default activation method in the profile). Having an pre-installed licensing profile (preferably protected from removal) will prevent a user from activating their copy of Parallels Desktop for Mac with another key.