For organizations that are already managing their Windows systems using Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager (2012, 2012R2) that have Apple Macs in their environment, the company Parallels (maker of the virtual machine technology for Macs) released a plug-in for the Mac that provides extensive management of Macs from SCCM. (and no, you do NOT need to be running the Parallels VM software on the Mac to use this plug-in, two completely separate parts of the company).In a nutshell, with this Parallels for SCCM add-in, you can:More specifically, what the Parallels Mac Management suite includes:Parallels Suite adds right into the normal SCCM Management Console:Uses nMAP for Network Discovery, same issue as doing a discovery of PCs on a network, will need a helper service to hop across subnets for discovery, but will identify Macs on the network (just like SCCM discovers PCs on a network). Alternate option is to just have users launch/install the agent, just a normal DMG package. (note: for Macs that are already joined to Active Directory, a Summer/2014 release will discover Mac objects through the Active Directory Discovery mechanism of SCCM).System Center’s Resource Explorer takes device inventory and provides a view of the the hardware and OS configuration of the device. A unique function of the solution is that it takes the Service# of the device and checks against the Apple warranty Website to identify whether the device is under warranty or not, that confirms also whether the device is included in AppleCare extended warranty and support program.Application Packaging is fully supported and uses normal SCCM packaging functionality where a package can be created, but instead of an EXE/MSI package in SCCM used against Windows, when creating a package in SCCM, the package for the Mac will be a DMG installer package.The Parallels SCCM plug-in also integrates with System Center’s Compliance Settings and allows for the configuration of password policies, application settings, firewall settings, network settings, etc.Within each device’s configuration profile, settings can be made such as settings as they relate to Apple System Preferences like passcode enforcement, network options, security and privacy controls, as well as Application Settings like profile settings for email, Exchange settings, calendar settings, etc.
•从SCCM做一个苹果的裸机成像
•发现和库存苹果电脑（就像电脑）
•创建任务序列管理的Mac计算机（就像电脑）
•部署和Mac电脑上的软件管理（就像电脑）
•设置合规性设置和控制Mac电脑（就像电脑）
对于使用的Parallels Desktop for Windows虚拟机组织，Parallels的SCCM管理插件包括用于配置像连贯性，资源分配，备份，共享选项等Parallels的设置选项
的相似之处SCCM插件也完全支持Mac上Mac OS的/ X操作系统的裸机安装。对于操作系统的安装，在Windows服务器上运行的轻量级网络启动的应用程序需要在网络上安装。当苹果被启动时，管理员只需按住Option键并选择启动到网络，这将引导重定向到SCCM有关system.Overall操作系统软件包的选择，解决的办法是令人印象深刻，尤其是对于组织已具有系统中心配置管理器，并管理基于Windows的系统，而不是买一个完整而独立的管理工具，只是管理的Mac计算机，加载在Mac上的代理和管理他们就像组织管理其PCs.Parallels被销售年度订阅的基础，其中包括年内免费升级，因为他们更新SCCM管理组件和代理商增加功能，以及跟上系统中心，并在Mac上的滚动更新上的代理。零售价为$ 30 /用户/年，但Parallels的将积极定价，为企业的产品，并给予购买一个完全独立的Mac管理套件与随行的服务器，许可，管理和培训工作，从Parallels一个坚固折扣的替代绝对是option.For更多信息的吸引力，Parallels网站有更多的细节http://www.parallels.com/products/enterprise/business-solutions/#PMM
