
Parallels Remote Application Server fully supports the main hypervisors – VMware, Citrix and Hyper-V – thus giving administrators a wider choice of software to use. VMware Horizon View supports VMware’s hypervisors, some functionality of WS2012, and Citrix. Parallels Remote Application Server can be installed on both Active Directory networks and standalone machines / servers that use local authentication. Documentation on how to add hypervisors and which ones are supported is available here. Once installed, the administrator can easily add a hypervisor of choice by following a simple wizard. Parallels Remote Application Server is very easy to install by running a normal MSI file installation, and does not have any additional requirements. Persona Management Server (which provides persistent, dynamic user profiles across user sessions on different desktops) requires an MS SQL database as well as a File and Print Server to function.


The installation, configuration and maintenance of the solution are quite complex. Version 6.0 comes with many improvements, the most important being remote desktop session support and application publishing.

It still requires a hypervisor solution to connect to, store and retrieve base machines and their clones (virtual desktops). Version 6 in best deployment can also support virtual applications and remote desktop sessions from Windows Server 2012. VMware Horizon View is mainly virtual desktop infrastructure ( VDI) management software.
