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What is Parallels RAS?
Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS, formerly 2X RAS), is application virtualization technology, billed as a solution to extend the life of legacy OS (like Windows XP) with its virtual desktop for any device. Maltese company 2X Software developed the technology, but was acquired by…
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What is Parallels RAS?
Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) is an all-in-one application delivery and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution that enables users to work remotely from anywhere, on any device, at any time. The cloud-ready software is designed to enable organizations to centralize IT infrastructure management, integrate with Windows Virtual Desktop, streamline multi-cloud deployment, reinforce data security and improve IT process automation. Its architecture enables organizations to adapt to critical business demands. The vendor states its key benefits include:
- Outstanding user experience (UX) on any device
- Enhanced data security
- IT agility and business readiness
- Easy deployment, configuration and maintenance
- Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO)
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| Deployment Types | On-premise, SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac, Windows Servers 2008/R2, 2012/R2, 2016 and 2019 |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
| Supported Languages | English, German, Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean |
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What is Parallels RAS?
Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS, formerly 2X RAS), is application virtualization technology, billed as a solution to extend the life of legacy OS (like Windows XP) with its virtual desktop for any device.
Maltese company 2X Software developed the technology, but was acquired by Parallels (in Seattle, WA) in February, 2015 to extend their cross-platform support solutions.
What are Parallels RAS's top competitors?
Citrix Virtual Apps Essentials, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop), and VMware Horizon are common alternatives for Parallels RAS.
What is Parallels RAS's best feature?
Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.9.
Who uses Parallels RAS?
The most common users of Parallels RAS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees) and the Information Technology & Services industry.
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April 08, 2022
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- Reliability
- Ease of Use.
- Ease of Administration.
- Availability of release notes.
- Notification of new releases.
- SSO on client stops working once the client is upgraded to newer version.
April 04, 2022
Controllers may love this.
- Secure connection.
- Easy to use.
- Compatibility with difference platforms.
- Microsoft Surface compatibility with no intel cpu
- iPhone functionality
- Scanning features
- Allows Mac users to feel like they are working natively.
- Better usage on tablets or phones for Windows apps.
- Documentation is good but sometimes confusing.
- Installing certificates is difficult.
April 01, 2022
Good program but some improvements needed
- Mirror the heavy program to remote users screen
- Works also on phones and tablets
- Customer like to use at least two screens simultaneously on the RAS web version
- Very easy from an administrative perspective to setup a gateway / load balancing.
- Extremely fast connection speeds for launching published applications.
- Flexible security for deploying MFA to targeted users. On competitor's software, it is an on or off setting that applies globally.
- The client UI for launching apps could use an overhaul, a tabbed approach with favorites or recently used applications would be better than a listing of all published applications.
- GPO option to lockdown the client interface so that settings are persistent from an administrative perspective.
March 29, 2022
Parallels is a great application that works as it says
- Remote application publishing.
- Easy to install client app.
- Remote desktop works surprisingly well.
- Customer Service is responsive
- Remote server install a little complicated.
- Getting remote drives to work is a chore.
- Setting up remote applications can be complicated.
- MFA implementation
March 26, 2022
Simple, secure, reliable
- Security
- Simple
- Powerful
- Crossplatform
- Software deployment
- Desktop virtualization
- Easy administration
March 26, 2022
Falling behind the competition
- Remote access
- Intuitive
- Affordable
- Complex
- Does not play nicely on all cloud platforms
- Difficult to maintain
March 21, 2022
Parallels Remote Application Access
- Giving access to different Applications and software
- Giving access to Labs PCs/Desktops
- Running windows on MAC
- The connection is sometimes slow and even disappears
- Sometimes unable to connect to some remote desktops
March 17, 2022
Excellent Product from Parallels
- Application Access
- Remote Desktop access
- File/Print on local machine and print
- Hard to navigate admin access console.
- Useability
- Configuration
- Administration
- End-user setup
- Support
- Updating your server farm can be difficult
- Unable to push pre-defined config files
March 11, 2022
Parallels Remote Application Server review
- Replacing the old RemoteApp idea
- Everything can be on one server, so no need for an extra domain controller
- Branding the software with your own company style
- Some site-to-site functionality, so the server can connect directly with the company
- Protection on the RDP, HTTPS ports, with blocking IP on multiple wrong logins
- Simple RDP / Application access
- Setup is a breeze compared to competitors
- Simple layout for management
- In constant development
- I feel it could give more options in the Parallels Remote Application Server client around connection settings
- Personally not a fan of the default settings applied to some settings
- Parallels Remote Application Server tenant broker could be better sign posted
March 06, 2022
Parallels make your work easier.
