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Parallels Mac Management Features
The Parallels Application Portal window has the following elements:
• All Applications tab — Lists all application, including installed applications and applications
that are available for installation. If at least one application was configured as "featured", the list
will be split into two parts: Featured Applications and Other Applications. An application can
be configured as "featured" on the Application Catalog tab page of the <application_name>
Properties dialog (p. 90).
If Configurati
on Manager has multiple versions of the same application that supersede each
other, then only the top application will be displayed, unless the system administrator has
specified the supersedence relationship on the Supersedence tab page of the
<application_name> Properties dialog in the Configuration Manager console.
• Installed Applications tab — Lists applications that are installed on this Mac.
• Categories list — Contains software categories that the user can select to filter the application
lists.
• Publishers list — Contains the names of software vendors that the user can select to filter the
application lists.
• Install button — Displayed for applications that are available for installation. Clicking this button
will download an application to the Mac and install it.
• Remove button — Displayed for an application already installed on a Mac. Allows to remove
the application from the Mac. Please note that this button will only be available for applications
that were configured in Configuration Manager as "Available" (i.e. optional, as opposed to
required) and for which the uninstallation command line was specified. For more info about the
installation/uninstallation command line, see Configuring the Deployment Type > Specify the
Installation Command Line (p. 91).
Software Distribution
The software distribution feature automates the distribution of software to managed Mac
computers. Software is distributed to Macs using the standard Configuration Manager functionality.
Creating Software Distribution Package
A software distribution package is a container for an application, file, or information that need to be
applied to client Mac computers. A package also includes a program that contains instructions for
how the contents of the package is to be applied on a client Mac. You create a package and a
program using the standard Create Package and Program Wizard in the Configuration Manager
console. Once the package is created, you can set additional package and program properties that
are not available in the wizard. These properties can be used to better manage the installation
process of the package on a Mac computer.
To create a package, in the Configuration Manager console, navigate to Software Library /
Overview / Application Management / Packages. Click Create Package. The Create Package
and Program Wizard opens. Populate the wizard pages as follows.