Previously, the “Deploy macOS Image” task sequence step was required to be added to a task sequence. Parallels Mac Management now allows you to create non-OSD task sequences. It’s a pre-requisite of this set up, that you must have at least one Internet enabled Management Point and Distribution Point in your ConfigMgr hierarchy. Note, if you have multiple primary ConfigMgr sites then you will need a Parallels IBCM proxy per Parallels Configuration Manager Proxy. This acts as a proxy passing requests, via permanent SSL-secured link, between Parallels Mac Client and Parallels Configuration Manager Proxy. To achieve this, a Parallels IBCM proxy is required in your DMZ. Internet based management of Mac devices via the Parallels solution is now available. Here’s a couple of the big hitters in v7. I attended an online webinar hosted by the awesome Danny Knox, who ran through some of the new features in this release. Last week, Parallels released v7 (build PMA2012-7.0.0.116) of their Mac Management solution for SCCM.
