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Deploying Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM 2012
Check the date and time synchronization
Date and time must be synchronized between the servers running the Configuration Manager,
Configuration Manager Proxy, Active Directory, Management Point, Distribution Point, and the Mac
computers. If that's not done, the Parallels Mac Client registration and the Mac management
operations (specifically, policy downloading and updating) may not work correctly.
Review the ports used by Parallels Mac Management
The ports used by Parallels Mac Management should not be used by other programs. For the list of
ports see Ports Used by Parallels Mac Management (p. 147).
Checking User Rights Requirements
To install and configure Parallels Mac Management for SCMM the user performing the installation
must have sufficient rights. To run the Parallels Configuration Manager Proxy service, its user
account must also have sufficient rights. The following topics describe the required user rights and
provide detailed information on how to verify and to set them.
User Rights Required for Installing and Configuring Parallels Mac
Management
To install and configure Parallels Mac Management components on Windows computers, the user
performing the installation and configuration must have specific rights. The following provides a
summary of the requirements and then describes in detail how to verify and to set the necessary
user rights.
Required User Rights Summary
The user installing and configuring Parallels Mac Management must be a domain user with the
following rights:
• Permissions to write to the SMS Provider (full write WMI permissions).
• Permissions to use DCOM objects on a server where the SMS Provider is installed (the user
must be a member of the Distributed COM Users group).
• Administrative rights in Configuration Manager.
• Permissions to make the following changes in Active Directory:
• Create the "CN=ProgramData,CN=Parallels,CN=Parallels Management Suite" container, or
(if the container already exists) create child objects in it.
• Create the "CN=ParallelsServices" container, or (if the container already exists) make
changes to its contents.