Parallels Remote Application Server: Parallels Client For OS X User's Guide
Parallels Remote Application Server: Parallels Client For OS X User's Guide
Application Server
Parallels Client for OS X User's Guide
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Contents
Getting Started ..........................................................................................................4
System Requirements ....................................................................................................... 4
Installing Parallels Client Using an Invitation Email.............................................................. 4
Using Parallels Client for Mac...................................................................................6
Adding a New Connection ................................................................................................ 6
Configuring a RAS Connection.......................................................................................... 8
Connection.............................................................................................................................. 9
Display .................................................................................................................................. 11
Printing .................................................................................................................................. 12
Local Resources.................................................................................................................... 14
Experience ............................................................................................................................ 16
Network ................................................................................................................................ 17
Authentication ....................................................................................................................... 17
Advanced .............................................................................................................................. 18
Configuring an RDP Connection...................................................................................... 18
Connection............................................................................................................................ 19
Display .................................................................................................................................. 20
Local Resources.................................................................................................................... 21
Programs .............................................................................................................................. 23
Experience ............................................................................................................................ 24
Network ................................................................................................................................ 24
Authentication ....................................................................................................................... 25
Advanced .............................................................................................................................. 25
Modifying Parallels Client Preferences ............................................................................. 26
Using a RAS Connection................................................................................................. 27
Using an RDP Connection............................................................................................... 28
Exporting and Importing Parallels Client Settings............................................................. 28
Index ........................................................................................................................30
CHAPTER 1
Getting Started
In This Chapter
System Requirements .............................................................................................. 4
Installing Parallels Client Using an Invitation Email ..................................................... 4
System Requirements
To install Parallels Client on your Mac, you need OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) or higher.
1 In the invitation email, click the Apple thumbnail. This will open the Parallels Client for OS X
page in the web browser.
2 Click the link to view the app in the Mac App Store and then click Get > Install App.
3 Follow the instructions and install the app on your Mac.
1 In the invitation email that you received from your system administrator, find the Configure
section and click the Click Here to auto configure the downloaded client link and follow the
instructions.
2 Once the Parallels Client for OS X is configured, it will open and ask you to log into Parallels
Remote Application Server.
3 Enter your credentials (e.g. your domain user name and password) and click Login.
4 If the login is successful, the main Parallels Client window will open and will display the
published resources that you can use.
Note: If you haven't received an invitation email from your system administrator, but would still like to
install Parallels Client on your Mac, you can visit the Mac App Store and search for the Parallels Client
app. You can then install it like any other app on your Mac. For the information on how to manually
configure a connection, please refer to Adding a New Connection section (p. 6).
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CHAPTER 2
In This Chapter
Adding a New Connection........................................................................................ 6
Configuring a RAS Connection ................................................................................. 8
Configuring an RDP Connection ............................................................................... 18
Modifying Parallels Client Preferences....................................................................... 26
Using a RAS Connection .......................................................................................... 27
Using an RDP Connection........................................................................................ 28
Exporting and Importing Parallels Client Settings ...................................................... 28
• Click Standard RDP to create a standard Remote Desktop connection. This will allow you
to connect to any remote computer desktop that accepts standard Remote Desktop
connections.
When creating a Remote Application Server connection, your system administrator should give
you the connection information that must be specified in this dialog. If you received an invitation
email from your administrator, you can find this information at the bottom of the message. The
information will look similar to the following:
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Server: 192.168.1.102
Port: 443
Connection Mode: Gateway SSL Mode
When creating a Standard RDP connection, you need to know the IP address or hostname of
the remote computer you want to connect to.
4 In the Server field, enter the Parallels Remote Application Server IP address or hostname (this
should be the server where the RAS Secure Client Gateway resides). If creating a Standard
RDP connection, specify the remote computer IP address or hostname.
5 The Connection mode drop-down list is enabled only when creating a Remote Application
Server connection. Select one of the following options:
• Gateway Mode. Parallels Client connects to the RAS Secure Client Gateway and the
session connection is tunneled through the first available connection. This mode is ideal for
servers that are only reachable via the gateway and do not require a high level of security.
• Gateway SSL Mode. Same as the gateway mode above, but uses encryption to secure the
data.
• Direct Mode. Parallels Client first connects to the RAS Secure Client Gateway for the best
available terminal server and then connects directly to that server. This is best used when
the Parallels Client and the terminal server reside on the same network.
• Direct SSL Mode. Same as the direct mode above, but uses encryption to secure the data.
