System information

In This Chapter
About This Guide ..................................................................................................... 7
About Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM 2012 ................................... 7
About This Guide
This guide contains information about how to deploy and use Parallels Mac Management for
Microsoft SCCM 2012. The guide is intended for IT administrators.
About Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft
SCCM 2012
Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM 2012 is a software product that extends Microsoft
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and 2012 R2 with support for Mac OS X systems.
With Parallels Mac Management you can manage Mac and Windows computers using
Configuration Manager as your only management system.
Parallels Mac Management adds the following Mac management features to SCCM 2012 and
SCCM 2012 R2:
Feature Description
Network discovery of Mac computers (p. 41)
Network discovery allows to automatically find Mac
computers on a network and assign them to a
Configuration Manager site.
Inventory of Mac hardware and installed applications
(p. 58)
Mac hardware and software inventory is
automatically collected and can be viewed in the
Configuration Manager console.
Mac OS X image deployment (p. 101)
Allows to automate the deployment of OS X on
managed Mac computers.
Mac OS X software and patch distribution (p. 97)
Allows to use the standard Configuration Manager
Software Distribution functionality to install software
and updates on managed Macs.
Parallels Application Portal (p. 88)
Allows Mac users to view and install OS X
applications made available to the user by their
C HAPTER 1
Introduction