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The console’s Check for Updates button is handy in a lab, but on a distributed farm it updates components in an order you don’t control — and that’s where the nasty surprises come from. Here is the manual, ordered procedure I use in production to move from v21 to v22, validated in the lab beforehand. … Read more
Everyone deploys one, nobody has ever opened it up. The HALB — High Availability Load Balancing — is that appliance you drop in front of the Secure Gateways, configure in two screens, and forget. I wanted to know what was inside, and above all to answer a question every architect asks: is it a fragile … Read more
A Parallels RAS Secure Gateway already scores A- on SSL Labs out of the box. One setting, HSTS, is all it takes to reach A+: here is how, and what to know first.
October was a busy month: Parallels RAS 22 shipped on the 30th, while the 21.2 branch still received three builds in three weeks. On the security side, good news: the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities do not affect RAS components. Here is everything worth remembering. The October 2026 recap: new Parallels RAS builds, new KB articles, release notes, … Read more
We tested the official Parallels RAS Linux amd64 client on a Raspberry Pi 4 ARM64 through Box64.
We test session recording in Parallels RAS 22: activation, targeting, capture quality, storage, retention and playback.
Parallels fixes a critical Linux kernel vulnerability in RAS 21.2 and 22.0 HALB appliances.
We tested Device Posture with RAS Clients 20.2, 21.2 and 22.0: available checks, policies, results and real-world coverage.
RAS 22 is available. RASInsider will test the new features and document the first RAS 21.2 to 22 infrastructure upgrades.
Parallels RAS build 21.2.2.1-27432 is now available for RAS Core and Agent Installer, with Node.js upgraded to v24.22.1 as a security fix.
PowerShell keyboard input lost in remote sessions can occur on Windows Server 2022 accessed through Royal TSX, Remote Desktop Manager…
Explore eleven themes with real lab screenshots, choose your own colors, and understand what RASInsider Skin Manager can customize in the Parallels RAS User Portal.
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