Master your Macs in the Business Easily integrate Mac into Microsoft System Center Sascha Uhl Business Development Manager suhl@parallels.com
Leader in Cloud Services Enablement and Desktop Virtualization Strong Foundation 900+ employees worldwide 100+ patents granted or pending 200+ partnerships include Microsoft, Apple, Intel and Symantec Profitable and growing Cloud Services Serving 9,000+ service providers and 10+ million small businesses (SMBs) in 130+ countries Self-Service Control Panels Provisioning Server Virtualization Billing Cross Plattform 3+ million units of Parallels Desktop for Mac sold worldwide #1-selling Mac desktop virtualization software* *NPD Techworld Reports 8/1/06-12/31/12 2
We don t have Macs. Just a few. 503 PC Mac 6653 3
The Enterprise IT Mac Dilemma You WANT or NEED to support Macs in the enterprise, either thru internal choice or driven by BYOD trends. You DON T WANT to invest in expensive new infrastructure, tools, processes and skills in order to gain command and control of these Macs. 4
Gartner-Quadrant for Client-Management 5
Keep It Simple
Lower the bar 7
Simply Leverage What You Already Have Leverage the SCCM infrastructure Leverage existing Mac know-how Easily extend the SCCM infrastructure, processes and skills you already have Gain control of Macs on your network Easily and securely deploy and manage Parallels Desktop for Mac and its virtual machines 8
Parallels Management Suite Mac Management plug-in System Center Configuration Manager 2007/2012 Windows PC Hardware/Software inventory Install software and patches Apply Group Policies Mac Computer Hardware/Software inventory Mac OS X settings and policies management Install software and patches, execute scripts Bare-metal Mac OS image deployment Install and configure Parallels Desktop for Mac Deploy and run PDfM VMs with your corporate Windows image 9
Components Parallels Management Suite consists of three major components: Mac Agent SCCM Proxy SCCM Console Extension Mac Computer Mac Agent Windows Infrastructure SCCM Proxy SCCM SCCM Console + Extensions 10
Seamless Mac Management, using your existing tools, process and people
Installation Easy installation of Parallels Proxy Installation on SCCM Server Own hardware or VM (Hyper-V, vsphere ) No complicated PKI setup needed Only needs two settings for configuration SMS Provider Service Account 12
Role based user permissions Administrator Access to all Configuration Manager Proxy functions: Mac registration Mac management Problem monitoring Problem Monitor Access to problem monitoring functions Enroller Allows Mac registration 13
Deploy Mac OS images Enhance existing WDS/PXE setup to support Netboot Completely integrated into SCCM No separate infrastructure needed No separate GUI/Windows Software enhances SCCM Distribution Points to support Netboot Use Mac OS standard images 14
Automatically add your Macs from your Network Searches Macs in network Install agent to Macs Adds Macs to SCCM Everything automatically 15
Mac client widget Check PMM/SCCM client properties Send problem report to Parallels 16
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 17
Reports: Operating Systems 18
New OS X Device Collection 19
Managing Mac OS X Preferences Configure Macs using Mac OS X Configuration Profiles Configuration Profiles are delivered via Desired Configuration Management functionality of SCCM 20
Demo Applying Configuration Profiles 21
Software Distribution Software titles are distributed to Macs using standard SCCM workflow and GUI. This is similar to distribution of Windows software: 1. Create Software Package Containing the installation package binary (DMG, PKG, etc.) 2. Create Program Specifying installation options 3. Create Advertisement To choose a Mac collection to deploy the software title to 4. Track deployment status 22
Corporate Applications Top Programs used in Parallels Desktop today 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 Internet Explorer Windows Media Player Notepad Firefox Google Chrome Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Adobe Reader Microsoft Paint Remote desktop connection 23
Mac After Parallels Desktop Package Deployment 24
Managing Parallels Desktop & Virtual Machine Settings 25
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 26
Feature Summary Managing Mac Computers Complete System Center Integration Endpoint Discovery Mac OS Disk Image Deployment Hardware &Software Inventory Software Distribution & Remote script execution Mac OS Configuration Profiles Remote Assistance (SSH or VNC based) FileVault 2 Encryption Management Future Releases Self-service application portal for users Improved FileVault 2 reporting Internet based management for Macs Enhanced support for SCCM features Track software licenses and software usage Integration with PAX Custom SCCM Reports Mobile Device Management Manage Parallels Desktop configuration Manage Virtual Machine configuration 27
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Parallels Access 29
Gift time! http://bit.ly/macsysadmin 30
Mac Hardware Discovery 31
Mac Software Discovery 32
Demo Inventory information in Resource Explorer 33
Delivering Parallels Desktop & Virtual Machines PDE will be delivered to Macs as a regular software package Parallels Desktop Deployment Package must be prepared using the instructions provided by Parallels Installed PDE may be activated with enterprise license key VMs may be delivered in the same package along with PDE Delivered VMs will be registered for all users on Mac 34
SCCM Package Creation: Parallels & Virtual Machines 35
Mac Before Parallels Desktop Package Deployment 36
Mac After Parallels Desktop Package Deployment 37
Demo Software Distribution 38
New Configuration Item to Manage Parallels Desktop 39
Managing Parallels Desktop & Virtual Machine Settings 40
Demo Configuring Parallels Desktop and Virtual Machines 41
Pre-Deployment of Parallels Desktop Configuration Items 42
Managed Parallels Desktop & Virtual Machine Settings 43
Demo Remote Assistance 44
Pricing and Availability
Pricing and Availability Annual subscriptions available two ways: Parallels Management Mac, starting at $30 per Mac Parallels Desktop for Mac Managed Enterprise Edition, starting at $130 per Mac Volume discounts and bundling options available Availability: Starting Jan 31 world wide 46