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  • Introduction
    • Parallels RAS release history
    • Overview
    • What's new
  • Installation and Configuration
    • Prerequisites
    • Installation
  • Get Started with RAS Management Portal
    • Log in to RAS Management Portal
    • Configure RAS Web Administration Service
    • RAS Management Portal user interface
  • Site Category
  • Farm Settings
    • Administrators
    • Mailbox
    • Licensing
  • Site Settings
    • Connection and authentication
    • Multi-factor authentication
      • Using RADIUS
      • Using Google Authenticator
      • Configuring MFA rules
    • FSLogix Profile Container
      • Configure managing existing profiles by Parallels RAS
      • Configure Site defaults and hosts for FSLogix
    • Universal Printing
    • Universal Scanning
  • Infrastructure
    • RD Session Hosts
      • Add an RD Session Host
      • Configure an RD Session Host
        • Using Site or host pool defaults
        • General
        • Agent Settings
        • User Profile
        • Desktop Access
        • Printing and Scanning
      • Manage an RD Session Host
        • Overview
        • Active Sessions
        • Running Resources
        • Running Processes
        • Troubleshooting
      • RDSH groups
    • Virtual Desktops Infrastructure
    • Certificates
      • Generate a self-signed certificate
      • Generate a certificate signing request (CSR)
      • Let's Encrypt certificates
        • Working with Let's Encrypt certificates
        • How Parallels RAS requests certificates from Let's Encrypt
      • Import a certificate from a file
      • Export a certificate to a file
      • Assign a certificate to Gateways and HALB
    • Gateways
      • Add a Gateway
      • Configure a Gateway
        • General
        • Mode
        • Network
        • SSL/TLS
          • Client and Server configurations
        • User Portal
          • Web
        • Wyse
        • Security
      • Managing Gateways
    • Connection Brokers
      • Configure RAS Connection Broker
      • Add a secondary Connection Broker
      • Manage RAS Connection Brokers
    • Providers
    • Site defaults
  • Sessions
    • Overview
    • Session information
    • User sessions
    • Running resources
  • Publishing
    • Publish an application
    • Publish a desktop
    • Publish a document
    • Publish a folder on the file system
    • Manage published resources
      • Manage published applications
      • Manage published desktops
      • Manage folders
      • Site defaults (Publishing)
      • Using filtering rules
      • Configuring preferred routing
  • Monitoring
    • Overview
    • Install RAS Performance Monitor
    • Enable monitoring in RAS Management Portal
    • Viewing performance metrics
    • Configure RAS Performance Monitor Security
  • Updating RAS Agents
  • Help and Support
  • Appendix
    • Microsoft license requirements in Parallels RAS
    • Port reference
      • Parallels Client
      • Web browsers
      • HALB
      • RAS Secure Gateway
      • RAS Connection Broker
      • RAS Console
      • SSRS
      • RAS Reporting
      • RAS Web Administration Service (REST/Management Portal)
      • RAS PowerShell
      • RAS Provider Agent
      • RAS Enrollment Server
      • RAS RD Session Host Agent
      • RAS Guest Agent
      • RAS Remote PC Agent
      • Tenant Broker
      • Active Directory and Domain Services ports
      • Azure Virtual Desktop
    • RAS performance counters
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  1. Publishing

Publish a desktop

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To publish a desktop:

  1. In the RAS Management Portal, select the Publishing category

  2. In the middle pane, click the plus-sign icon (or choose Add from the ellipsis menu). The publishing wizard opens.

  3. On the Publishing Type page, select Desktop and click Next.

  4. On the Sites page, select one or more Sites (if available) from which the application should be available.

  5. Click Next.

  6. On the Publish from page, select from the following options:

    • All servers in the Site: Publish from all hosts that are available in this Site.

    • Server host pools: Specify one or more host pools from which to publish the application.

    • Individual servers: Specify one or more specific individual hosts.

  7. Click Next.

  8. On the Desktop page, specify the following:

    In the Published Resource Settings section, specify the following:

    • Name: Type a name for this desktop.

    • Description: Type an optional description.

    • Connect to administrative session: Select this option if you want users to connect to the administrative session.

    • Start automatically when user logs in: Select if you want to open the desktop as soon as the user logs in.

    • Exclude from session prelaunch: The desktop will not be considered in session prelaunch scenarios.

    • Icon: Select an application icon.

    In the Desktop Session Settings section, specify the following:

    • Desktop size: Specify the size. You can select from the available options and screen resolutions or you can specify custom settings. To set custom width and height, select Custom and specify the desired values in the fields provided.

    • Multi-Monitor: Select whether the multi-monitor support should be enabled or whether the client settings should be used.

  9. On the next page, specify the initial status of the resource. Choose from the following options:

    • Enabled: End users can launch the resource.

    • Disabled: The resource will not appear in Parallels Client.

    • In maintenance: The resource will appear in Parallels Client but users will not be able to launch it. When a resource is in maintenance and a user tries to launch it, they will see a message. To customize the message, click the Configure button. For more info, see .

  10. Click Next and then click Finish to publish the desktop.

Site Defaults (Publishing)