Many business professionals were waiting for Microsoft to support allowing the use of (*11*) on Apple Silicon Macs in Alludo's Parallels Desktop.
Now they can officially do it. Parallels Desktop is finally a licensed solution for Arm versions of (*11*) 11 on Macs with M-series processors.
(*11*) for US Macs
This move is especially good for companies with mixed fleets, as it makes it easier for the entire company to upgrade to Mac. It also means that the old applications of (*11*) can be compatible with these new Apple computers.
As Kamal Srinivasan, Senior Vice President of Products at Alludo, told me, "This will make it easier for businesses to integrate Macs with Apple Silicon into their IT infrastructure and increase adoption of Apple hardware in the marketplace. labor."
It's a smart move, given Apple's fast-paced state in enterprise computing.
follow the data
IDC data shows that Macs saw their market share increase by 8% between XNUMX and XNUMX, a growth rate ten times that of the PC market. Macs now account for XNUMX% of each and every global PC shipment. This partly reflects a trend toward embracing employee choice of technology: Cisco recently reported that XNUMX% of new employees choose a Mac when given the choice.
Creative Strategies analyst Ben Bajarin noted the trend:
"Macs have been disjointed in the company despite not having that, so you can imagine it just helps tick more boxes as more and more Macs are brought into large organizations."
In this context, ensuring compatibility between Mac and (*11*) systems becomes a business prerogative, so Microsoft has chosen to introduce (*11*) compatibility on M-series Macs through Parallels. To be fair, Microsoft has continually improved its support for Apple's new processors in its products.
Shannon Kalvar, IDC Research Director, said in a statement:
“After 3 years in the 'new' world of hybrid work, IDC research shows that equal access to enterprise resources remains a top concern for hybrid work and digital workspace strategies.
"Mac is increasingly becoming an integral part of corporate digital workspaces, and (*11*) on Arm is a key component in ensuring equal access to any and all corporate resources."
Editions (*11*) 11 Pro and Enterprise
(*11*) 11 Pro and Enterprise are supported as per Microsoft. There are some restrictions, primarily around virtualized Android and Linux in the (*11*) environment; Thirty two bit Arm applications for (*11*) are not supported.
In the short time I've used it, I've found the integration to be very strong: you can easily download, install, and configure (*11*) 11 from within the Parallels environment. (You will need to purchase and activate (*11*) 11 after installation.) To protect the environment, the installation uses a virtual TPM chip and also relies on the enhanced security built into Macs.
IT admins onboarding (*11*) Enterprise will require a Volume Licensing agreement and will be able to download (*11*) from Microsoft. Users can download from the Microsoft XNUMX Volume Licensing Service Center or Admin Center.
Parallels Desktop XNUMX for Mac Standard, Pro, and Business editions can be purchased at parallels.com/desktop or through authorized resellers.
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