Parallels RAS 22 is officially available, and RASInsider is going to follow this new release closely.
The Core build published on 29 October 2026 is 22.0-28160. It brings important changes around security, client device compliance, file access, VDI environments and RAS farm administration.
Instead of simply reproducing the release notes, we will test and document the changes progressively.
The features we will explore
Several articles are planned around the most important RAS 22 features:
- Device Posture: checking a device before allowing a session;
- File Access: accessing SMB shares directly from the RAS User Portal;
- Session Recording: recording, storing and reviewing user sessions;
- RAS 22 and VDI environments: hybrid AVD, VMware vSphere 9, Nutanix, Hyper-V and autoscaling;
- SAML, MFA, Connection Broker, REST API and PowerShell improvements;
- changes affecting the Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android clients.
First infrastructure upgrades
We will also carry out the first upgrades of our Parallels RAS infrastructures from 21.2 to RAS 22.
These operations will allow us to publish practical information from the field:
- farm preparation before the upgrade;
- the order in which components are upgraded;
- the actual duration of each step;
- required reboots;
- agent and session behaviour;
- issues encountered during the operation;
- post-upgrade validation checks;
- the overall field experience.
The goal is to provide a useful procedure based on real upgrade operations, not only on theoretical documentation.
A five-language article series
The analyses will be published progressively on RASInsider and then translated into French, German, Spanish and Dutch.
Each article will answer practical questions: what does the feature do, when should it be used, how is it configured and what should administrators watch for?
Parallels RAS 22 is available from the official Parallels download site.
Before upgrading, review the official RAS 22 release notes and the RAS 22 upgrade guide.
The RAS 22 series starts now on RASInsider.
