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Parallels Mac Management Features
• If the policy was downloaded after the deadline has passed, the effective deadline will be set
to the time of the policy download plus 24 hours.
• Install now — Clicking this button will close the dialog and will run the application installer.
Installation is Silent
If the installation type was specified as silent (the Deploy Software Wizard | User Experience
page | Hide in Software Center and all notifications option was selected), no message asking
the user to install the application will be displayed, and the installation will be performed silently as
soon as the policy is delivered to a Mac.
In all three scenarios above, after the application is installed, the user will be asked to reboot the
Mac if the installer requires it or if the Action on the User Experience page of the Mac OS X
Properties dialog is set to force a mandatory restart.
Using Parallels Application Portal
Parallels Application Portal is an OS X application included in the Parallels Mac Management for
SCCM 2012 package. The application is installed on a Mac when Parallels Mac Client is installed
on it.
To start Parallels Application Portal on a Mac, navigate to Finder > Applications and double-click
Parallels Application Portal.
Parallels Application Portal allows the Mac user to:
• View and install applications made available to them by their system administrator.
• View and remove installed applications.
• Filter the applications by category and publisher.
For an application to be listed properly in Parallels Application Portal, it must be configured and
deployed as described in Application Management and its subsections (p. 88).
When
Application Portal starts, it should contain the list of the installed and available applications. If
a Mac is not assigned to a Configuration Manager site, the application list will be empty.