Parallels RAS

Our organization uses Parallels Remote Application Server across our whole organization. Instead of installing certain programs on each person's computer, we direct our employees to a website where they can just log in and all their business applications are right there. This simplifies things. For one, our I.T. Dept doesn't have to ensure our programs are installed on each person's computer. Furthermore, they don't have to worry each application has the latest updates. Security is greatly enhanced. The greatest business problem it addresses is that it allows us to control our employee experience from a single place reducing time, effort and expense.

I am using Parallels Remote Application Server for several clients to provide remote web-based access to older client server healthcare platforms like Greenway Primesuite EHR and Zeiss Forum Viewer.

Parallels is being used by doctors to work remotely using our local systems and servers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are also using Parallels RAS during our telehealth appointments as a tool for telemedicine. Parallels is mainly used to give doctors remote access to read echos and dictate using a mic and Dragon server.

We are a Cloud SAAS provider and are currently in the process of converting from using Microsoft RDS to Parallels RAS. We were looking for something that was more flexible across multiple OS and operating environments, that was more robust and faster then RDS and decided on Parallels over Citrix. It's currently in use for our internal users of the software and one client test company.

We come from using XenApp Citrix for more than 13 years, then I started testing Parallels RAS to see if we could seamlessly migrate the app delivery service from one product to another with minimum effort and impact on end users. All our tests were successful from Parallels farm setup, published resources, servers configurations to user experience.

We spent 10 years using publishing desktops on the virtualized Citrix XenApp environment. Times changed and a lot of our stuff became web-based. We moved our offices to Mac OSX desktops and needed to stream a couple of legacy windows only applications. I found the Parallels Remote Application Server a lot simpler to setup. No longer needing domain controllers and levels of servers, I was able to get Parallels set up on a single Azure server to stream the applications straight to the Mac desktops.

We utilize Parallels to enable users to work remotely. Parallels placed us ahead of the curve for social distancing, not to mention we spend less administration time managing applications.

We are a custom software development company. We use RAS to allow our clients to access our custom software.

As an international organization, we wanted to have a solution that would allow us to have a centrally-managed deployment solution for all our branches. PRAS simplifies it.

Parallels RAS is used across the whole organization. Our employees use MacOS to access Windows applications. With Parallels RAS our employees also can easily work in home office. It is also a security optimisation for our company. Easy to work with. Our employees learned fast how to use the Parallels client to access their published software.

We are using Parallels Remote Application Server within our company to deliver our software product our to our customers in a SaaS solution. It allows us to deploy windows desktop applications to over 800 end users, using a wide variety of devices to access our system.

We use Parallels Remote Application Server to provide remote sessions for our clients who want remote desktops. And where applicable we re-sell Parallels Remote Application Server to clients who want remote access capabilities in-house on their own infrastructure. It solved remote access issues and remote printing issues.

We provide application access over the HTML5 client for users at remote sites, home, etc. We specifically publish the Microsoft Office Suite, Information Technology Administration and Management Tools, and several legacy applications that would otherwise only be available on the corporate LAN or would have significant performance issues over traditional VPN technologies.

We have clients that wanted to use the QuickBooks Desktop product, not online. Trading files back and forth can cause issues with the data not being current on one side or another and we couldn't use it at the same time. So we used Parallels to address this issue.

We started using Parallels RAS first in our company because we were dissatisfied with our Citrix installations in ours and customers' sites. We were looking for a stable remote desktop environment that was easy to manage, good value for the money, and had a pay-per-use license model for managed service providers to expand our AaaS / IaaS offering. (It is not only since COVID-19 that we know that switching to Parallels RAS was the right decision for us and for our customers.)

Parallels RAS is being used by remote workers to easily access corporate systems. These users do not have a PC on site that they can remote into, so a system was needed that could provide them with the necessary applications.

We have 10 to 15 remote offices for sales staff and construction staff. We predominantly use Claris Filemaker and Microsoft Outlook at the remote offices. Filemaker is making moves to the cloud but our layouts pull so much data that they require an ethernet connection. We need to use a terminal server until we redesign our Filemaker database to be more efficient. Filemaker uses Outlook to send information from the database to potential clients and to trade partners. We need to use a terminal server to allow the two applications to talk to each other.

We use Parallels RAS for application and desktop virtualization. Connection through a heavy client and an HTML client allows us to serve specific user profiles personalizing user experience and accessibility. The RAS GW feature allows us to cope with IT security issues concerning applications confined in special virtual networks, while the VDI feature allows us to prepare desktops on the shelf for developers.

It's being used across the whole firm. Parallels Remote Application Server provides mobility and remote access to all attorneys and legal assistants.

We have implemented several implementations of Parallels Remote Application Server [RAS], and it is in widespread use internally and amongst several of our customers.

Our introduction to RAS came when a total system failure of a legacy Citrix system left a client searching for a replacement system that offered similar functionality but which was easier to manage by their internal IT Staff. We selected and implemented RAS on the basis of our experience with other Parallels products, namely Parallels for Mac, and Plesk, however despite this somewhat ad-hoc selection process we were immediately impressed by the ease at which our proof of concept system was up and running and then further impressed by time to production for the live system.

We used RAS to provide access to a thick client ERP package to Sales Representatives on the road across the EMEA, and the implementation was an unmitigated success. In particular remote UX has been improved greatly, especially in zones of marginal network coverage. We were also impressed with the breadth of platform coverage, from the old standards, Windows, MacOS, to other platforms like IOS and Android.

The initial success led to us standardising on RAS for our SaaS offering when offering thick client applications, and I would have no hesitation in recommending the softward.

We are using it for a few remote employees to enter orders within our system. It's used by about 7-10 people at a maximum, and it alleviates the need for a full-blown terminal solution

Parallels Remote Application Server was being used to stream our MRP application to clients in and out of the facilities.

Parallels RAS is mostly used within our company by our remote sales team and a few telecommuters. Additionally, our Graphic Arts Supervisor uses it to access our LOB application from her MAC Pro. RAS has allowed the company to easily and cost effectively enable the users to access all applications which our internal users utilize on a daily basis. The previous software we used for this purpose was a nightmare and moving to RAS has been virtually problem free.

Student Health and Counseling Services, a department of Student Affairs at UC Davis, uses Parallels RAS to deliver a wide range of windows applications both to remote users and local users on other platforms. This software seamlessly allows us to provide applications to macOS, iOS, Android, and Windows users with native clients that add functionality.