Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)

Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)

An all-in-one remote working solution

Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) is an all-in-one application delivery and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution that enables users to work remotely from anywhere, on any device, at any time.

This cloud-ready software empowers organisations to centralise IT infrastructure management, integrate with Azure Virtual Desktop, streamline multi-cloud deployment, reinforce data security and improve IT process automation. Its flexible and scalable architecture enables organisations to adapt to critical business demands quickly.

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Why Buy Visual Studio from Grey Matter?

Shipping high-quality code faster is at the top your agenda. We can help you get there. Supplying developers with the right software and support to succeed has always been at the heart of what we do.

While we’ve seen the delivery format change from floppy disk to digital provisioning, our service is still the same.

Talk to us if you want:

  • Help choosing and managing your Visual Studio subscriptions.
  • Advice and support on extending Visual Studio with third party dev tools.
  • Support adopting a DevOps practice and integrating with Azure DevOps.

Our Cloud Licensing and Services teams are here to help.

Visual Studio Licensing

The free Community Edition is a great place to start exploring Microsoft’s industry-leading IDE. With the addition of CodeLens, it now has the same features as Professional Edition. However, there are deployment limitations. It can only be used by a maximum of five users in organisations with fewer than 250 PCs or less than $1 Million in annual revenue.

The Enterprise Edition includes all the features of Professional Edition, plus some additional tools. Although these come at a cost, they can help deliver ROI through time-saving efficiencies that help accelerate the delivery of your projects. For example, Enterprise provides intelligent debugging and diagnostic tools like IntelliTrace and IntelliTest. As well as additional cross-platform capabilities such as the Xamarin Inspector and Profiler which will assist with mobile app development.

Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) features

Supported FeaturesVisual Studio
Community		Visual Studio
Professional		Visual Studio
Enterprise
Supported Usage Scenarios
Individual Developers
Classroom Learning
Academic Research
Contributing to Open Source Projects
Non-enterprise organizations,
for up to 5 users
Enterprise
Development Platform Support
Integrated Development Environment
Live Dependency Validation
Architectural Layer Diagrams
Architecture Validation
Code Clone
CodeLens
Peek Definition
Refactoring
One-Click Web Deployment
Model Resource Viewer
Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps
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Multi-Targeting
Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics
IntelliTrace
Code Map Debugger Integration
.NET Memory Dump Analysis
Code Metrics
Graphics Debugging
Static Code Analysis
Performance and Diagnostics Hub
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Snapshot Debugger
Time Travel Debugging (Preview)
Testing Tools
Live Unit Testing
IntelliTest
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)
Code Coverage
Unit Testing
Cross-platform Development
Embedded Assemblies
Xamarin Inspector
Xamarin Profiler
Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows
Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin
Native iOS and Android UI Designers
Xamarin.Forms
Collaboration Tools and Features
PowerPoint Stroyboarding
Code Review
Task Suspend/Resume
Team Explorer (third-party development tools support)
Visual Studio Live Share

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We can get you started from infrastructure design to migration, or if you’re already use Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) we can provide a health check to help you optimise your deployment.

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Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) services

All the services we offer take into consideration Microsoft’s five pillars of architecture excellence which form the Azure Well-Architected Framework and are the guiding tenets for improving the posture of a workload.

  • Cost Optimisation
  • Operational Excellence
  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • Security
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Parallels resources, news & events

Parallels Desktop now supports Windows 11 on Mac

IT administrators can now enable their users to run Windows 11 on Arm on the Parallels platform

News|7 March 2023
Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac is now available

Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac provides a fast and easy way to run Windows on your Mac without the need to reboot. Plus, this saves you the cost and hassle of having two machines to access work and personal files...

News|24 September 2020
Parallels Mac Management V5.0 is released with Apple DEP Support

Extend Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to control and manage Mac the same way as PCs—through one pane of glass. Parallels Mac Management extends SCCM’s rich, centralised management capabilities to Mac and allows IT administrators to fully manage Mac...

News|17 November 2016
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is released

A fast, easy, and powerful solution for running Windows applications on a Mac—without rebooting, Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac enables you to easily switch between Mac and Windows apps. The powerful performance lets you run Windows applications, like Microsoft Office, without...

News|24 August 2016

What our customers say

Continued security of the infrastructure and data were our primary priorities when incepting the project and Grey Matter were able to guide us on what was required and help us build the solution in secure manner from the start. 

 Grey Matter, in approaching the project in this manner and changing how Glantus IT infrastructure operates, left Glantus in a fantastic position to deal with the disruption of COVID 19. The Transition to remote working was orderly and calm as the new Infrastructure built within M365 allowed us to do so swiftly and securely.

Stephen Barrett – Infrastructure Manager, Glantus
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What our customers say

The feedback I’ve had from our technical team that attended the workshop has been extremely positive! We’re already looking into implementing some changes to the infrastructure on your recommendations. This has been a complete game changer for us, thanks again.

John McAree – Chief Information Officer, Firemelon
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What our customers say

[The Delphi Conference London 2023 was an] excellent and informative event. Everyone was very welcoming. Interesting content. Always had excellent service from Grey Matter both at the company I am with now and previously. And this event just reflected that excellent and friendly service.

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What our customers say

Grey Matter was fantastic to work with and we are excited about other projects in the pipeline. The team is knowledgeable and quick to respond to questions, they have really made this project as seamless as possible.

Claire Revell – Director & CEO, TutorPro

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