When working remotely, it's important to continue communicating with your team and manager. These days there are numerous tools to utilize for video conferencing and calling. For example, Skype and ClearSlide are useful - not only to lessen social isolation but beneficial for 'checking in' which each other. It's essential to connect weekly to chat about your goals, future projects, and daily tasks. Don't forget to chat about all the progress you're making and workload sizes to your manager.
It’s recommended you join ‘real world’ or remote communities to establish extra support and connections if you’re a remote worker. Either join a group virtually or in-person at a co-working space or collective. Relying more on community groups helps beginners to traverse the remote working world and be productive while enjoying the benefits of being able to work from any location.
To be able to concentrate on the tasks you need to deliver when working remotely, it’s imperative to find a workspace where you feel comfortable to focus - whether that be a co-working office, a local coffee shop, or a space at home. Whatever the location, make sure it’s somewhere that motivates and inspires you to work to the best of your ability.
While remote working provides you with the flexibility to work your own hours, it’s possible to find yourself getting stuck in front of the computer screen without taking regular breaks. Remember to eat nutritious food and commit to any exercise regimes you have, whether it be going to the gym or for a walk to clear your mind. With increased flexibility, you can create a healthy work-life balance, which will, in turn, allow you to be focused and productive when you need to be.
With the world becoming increasingly connected through emails, social media, and messaging apps, it’s initially challenging to ‘log off’ from all notifications at specific times. For example, if you are working in a different time zone with your co-workers, it’s important to set a time to ‘log off’ for the night. It’s not a good idea to set a standard that you’re available 24/7 - be sure only to work when you’re most productive.
Whether you’re working from home or a digital nomad traveling the world, make the most of being able to work when you want, using your device of choice. You no longer need to spend time commuting and endure office distractions, increasing productivity. Finally, enjoy the freedom and flexibility that remote working provides!
Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) is an application delivery and VDI solution that helps organizations create digital workspaces, reduce TCO, enhance data security, and streamline multi-cloud management.
Transform any desktop application into a fully fledged mobile app. iOS and Android native gestures—such as swipe, zoom in and tap to click—are instantly enabled, improving users' productivity while on the move.
Parallels RAS enables web access to applications, data, and desktops from any HTML5 browser on a desktop or mobile device, from anywhere.
Reduce the risk of data loss and breaches by preventing access to applications and data based on location, device, and configurable client policies. Parallels RAS helps organizations adhere to compliance policies, such as HIPAA and GDPR.
Ready to use out-of-the-box, Parallels RAS load balancing effectively distributes end user traffic and workloads across multiple gateways and RD session hosts, providing full redundancy and ensuring business continuity.
Parallels RAS offers flexible cloud deployment models, allowing businesses to leverage different technologies while reducing total cost of ownership (TCO).
Allow users to print documents and forms from devices of choice: Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android, or HTML5 browsers, without having to install local drivers.
Parallels®’ Remote Application Server (RAS) single license model provides access to all capabilities, providing enterprise-range features such as application and desktop delivery with remote PC, RDSH and VDI, load balancing, multi-cloud ready, monitoring and reporting, FIPS 140-2 encryptions, and 24/7 customer support. It includes online licensing management, access to knowledge base and training materials.
As an all-in-one solution, Parallels RAS eliminates the complexity of evaluating which license best suits your business needs today and your future expansion plans.
Parallels RAS uses concurrent-user licensing. Users can establish any number of connections to Parallels RAS as long as the number of users simultaneously accessing Parallels RAS does not exceed the number of available licenses. Concurrent licensing is easier to administer as IT departments do not have to monitor usage as closely. An entire team can be empowered with only the number of licenses that are expected to be in use simultaneously—they will not require a license for every user.
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Licensing Parallels RAS with a prepaid subscription allows you to upgrade to a newer version whenever one becomes available.
The Parallels RAS SPLA model is targeted to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who are already part of the Microsoft Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) Program.
By supporting sublicensing, Parallels RAS allows organizations to manage multiple independent keys while retaining centralized consumption information. Sublicenses allow an organization/service provider, for example, to provide company subsidiaries/customers with a Parallels RAS license for the number of users needed, and the license can be managed at any time. You can also use a sublicense for the activation of a test farm. A sublicense has its own license key used for activation and its own expiration date.
For further information please read our Licensing Guide.
