[email protected] Sr. Manager Global Business Solutions Carlos Capó Master Macs in Business Easily integrate Macs into a Microsoft Shop.

[email protected]

Sr. Manager

Global Business Solutions

Carlos Capó

Master Macs in Business

Easily integrate Macs into a Microsoft Shop

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Leader in Cloud Services Enablement and Desktop Virtualization

• 900+ employees worldwide• 100+ patents granted or pending• 200+ partnerships include Microsoft, Apple, Intel and Symantec• Profitable and growing

Strong Foundation

• Serving 9,000+ service providers and10+ million small businesses (SMBs) in 130+ countries

Cloud Services

• 5+ million units of Parallels Desktop for Mac sold worldwide

• #1-selling Mac desktop virtualization software*

Cross Platform

Self-Service Control Panels

Server Virtualization

Provisioning Billing

*NPD Techworld Reports 8/1/06-12/31/12

Parallels Solutions for Business

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Enables Mac management in SCCM 2012 and SCCM 2007

Seamless Mac Management, using existing tools, process and people

Manage and deploy Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines

PARALLELS SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS

Enables the Microsoft stack on Macs

Simplify administration & mass deployment

Configurable, policy-compliant solution

Business class support

MANAGEMENTDESKTOP

Parallels® Mac Management forMicrosoft System Center Configuration Manager

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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) provides unified management & security infrastructure to Windows computers

Today System Center is prevalent for PC management

• Unified management & security infrastructure

• Simplify IT administration

• Compliance and settings management

• Software update management

• Inventory

WindowsCentric

But the best solutions for Mac required new tools, new processes and new skills…until now

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Unify PC and Mac Management

Microsoft System Center Configuration

Manager

Parallels Mac

Management

Now Macs get:

• Discovery

• Inventory

• Compliance

• Software deployment

• Self-service App Portal

• OS image deployment

• Reporting

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Simply Leverage What You Already Have• Gain control of Macs on your network • Leverage the existing SCCM infrastructure• Easily extend the SCCM infrastructure, processes and skills you

already have

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ComponentsParallels Management Suite consists of four major components:

• Mac Agent

• SCCM Proxy

• SCCM Console Extension

• NetBoot Service

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Scheduled Discovery Procedure• Searches Macs in network

• Tries to establish SSH connection

• Installs agents to Macs

• Adds Macs to SCCM

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Deploy Mac OS images• Enhance existing WDS/PXE setup to support Net boot

• Deep integration into SCCM console and Distribution Points• No separate infrastructure needed

• No separate GUI/Windows

• Software enhances Distribution Points to support Netboot

• Use Mac OS standard images

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Mac client widget• Check PMM/SCCM client properties

• Send problem report to Parallels

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Inventory

• Inventory information is gathered from Macs

• When Macs are added to SCCM

• Later, according to inventory schedule

• Accessible in standard SCCM Resource Explorer

• Inventory data is used for:

• Tracking hardware & software assets

• Generating reports

• Defining specific Mac collections to be managed

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Reports: Operating Systems

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New OS X Device Collection

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• Configure Macs using

Mac OS X Configuration Profiles

• Configuration Profiles are delivered via

Desired Configuration Management

functionality of SCCM

Managing Mac OS X Preferences

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• Configure Mac OS X FileVault

• Institutional Key

• Personal Key

• Central store on SCCM SQL

Server

• Recover keys via Management

Console

FileVault

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Software DeploymentApplication Management can be done by using both supported methods

• Applicationso Offer Application Catalog to Mac userso Easy to use free conversion utility

– http://www.flaschengeist-studios.com/cmapputil-helper

• Packageso Quick & easy deploymento Native OS X package format

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Application Self-Service Portal

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Top Programs used in Parallels Desktop today

• Internet Explorer• Windows Media Player• Notepad• Firefox• Google Chrome• Microsoft Word• Microsoft Excel• Adobe Reader• Microsoft Paint• Remote desktop connection

Out of more than 1 million reports, there are more than 10,000 discrete Windows apps being used in Parallels Desktop today

The Top 10

Corporate Applications

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The simplest, easiest way to bring Windows stack and applicationsto employees with MacsBenefits include:

Parallels Desktop® for MacEnterprise Edition

Unified product activation key Free upgrades to new versions 24/7 priority phone and email support Mass deployment tools Can be managed by Parallels Mac Management

for Microsoft SCCM Prevents users from changing settings Create expiring virtual machines

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Licensing Portal

The IT administrator can manage the individual seats for the Enterprise Edition via a web portal.

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Mac After Parallels Desktop Package Deployment

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Managing Parallels Desktop & Virtual Machine Settings

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Remote Access: VNC• Screen sharing via VNC allows to control the logged user’s screen• Admin don’t have to provide a password to establish VNC connection to

managed Mac• When session is closed, all changes are rolled back to keep security intact

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Parallels Mac Management vs. SCCM 2012 R2PMM SCCM 2012 R2

Support for Mac OS X 10.10

Network discovery and automatic enrollment

Manual enrollment

Hardware and software inventory

Show warranty status

Self-Service Application Portal for Macs

Deploy software packages

Deploy Mac OS X Configuration Profiles

Easy to use OS X Configuration Profile editor

Push scripts as SCCM Configuration Items

Deploy Mac OS X pre-built images

Enable FileVault 2 encryption

Remote Assistance

SLALOM CONSULTING

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DENVER

LONDON

SAN FRANCISCO

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

PHOENIX

DALLAS

HOUSTON

MINNEAPOLIS

PORTLAND

SEATTLE

ATLANTA

CHICAGO NEW YORK

BOSTON

HARTFORD

A business and technology consulting firm with:• more than 3000+ employees• 16 offices in North America and London• 120+ employees in Corporate Services• $640M+ in revenue

SILICON VALLEY

Slalom - 2015

Customer Point of View – Slalom Consulting

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Problem Slalom faced• Primarily a Microsoft shop

• No primary infrastructure to deploy or manage Macs

• Outgrew current Mac Imaging solution• 2011: 100+ Mac clients• 2014: 400+ Mac clients

Solutions Evaluated• Native Mac Backup/restore (Time Machine)• SCCM 2012 Native Mac Management• JAMF Imaging

Customer Point of View – Slalom Consulting

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• Why Parallels?• SCCM native support lacked OSD, overly complicated to configure/manage

and felt very v1• Parallels Mac Management provides excellent SCCM integration• Much more than a plug-in, it leveraged the SCCM technical model• Streamlined management and deployments at all SCCM sites• Automation for customizing the Mac environment

• Deployment Experience• Very similar to SCCM (Windows)• Simple and quick “Capture” process for image• Distribution management through SCCM DP’s• Easy for non-technical users to initiate network boot based deployment• Fast

Customer Point of View – Slalom Consulting

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Questions?