By Vissarion Yfantis

April 23, 2018
Last updated on July 20, 2022

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Adding Remote Publishing Applications with Parallels RAS

Once we successfully add our Remote Desktop Session Hosts (RDSHs), we can start publishing applications. This blog post introduces the remote application publishing process in Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS).

To publish an application from an RDSH, open the Parallels RAS Console and follow this procedure:

1. 1. In the Parallels RAS Console, select the Publishing category and then click the Add icon below the Published Resources tree (or right-click inside the Published Resources box and click Add in the context menu). This launches the publishing wizard.

2. 2. On the Select Item Type wizard page, select Application and click Next.

3. 3. On the Select Server Type page, select RD Session Host and click Next.

4. On the Select Application Type page, select one of the following available options:

• • Single Application. Choose this option to fully configure the application settings yourself, such as the executable path etc.
  • Installed Applications. Choose this option to publish an application that is already installed on the server (therefore, all the application settings are configured automatically).
  • Predefined applications. Choose this option to publish a commonly used Windows application such as Windows Explorer.

In this example, we choose Installed Applications.

5. Click Next.

6. On the Publish From page, specify from which RDSHs the application should be published. You have the following options:

• All Servers in Site. Choose this option if you want the application to be published from all servers that are available on the Site.
• Server Groups. Select this option and then select individual server groups from which to publish the application.
• Individual Servers. Select this option and select individual servers from which to publish the application.
  In this example, we choose All Servers in Site.

7. Click Next.

8. Depending on the application type that you selected on the Select Application Type page, the next wizard page will be one of the following:

• • If you selected Single Application, the Application page will open where you have to specify the application settings manually (more about this option later in step 9).
  • If you selected Installed Applications, the Installed Applications page will open, listing available applications. Select an application you wish to install and click Next. Follow the instructions to complete the wizard.
  • If you selected Predefined Application, the Select Predefined Applications page will open, listing available applications. Select an application you wish to publish and click Finish.

In our case, we select Paint and Wordpad.

9. If you selected Single Application on the Select Application Type wizard page, the Application page will open. Specify the application settings as follows:

• Name: Choose and type a name for the application.

• Description: Type an optional description.
• Run: Select the application window state: normal window, minimized, or maximized.
• Start automatically when user logs on: Select this option if you want to start an application as soon as a user logs on. This option works on desktop versions of Parallels Client only.
• Exclude from session prelaunch: To exclude a published resource from session prelaunch, in the Parallels RAS Console, navigate to Published Resources, select a resource and then select the Exclude from session prelaunch option.
• Change Icon: Change the application icon.

• Server(s): Specify the rest of the server parameters individually for each server the application was published from. Select a server from the drop-down list box and specify the parameters. Repeat for other servers in the list.
• Target: Specify the application executable path and file name.
• Start in: If the Target field is valid, this field will be populated automatically. You can specify your own path if needed.
• Parameters: If the application accepts startup parameters, you can specify them in this field.

10. On the next page, specify the initial status of the resource:

• • Enabled: The end users can launch the resource.
  • Disabled: The resource will not appear in Parallels Client.
  • In maintenance: The resource will appear in Parallels Client, but users will not be able to launch it.

11. Review the wizard settings summary and click Next. Note that you can click the Back button to correct some of the settings if needed.

12. Click Finish to publish the application.

13. Press Apply to commit the new settings.