6 In the Friendly name field, choose and type a friendly name for this connection.
7 The Advanced settings link opens the Connection Properties dialog where you can specify
additional connection properties. For more information, please see Configuring a RAS
Connection (p. 8) or Configuring an RDP Connection (p. 18).
8 Click OK to create a connection.
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Connection
On the Connection tab page, you can define a primary connection and one or more secondary
connections.
The primary connection is established with the specified RAS Secure Client Gateway. To specify
the primary connection information:
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• Gateway SSL Mode. Same as the gateway mode above, but uses encryption to secure the
data.
• Direct Mode. Parallels Client first connects to the RAS Secure Client Gateway for the best
available terminal server and then connects directly to that particular server. This is best
used when the Parallels Client and the terminal server are on the same network.
• Direct SSL Mode. Same as the direct mode above, but uses encryption to secure the data.
3 In the Port field, specify the port on which the gateway listens for incoming connections. If the
default value (80) has been modified on the server side, you have to replace the default value
here as well. Ask your system administrator about the port number if you are having a problem
connecting to the server.
4 In the Friendly Name field, choose and type a name of your choice, so you could easily identify
the server in Parallels Client later.
If the Remote Application Server that you are connecting to has more than one RAS Secure Client
Gateway, you can define a secondary connection, which will be used as a backup connection in
case the primary gateway connection fails.
2 In the Secondary Connections dialog, click the + button and specify a server name or IP
address. This should be a server hosting a secondary RAS Secure Client Gateway (the primary
gateway is used by the primary connection).
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3 Select the connection mode and modify the port number if necessary.
4 If you have more than one secondary connection, you can move them up or down in the list. If
the primary connection cannot be established, Parallels Client will use secondary connections in
the order listed.
5 Click OK.
• Select the Logon Automatically options to enable Parallels Client to connect automatically
without displaying the Logon page every time you connect to a remote server.
• Enter your username, password, and domain information.
Display
• In the General Options section, specify the general display properties (color depth, size, width
and height).
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• In the Graphics Acceleration drop-down menu, select the graphics acceleration type.
• Select the Published Applications - Use primary monitor only option to use only the primary
monitor connected to your Mac to display published applications.
• Select the Desktop Options - Span desktops across all monitors option to span the
published desktops across all connected monitors.
Printing
The Printing tab page allows you to configure printing options.
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Technology
In the Technology drop-down menu, select the technology to use when redirecting printers to a
remote computer:
If you selected RAS Universal Printing technology, select printers to redirect in the Redirect
Printers drop-down menu:
Click the Configure button (enabled if Microsoft Basic Printing is selected above) and configure the
following options:
To configure default printer settings, click the Change Default Printer settings button.
The default printer list shows the available printers that are ready to be redirected by the client to
the remote computer. The list also includes the printing technology that the available printers will
use. The technology reflects the setting selected, as described in the Technology section above.
For example, if the technology was set to RAS Universal Printing technology, only the printers
using RAS Universal Printing will be listed.
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To disable the default printer, select <none>. To redirect the default local printer on the client side
to the remote computer, select <default local printer>. When <custom printer> is selected, you
can specify a custom printer on the remote computer if one exists. The first printer that matches
the printer name inserted in the custom text box, will be set as the default printer on the remote
computer.
Select Match exact printer name to match the name exactly as inserted in the custom text box.
Please note that the remote printer name might differ from the original printer name. Also note that
local printers might not be redirected due to server settings or policies.
Local Resources
Use the Local Resources tab page to configure how local resources are handled by the remote
computer.
Use the Remote Computer Sound drop-down menu to specify whether the remote computer
sound should be played on your local computer.
The Local Devices section allows you to specify the local disk drives to connect to automatically
when logged on to the remote server. To specify the disk drives, select the Disk drives option,
then click the Configure button and add the desired disk drives to the list.
The Click this link to configure printers link allows you to configure printer options. When you
click the link, the following configuration options become available:
Technology
If you selected RAS Universal Printing technology, select printers to redirect in the Redirect
Printers drop-down list:
If you selected Microsoft Basic Printing Redirection technology, click the Configure button and
specify the following options:
To configure default printer settings, click the Change Default Printer settings button.
The default printer list shows the available printers that are ready to be redirected by the client to
the remote computer. The list also includes the printing technology that the available printers will
use. The technology reflects the setting selected, as described in the Technology section. For
example, if the technology was set to RAS Universal Printing technology, only the printers using
RAS Universal Printing will be listed.
