Overall Satisfaction with Parallels Remote Application Server
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.
- Simple infrastructure.
- Easy to use interface.
- Good way to deliver Windows app's to Mac desktops.
- 15 user minimum license is a pain but still good value.
- Support is decent enough for my small deployment but I wonder what it would be like in a complicated environment.
- Requires less infrastructure and support.
I was apprehensive using a smaller known product in the industry thinking there wouldn't be much support, but to be honest, I barely needed any training or support. You can load up AWS or Azure images all ready configured in minutes!
Mac users are able to open a single Windows application within the Mac OS without having to log into a remote desktop.
Being able to load on Azure has meant we haven't needed any hardware on-site anymore.
Security filtering has been great and easy to manage.
Do you think Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS)'s feature set?
Yes
Did Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) again?
Yes