- Balancing connection.
- Security on the system.
- Multi platform
- Printing and scanning
- Windows hidden
- Windows font size
March 02, 2022
Happy with Parallels Remote Application Server
- Parallels Remote Application Server provides access and published applications to specified users or groups via Active Directory user or group privileges
- Parallels Remote Application Server provides on the fly remote access via HTML5-Gateway
- Parallels Remote Application Server provides remote printing service to local printers
- Although better since v18 connecting to local resources (e.g., HDDs and similar) could be faster.
- As far as we know, HTML5 access cannot be limited to certain users or user groups. Anyone who knows how it works can use this access as long as they have user privileges for our system. It would be nice to be able to configure user privileges for the feature.
March 02, 2022
Good to Go Software for Quick Conversion During Pandamic
- Great Flexiblity
- Serving other Platfrom Centrally
- Easy Management especially in Campus and from Off-Campus ever after Pandemic as we manage classroom and Lab spaces to maintain social distancing,
- Faster Acceablity
- Less Bandwidth Connection usage
- maintaining constant sandbox connection for longer periods (sometimes it will time out earlier than specified and students loos the connectivity to the server)
February 28, 2022
A better solution for Remote Access
- Publish applications
- Manage RDS and VDI in single console
- Supports legacy servers like windows 2013R2 Etc.
- Support for GPU
- Better control of printers
February 28, 2022
Want your Remote Access to be available Anytime, Anywhere on Any Device ... Try Parallels Remote Application Server
- Securely access sensitive company data.
- Ease of use means less user training and support.
- Though rarely needed having support at your fingertips is essential.
- Getting SSL certificates is a bit cumbersome.
February 26, 2022
An excellent product to deliver office working from home.
- Easy to use
- 2 factor integration
- Detailed Logging
- Increased 2 factor integration
- Easier updates for end users
- better 3rd party browser support within reporting
February 22, 2022
Parallels RAS - once you've used it you won't want anything else!
- Security
- Very easy to install, configure and use
- Plenty of options to publish apps (client, HTML5, mobile apps etc.)
- Frequent updates
- Great support team
- Third party integrations (e.g. Google Authenticator)
- Public SSL Certs need to be wrapped which can be a faff (over complicated task) if you're not used to such things.
- Make it easy to differentiate between local and remote users for licensing purposes.
- Bring back per-user exclusions on Deepnet DualShield integration!
February 17, 2022
Simple to configure and use
- Published apps
- Local printers
- Support
- It just seems to work
September 27, 2021
Remote working application server for agile teams
- Great remote working experience
- Share applications and cloud resources across the organization
- Keep vital applications and data secure
- Cut the costs on applications
- Maximum concurrent users is only 100 with the generic license
- Can improve on graphics rendering
- It could have a more seamless experience with remote apps
September 22, 2021
Parallels Remote Application Server - Secure access for engineers from Anytime/Anywhere
- Simple and easy to use interface
- Establish virtual server connection from mobile devices
- Access restriction based on the user roles
- On demand auto scaling of resources
- Auto provisioning
- Support for multi factor authentication
- Need more options for MFA to be integrated other than Active Directory
- Sometimes the remote connection freezes, and the session terminates unexpectedly. There are minor glitches that have room for improvement.
- Printing from published applications.
- Easy to set up and keep running.
- We would like to be able to do what we do with Citrix published ICA files—essentially free-standing configurations that once ran function like a local application while they log in (in the background).
July 09, 2021
100% Cloud Based in healthcare!
- Cloud based, no software to install for users to access the HTML5 interface.
- Simplicity of install. Very quick/easy to get up and running in minutes, not hours or days.
- Constant development. Always adding new features, improving existing features and efficiency. They also listen to customer needs.
- Active directory dependent. Would like to have other options for authentication outside of AD. Can use SSO with Google, etc but still needs to verify the user against AD for permissions.
- There are a log of group policy options that can be used, some directly Parallels related, others Windows OS/Terminal Services specific. Would be nice to have a collection or guide of best used GPO options for performance, security, etc.