To disable the default printer, select <none>. To redirect the default local printer on the client side
to the remote computer, select <defaultlocalprinter>. When <custom printer> is selected, you
can specify a custom printer which might be installed on the remote computer. The first printer that
matches the printer name inserted in the custom text box, will be set as the default printer on the
remote computer.
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Select Match exact printer name to match the name exactly as inserted in the custom text box.
Please note that the remote printer name might differ from the original printer name. Also note that
local printers might not be redirected due to server settings or policies.
You can specify the time a printer will be forced as default. If the default printer is changed during
this time after the connection is established, the printer is reset as default.
Select the Update the remote default printer if the local default printer is changed option to
change the remote default printer automatically when the local default printer is changed. Please
note that the new printer must have been previously redirected.
Experience
The Experience tab page allows you to tweak the connection speed to optimize the performance
of the connection with the remote host.
If you are connecting to a remote computer on a local network that runs at 100 Mbps or higher, it is
usually safe to have all of the experience options turned on. It is also recommended to enable
compression to have a more efficient connection.
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Network
Use the Network tab page to configure a proxy server if you have to use one to connect to
Parallels Remote Application Server.
To configure a proxy server, select the Use proxy server option and then select the protocol from
the following list:
• SOCKS4. Enable this option to transparently use the service of a network firewall.
• SOCKS4A. Enable this option to allow a client that cannot connect to resolve the destination
host’s name to specify it.
• SOCKS5. Enable this option to be able to connect using authentication.
• HTTP 1.1. Enable this option to connect using the standard HTTP 1.1 protocol connections.
Specify the proxy host domain name or IP address and the port number.
For SOCKS5 and HTTP 1.1 protocols, select Proxy requires authentication and enter user
credentials.
Authentication
Use the Authentication tab page to specify what happens if Network Level Authentication fails.
In the If authentication fails drop-down menu, select one of the following options:
• Connect. The user can ignore the certificate of the server and still connect.
• Warn. The user is alerted about the certificate and still has the ability to choose whether to
connect or not.
• Do not connect. The user is not allowed to connect.
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Advanced
The Advanced Settings tab page allows you to customize the default behavior or Parallels Client.
Connection
1 In the Primary Connection field, specify the remote computer host name or IP address.
2 The Port field contains the TCP port 3389 by default, which is the standard port for RDP
connections. You can modify it if the port number was changed on the remote computer.
3 In the Friendly Name field, choose and type a name of your choice, so you could easily identify
the server in Parallels Client later.
• Select the Logon Automatically options to enable Parallels Client to connect automatically
without displaying the Logon dialog every time you connect to a remote server.
• Enter your username, password, and, if necessary, domain information.
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Display
• In the General Options section, specify the general display properties, such as color depth and
screen size. To specify a custom screen size, select Custom in the drop-down list and then
specify the width and height in the fields provided.
• In the Graphics Acceleration drop-down menu, select the graphics acceleration type.
• Select the Published Applications - Use primary monitor only option to use only the primary
monitor connected to your Mac to display published applications. If you have more than one
monitor and the option is cleared, all monitors will be used to display the applications.
• Select the Desktop Options - Span desktops across all monitors option to span the
published desktops across all connected monitors (if you have more than one monitor
connected to your Mac).
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Local Resources
Use the Local Resources tab page to configure how local resources are handled by the remote
computer.
Use the Remote Computer Sound drop-down menu to specify whether the remote computer
sound should be played on your local computer.
In Local Devices section, specify the local devices to automatically connect to when logged on to
the remote server:
To specify local disk drives, select the Disk drives option, then click the Configure button, and
then add the desired disk drives to the list.
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2 In the Select Destinations drop down list, specify All printers or a specific printer.
3 In the Driver drop-down list, select the printer driver to use.
4 Select the Open PDF in Preview option to be able to open PDF documents in Preview before
printing.
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Programs
On the Program tab page, you can specify a program to start automatically on the remote
computer when you establish a Remote Desktop connection with it.
Select the Start the following program on connection option, then specify the program path and
file name, and the start-in folder, if needed.
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Experience
The Experience tab page allows you to tweak the connection speed to optimize the performance
of the connection with the remote host.
If you are connecting to a remote computer on a local network that runs at 100 Mbps or higher, it is
usually safe to have all of the experience options turned on. It is also recommended to enable
compression to have a more efficient connection.
Network
Use the Network tab page to configure a proxy server if you have to use one to connect to a
remote computer.
To configure a proxy server, select the Use proxy server option and then select the protocol from
the following list:
• SOCKS4. Enable this option to transparently use the service of a network firewall.
