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Parallels Mac Management Features
Parallels Mac Management provides two methods of defining an OS X configuration profile:
• Using a custom configuration item dialog in the Configuration Manager Console to define a
profile from scratch.
• Creating a profile from an existing file containing the OS X profile data. Such a file can be
created in advance using Mac OS X Server’s Profile Manager and then imported into the
configuration item dialog designed for this purpose.
The following topics describe each method in detail.
Creating OS X Configuration Profile
The Mac OS X Configuration Profile dialog is used to create a configuration item that allows you
to deliver Mac OS X configuration profiles to managed Macs. A Mac receiving the profile is
evaluated for compliance and the necessary changes are made to the noncompliant OS X
configuration settings.
Parallels Mac Management provides two separate dialogs to create Mac OS X configuration items.
The first dialog (described here) allows to define all of the OS X profile values right in the dialog
itself. The second dialog (described in the section that follows this one) (p. 63) allows to create a
configuratio
n item from an existing file containing the OS X profile data. You can use either dialog
depending on your needs.
To create a Mac OS X configuration item from scratch:
1 In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to Assets and Compliance / Overview /
Compliance Settings.
2 Right-click Configuration Items, point to Create Parallels Configuration Item, and then click
Mac OS X Configuration Profile.
3 The Mac OS X Configuration Profile dialog opens.