What’s New in Parallels Operations Automation 5.2

The top new features in Parallels Operations Automation 5.2 include:

• Support for Exchange Server 2010 SP1, multi-tenant edition. Parallels Operations Automation 5.2 now supports the multi-tenant edition of Exchange Server 2010 SP1, as well as Exchange Server 2003, 2007, and 2010 Enterprise.

• Support for SharePoint Foundation 2010. Now you can sell hosted versions of SharePoint Foundation 2010.

• Office 365 syndication. Support for Microsoft Office 365, a syndicated version of Microsoft’s messaging and collaboration services, enables you to quickly launch these services without investing in your own hosting infrastructure.

• Virtual machine hosting based on Microsoft Hyper-V. Parallels Operations Automation now includes APS Service for Microsoft Hyper-V, giving you a fully automated solution for selling Hyper-V virtual machines.

• New dashboard for Customer Control Panel. A new look for the main screen of the Customer Control Panel simplifies access to important objects that used to be deeply nested within the navigation hierarchy.

• New provisioning engine. Parallels Operations Automation 5.2 uses the Windows Provisioning Engine to provision subscriptions for the multi-tenant version of Exchange 2010 SP1 and for SharePoint Foundation 2010. Other Windows-based services are still provisioned with the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration platform.