Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Reviews

The primary use case of Parallels is to offer it to customers as a hosted service. I help them to migrate from other solutions like VMware to Parallels RAS. I recommend it to companies that prefer cost-effective, easy-to-setup solutions for remote workforce or branch office setups.

Parallels Desktop allows me to run both Mac and Windows operating systems on a single machine, eliminating the need for separate Windows hardware. This saves both time and money.

My primary use case of this solution is to publish and make available applications for customers. I'm a customer of Parallels and a data center engineer and freelancer. 

The previous solution I used, Citrix, had a very specific browser. With Parallels, you can use any browser on any platform to access the application, which makes it much more convenient for the customers and is easier to manage. We're able to replicate the environment more quickly if we need to build out more servers.

We use the solution to access remote desktop applications. It helps us to have all our business applications in one place. We can also deploy as many desktops as required within hours. 

The solution has the best security features in terms of data access control. It is highly reliable.

The solution can be used for remote applications and remote desktop.

The solution is powerful, and it has good speed and performance.

We publish applications and our users are scattered across different geographical locations. So we install the client on the end-user's laptop and then we publish their applications.

The connection is compressed so we don't need a lot of resources to run it.

Also, the ease of use. Initially, before using Parallels, we had to manually install whatever applications we were using. So if I had, for example, five users, and three software programs, I had to install three install applications on each of the five laptops. That took more man-hours, and all my resources would get into it. But with Parallels, I just install it once into one location and the client does the work for me. So it provides ease of use and minimizes the man-hours that go into installation and the maintenance of IT.

We use it for remote access to applications.

It has been much easier to manage and has provided us with faster performance than Citrix.

We use the product as a VDI to share a desktop for the client portal. It helps employees and the client to access it simultaneously.

We can provision the servers without the need for another third-party solution.

To provide applications to Macs and standalone Windows machines, also Linux and Android devices from appsanywhere.

Allows our Cloudpaging applications to be delivered to non-Windows machines all via our standard portal which is appsanywhere.