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The Parallels Mac Management for SCCM (2007/2012) extends your existing SCCM infrastructure, tools and skills to also manage Macs. Parallels Management-Mac gives you the same management capabilities you have for PCs, simply extending them to Macs.  It also takes advantage of Apple technologies like FileVault 2 to encrypt the Mac hard drive, and can deploy and manage Parallels Desktop for Mac and it's virtual machines.

• Do I need to run Parallels Desktop for Mac to use this? No. The Parallels Mac Management can manage Mac OS X profiles with or without Parallels Desktop for Mac.
• Does Parallels Mac Management for SCCM manage iOS devices like iPads? No, not currently, but a plug-in to manage iOS devices is planned.
• What versions of Mac OS X is this compatible with?  It is compatible with Mac OS X versions 10.6x, 10.7x and 10.8x.
• Can I use Parallels Mac Management for SCCM 2012 SP1 or JAMF, or will they conflict? All three products can work simultaneously, there is no conflict between them.
• Is there a trial version of Parallels Mac Management for SCCM that I can evaluate before purchasing?  Please contact us for more information on setting up a Proof of Concept to evaluate Parallels Mac Management.
• Can Parallels Mac Management for SCCM also manage VMware Fusion virtual machines?  Not yet, but we do plan to add this capability in the future.

The plug-in installs directly from a Windows installer (.exe) file on the SCCM server. Then an agent is installed on each Mac that you want to manage. Similar to the way that SCCM manages PCs, the agent allows each Mac to communicate with the SCCM server.