Recently, Parallels® unveiled Parallels Mac Management 6 for
Microsoft SCCM, which extends Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager
(SCCM) functionality and enables IT managers to use one pane of glass to manage
both PC and Mac® computers with ease, increased efficiency, and higher
productivity.
The feedback from our Version 6 beta testers had been
fantastic and we look forward to all the customers taking advantage of the new
Parallels Mac Management 6 features. The complete list of Parallels Mac
Management 6 new features and fixes can be found here.
Last year, when we announced Version 5, we wrote in a blog
post:
“How do you make the most advanced Mac management plug-in
for Microsoft SCCM better? How about doing something impossible, again, and
making yet another Apple Mac management technology available to SCCM
administrators!”. Guess what, we have done it again!
Remote Wipe and Lock
Parallels Mac Management 6 adds ability to Wipe or Lock a
Mac remotely through SCCM. We all have heard stories about CEOs leaving their
Macs on the planes or at airports. This is a security nightmare for the IT,
especially if the data on a Mac is not protected with FileVault 2. The new Wipe
and Lock capability allows to wipe or lock a Mac remotely and gives the IT a
piece of mind.
Software Metering
In this release, we have continued to deepen integration
with various SCCM features: We have added support for the Software Metering of
applications that Mac users run on their Macs. It allows the IT to monitor and
collect software usage data from Mac clients and make business decisions such
as:
- ·
How many licenses of a particular software
program do you have to purchase when you renew your license agreement with the
software vendor?
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Are users still running a particular software
program?
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What times of day is a software program most
frequently used
New macOS Image Deployment Capabilities.
We are seeing significant growth of use of the macOS image
deployment functionality of Parallels Mac Management by our customers and
continue to invest development resources into this feature. Parallels Mac
Management v6 adds new task sequence steps as well as usability enhancements.
Configuration Profile Improvements
Of course, we couldn’t have left the core of the Mac
management functionality, macOS configuration profiles, without adding some
improvements to them.
