A hypervisor is a software layer that creates and runs isolated virtual machines over hardware. Bare metal is a physical server whose hardware resources are dedicated entirely to a sole tenant. Bare metal hypervisors are used extensively for...
How to Verify That You Have Sufficient Privileges to Install System Services
The log on as a service user right allows accounts to start or run services on a Windows machine. By default, and due to security reasons, services can only be configured to run under the Local...
This article covers the basics of SAML authentication, how it works behind the scenes, the benefits of using SAML authentication and how it streamlines user access to your organization’s applications. What is SAML...
What Is a Hypervisor and What Are Its Benefits? | Parallels Explains
In simple terms, a hypervisor definition would be a software layer that creates and runs many isolated virtual machines (VMs) over single hardware. Before dwelling on the details of what a hypervisor is, it...
How to Use Parallels Desktop with Sidecar: Windows on iPad
Since the advent of macOS Catalina, Apple users can use their iPad as a second computer screen for their Mac with the feature sidecar. This opens up completely new application areas and makes mobile computing flexible...
What is an RDP Client? Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a connection protocol developed by Microsoft to provide users with a graphical interface while connected to another computer over a network connection. The connecting user must...
Virtual Machine and its Benefits | Parallels Insights
What is a Virtual Machine? As the name suggests, a virtual machine (VM) is a virtual environment that simulates a physical machine. VMs have their own central processing unit (CPU), memory, network interface, and storage, but...
Here Is Why Your Citrix Receiver Is Not Launching That Desktop
When using Citrix Receiver, there may be an issue with Citrix Receiver not launching a desktop. To minimize lengthy user downtimes caused by desktops unable to launch, it is important to understand the most common...
Citrix Receiver Not Launching Applications? Here’s Why!
A typical Citrix environment can be complex. What might seem like a simple problem in the Citrix Receiver (renamed to Citrix Workspace App) can turn out to be very hard to troubleshoot. For instance, if a user’s...
What is Virtual Desktop Software? | Parallels Insights
Virtual desktop software is a solution built solely on desktop virtualization technology. It provides organizations or individuals a way to create and store multiple instances of user desktops on top of powerful computer...
