Third-party operating system licences are not included
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Prerequisite
- Statement
- EULA "Third-Party Software and Technology": Parallels grants no licences for third-party operating systems and applications run with the Software; the user must obtain them from their vendors. The buy page notes that a Windows licence is not included with Parallels Desktop. (effective 2026-04-01)
- Applies when
- Running Windows in a Parallels Desktop VM
- Applies to
- Windows and other guest operating systems in Parallels Desktop virtual machines