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Deploying Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM 2012
• Permissions to register and unregister Service Principal Names for the user account used to run
the Parallels Configuration Manager Proxy service.
• Administrative rights on the computer where the installation is performed.
The following step-by-step instructions describe how to create a Windows user with the rights
outlined above.
Create a new domain user
Note: You may skip this section if you want to use an existing domain user.
1 On the computer running Active Directory, click Start > Administrative Tools > Server
Manager.
2 In the Server Manager window, navigate to Roles / Active Directory Domain Services /
Active Directory Users and Computers / <domain-name>.
3 Right-click Users and select New > User in the context menu.
4 In the New Object – User dialog, type Full name, User logon name, and click Next.
5 Type and confirm the password in the Password and Confirm password fields.
6 Click Next. Click Finish.
Add the user to the Distributed COM Users group
The user must be a member of the group to work with the SMS Provider through WMI. This is
needed when Parallels Configuration Manager Proxy and the SMS Provider are installed on different
computers.
1 In the Server Manager window, right-click the domain user that you created and select Add to
a group… in the context menu.
2 Add the user to the Distributed COM Users group.
Grant the user permissions to write to WMI
Parallels Configuration Manager Proxy needs rights to alter the SMS WMI workspace by adding
new classes.
1 In the Server Manager window, navigate to Configuration / WMI Control.
2 Right-click WMI Control and select Properties in the context menu.
3 Select the Security tab in the WMI Control Properties dialog.
4 In the Namespace navigation tree, select Root / SMS / site_<site-code> and then click the
Security button.
5 Click the Add button, find your user, and click OK. The user will appear in the Group or user
names list.