System information

Deploying Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM 2012

Completed validation of Certificate [Thumbprint

4ac41a85e45b805ae765422b18975f356b57de80] issued to

'sccm2012.PRL.LOCAL'

>>> Selected Certificate [Thumbprint

4ac41a85e45b805ae765422b18975f356b57de80] issued to

'sccm2012.PRL.LOCAL' for HTTPS Client Authentication

Call to HttpSendRequestSync succeeded for port 443 with status code

200, text: OK

…

Successfully performed Management Point availability check against

local computer.

Distribution Point

To switch a distribution point to HTTPS:

1 In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to Administration > Overview > Site

Configuration > Servers and Site System Roles > <site-server-name>.

2 In the Site System Roles list, right-click Distribution point in and click Properties in the

context menu.

3 The Distribution point Properties dialog opens.

4 On the General page, select HTTPS in Specify how client computers communicate with

this distribution point section.

5 In the Create a self-signed certificate or import a PKI client certificate section, select

Import certificate.

6 Click the Browse button and browse for the exported distribution point certificate.

7 Type the password in the Password field (this is the password you specified when you were

exporting the certificate).

8 Click OK to close the Distribution point Properties dialog.

Verifying the Roles

After switching the roles to HTTPS, verify that they are valid. To do so, In the Configuration

Manager console, navigate to Monitoring / Overview / System Status / Site Status and see the

status of the roles. A valid role should have OK as the value of the Status column.

Creating Certificate Templates for Parallels Proxy and Macs

To enable connection of Macs to HTTPS-enabled SCCM infrastructure the Macs must obtain

certificates from the Certificate Authority (CA) trusted by SCCM. PKI certificates secure the

communication between the Mac computers and the Configuration Manager site by using mutual

authentication and encrypted data transfers.