• SOCKS4A. Enable this option to allow a client that cannot connect to resolve the destination
host’s name to specify it.
• SOCKS5. Enable this option to be able to connect using authentication.
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• HTTP 1.1. Enable this option to connect using the standard HTTP 1.1 protocol connections.
Specify the proxy host domain name or IP address and the port number.
For SOCKS5 and HTTP 1.1 protocols, select Proxy requires authentication and enter the
credentials.
Authentication
Use the Authentication tab page to specify what happens if Network Level Authentication fails.
In the If authentication fails drop-down menu, select one of the following options:
• Connect. The user can ignore the certificate of the server and still connect.
• Warn. The user is alerted about the certificate and still has the ability to choose whether to
connect or not.
• Do not connect. The user is not allowed to connect.
Advanced
The Advanced Settings tab page allows you to customize the default behavior or Parallels Client.
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• Connect to Console. This option is used for administration of a Remote Desktop Session Host
server. It acts as if a standard Remote Desktop connection is initiated from the command line
with the /admin option.
• Use Pre Windows 2000 login format. If this option is selected, it allows you to use legacy
(pre-Windows 2000) login format.
• Network Level Authentication. Check this option to enable network level authentication,
which will require the client to authenticate before connecting to the server.
Override computer name. Specifies the name that your computer will use during a remote
desktop session. If set, this will override the default computer name. Any filtering set by the
administrator on the server side will make use of the name specified here.
Advanced
• Show connections. Shows or hides the Connections list (left pane in the main window).
• Do not warn if server certificate is not verified. When connected over SSL, and the
certificate is not verified, a warning message will be displayed. You can disable this warning
message by enabling this option.
• Raw printing support. When enabling this setting, printing will still work for applications
sending data in RAW format.
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• Swap Mouse Buttons. When enabling this setting, the mouse buttons will be swapped on the
remote computer.
• Auto Sort Connections. Sort the Connections list automatically (e.g. when a new connection
is added to it).
• Auto Sort Application Listing. Sort the Published Applications list automatically.
Shortcuts
• Create shortcuts configured on server. For each published application, the administrator can
configure shortcuts that can be created on the client's desktop. Select this option to create the
shortcuts, or clear the option if you don't want to create them.
• Shortcuts folder. Specifies the target shortcut folder (e.g. /Applications)
• Desktop shortcuts folder. Specifies the desktop shortcut folder (e.g.
/Users/username/Desktop).
You can have multiple active connections at the same time (both Remote Application Server and
standard RDP). To switch between active connections in Parallels Client, click a connection in the
left pane.
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Every time you connect to a remote server from Parallels Client, a session is created for the
connection. To manage a session, select a connection in the Connections list and then click the
Session menu.
The Session menu has the following options allowing you to perform session management tasks:
To disconnect all active RAS connections (not just the current one), click the File on the main menu
and then click Disconnection All RDP Connections.
To log off all RAS Connections, click File > Log Off All RAS Connections.
You can have multiple active connections at the same time (both standard RDP and Remote
Application Server). To switch between active connections in Parallels Client, click a connection in
the left pane.
Every time you connect to a remote server from Parallels Client, a session is created for the
connection. To manage a session, select a connection in the Connections list and then click the
Session menu.
The Session menu has the following options allowing you to perform session management tasks:
To disconnect all active RDP connections (not just the current one), click File on the main menu
and then click Disconnection All RDP Connections.
To export the current Parallels Client settings to a file, click File on the main menu and then click
Export Settings. In the dialog that opens, specify a file name and a destination folder. Click Save
to export the settings. The file is saved with the ".2xc" extension.
To import the settings, click File > Import Settings. In the dialog that opens, select the ".2xc" file
and click Open. Please note that the Parallels Client settings stored in a file will override the current
Parallels Client settings.
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Index
Index
A U
Adding a New Connection - 6 Using a RAS Connection - 27
Advanced - 18, 25 Using an RDP Connection - 28
Authentication - 17, 25 Using Parallels Client for Mac - 6
C
Configuring a RAS Connection - 8
Configuring an RDP Connection - 19
Connection - 9, 19
D
Display - 11, 20
E
Experience - 16, 24
Exporting and Importing Parallels Client
Settings - 28
G
Getting Started - 4
I
Installing Parallels Client Using an Invitation
Email - 4
L
Local Resources - 14, 21
M
Modifying Parallels Client Preferences - 26
N
Network - 17, 24
P
Printing - 12
Programs - 23
S
System Requirements - 4