What's new

Parallels RAS 20

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 20:

• Ability to launch applications from local devices

• AWS Availability Zones support for RDSH and VDI host pools

• Added support for SC//HyperCore 9.4

• Added support for the Swiss and Belgian keyboard layouts in the policies

Parallels RAS 19.4.2

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.4.2:

• Ability to redirect local disk drives as read-only.

• Ability to limit clipboard to plain text.

• Ability to use SAML SSO together with credentials for user authentication.

• Ability to add a custom background for User Portal.

• Ability to select whether unenrolled users can see the The user name or password is incorrect error when they enter incorrect credentials for TOTP, Google Authenticator, and email OTP.

• Ability to automatically connect to an alternative Connection Broker.

Parallels RAS 19.4.1

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.4.1:

• Ability to select if Parallels Client detection is triggered on sign-in to User Portal or after the user confirms it via a prompt

• Ability to configure a Service URL through which User Portal will detect the IP of the browser it is running on

• Added an option to map the Windows key to a key combination when running User Portal on Chrome OS

Parallels RAS 19.4

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.4:

• Ability to send OTP via email.

• Ability to automatically upgrade Agents on RD Session Hosts, VDI, and Azure Virtual Desktop.

• Support for IGEL 11 and 12.

• Extended image management for Nutanix AHV (AOS).

• Support for Scale Computing SC//HyperCore 9.2.

• Ability to enable tunneling for the <Default> Theme.

• Ability to edit the message that will be shown by Parallels Client when users sign in using MFA for Radius and TOTP.

• Active Directory (AD) based permissions for session management.

• Ability to add a customizable URL that points to internal support from RAS Console and Management Portal.

• Administrator permissions to view license information.

• Ability to configure the minimum key size of certificate authority templates.

• Validation of HTTP host headers to protect against host header injections.

• New predefined reports:

  • Sessions disconnections for host pools

  • Transport protocol for host pools

  • Bandwidth availability for host pools

  • Latency for host pool

  • Connection quality for host pool

  • UX Evaluator for host pool

  • Logon duration for host pool

• Azure Virtual Desktop improvements.

Parallels RAS 19.3.1

Important: Do not update to Parallels RAS 19.3 if you assigned multiple templates to a single VDI host pool.

Important: If you are using Azure Virtual Desktop in Parallels RAS 19.3, you need to update Parallels Client to version 19.3.

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.3.1:

• Ability to automatically reset sessions on user logoff.

• Azure Virtual Desktop improvements.

For the complete list of new features and improvements, see Release notes: https://kb.parallels.com/en/129018.

Parallels RAS 19.3

single VDI host pool.

Important: If you are using Azure Virtual Desktop in Parallels RAS 19.3, you need to update Parallels Client to version 19.3.

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.3:

• Template versioning for RD Session Hosts, VDI, and Azure Virtual Desktop. This feature includes the following:

  • Version management

  • Version tags

  • The ability to assign template versions to host pools for RD Session Hosts, VDI, and Azure Virtual Desktop.

  • Scheduled template recreation for RD Session Hosts, VDI, and Azure Virtual Desktop.

• Ability to configure user profiles and other settings on the host pool level.

• Ability to change user passwords via third-party IdPs.

• New policy for configuring drive redirection cache.

• New policy for prohibiting saving username.

• Ability to drain and power off hosts based on the workload.

• FSLogix Office Containers support and enhanced management for FSLogix.

• Dynamic printer mapping.

• Azure Virtual Desktop improvements.

• Add multiple provider addresses for the SC//HyperCore provider.

• Ability to hide billing information on Tenants.

• Ability to recreate hosts keeping the existing MAC addresses on the SC//HyperCore provider.

• TLS 1.3 support.

• FIPS 140-2 compliance.

• Terminology updates:

  • References to Pools/Groups have been standardized as "Host Pools".

  • Reference to Desktop/Guests have been standardized as "Hosts".

• New predefined reports:

  • Session activity

  • Disconnection reasons

For the complete list of new features and improvements, see Release notes: https://kb.parallels.com/en/129018.

Parallels RAS 19.2.3

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.2.f3:

• Ability to turn off audit database synchronization across Connection Brokers.

• Support for drive redirection cache in a session initiated by Parallels Client for macOS.

For the complete list of new features and improvements, see Release notes: https://kb.parallels.com/en/129018.

Parallels RAS 19.2.2

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.2.2:

• Ability to modify the license type of a host when it joins a host pool. You can also manually change the license type of any host within a host pool.

• Ability to lock or log off from a computer when all user sessions are closed.

For the complete list of new features and improvements, see Release notes: https://kb.parallels.com/en/129018.

Parallels RAS 19.2

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.2:

• Integration with MSIX app attach for AVD.

• Disk storage cost optimization for VDI and AVD.

• Ability to choose the transport protocol for connections between Parallels Client and a server on RDSH, VDI, and Remote PC.

• Ability to use RDP Shortpath for single-session and multi-session AVD hosts.

• Ability to connect to AVD resources using Parallels Web Client.

• New policy for selecting the display configuration.

• Ability to assign persistent hosts by the client device hostname.

• Ability to recreate RD Session Hosts and hosts with their original BIOS UUID on ESXi and vCenter (works automatically).

• Added Microsoft Authenticator as a TOTP provider.

Deprecations and updated system requirements:

• See Software Requirements for updated system requirements for components and clients.

For the complete list of new features and improvements, see Release notes: https://kb.parallels.com/en/129018.

Parallels RAS 19.1

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.1:

• Integration with MSIX app attach for VDI.

• Search for client policies.

• Ability to update all agents in an AVD host pool simultaneously.

• New policy for configuring dynamic desktop resizing for published applications.

• New policy for configuring multimedia redirection on Azure Virtual Desktop.

• Ability to register public domain addresses when using a secret key for joining a RAS Tenant Broker.

• Ability to supply public domain addresses when joining a tenant to a RAS Tenant Broker using a secret key.

• Ability to easily view the details of a failure to create a hosts.

• New predefined reports:

  • Transport protocol (TCP/UDP)

  • Network latency

  • Connection quality

  • Bandwidth availability

Deprecations and updated system requirements:

• See Software Requirements for updated system requirements for components and clients.

For the complete list of new features and improvements, see Release notes: https://kb.parallels.com/en/129018.

Parallels RAS 19.0

The following new features were added in Parallels RAS 19.0:

• Support for Amazon Web Services as a cloud provider and ability to use EC2 instances.

• Integration with MSIX app attach.

• Let's Encrypt certificate management.

• New Parallels Client for Windows for ARM64.

• Expression-based client policies, filtering for published resources and MFA configuration.

• Power management: starting up and shutting down servers on schedule. Schedules can be created for RD Session Hosts, VDI, and AVD hosts.

• Email-based account discovery that gives users quick access to the RAS resources when using the Parallels Client.

• Logon hours restrictions that allow to restrict user access to published resources during specified time frames.

• Ability to assign different MFA providers to different Themes.

• Ability to specify URLs to be redirected to local end user device or to be launched in the remote session.

• Ability to delegate to Custom administrators permissions for working with specific publishing folders.

Deprecations and updated system requirements:

• See Software Requirements for updated system requirements for components and clients.

For the complete list of new features and improvements, see Release notes: https://kb.parallels.com/en/129018.