Rebecca Dalmas
Parallels Support
Parallels Browser Isolation 20260708 (8 July 2026)
We're proud to announce Parallels Browser Isolation, a cloud-native Browser Isolation service.
Parallels Browser Isolation provides a secure way to access web applications, including Software as a Service (SaaS) and other cloud-based applications, right from your favourite web browser on your laptop or desktop.
Fast, easy onboarding and management:
To access information on known issues and their resolutions, please refer to the article: Parallels Browser Isolation Known Issues
For any assistance or direct support inquiries, please reach out to our support team by visiting Support | Parallels Browser Isolation
- Fixed: Cloud appliances being booted-down, resulting in no online appliances for certain regions.
- New: Administrators can block domains by categories. Added Trusted domains for exception handling.
- New: Users can upload files in the secure session using drag-and-drop.
- Fixed: Some web page components failed to render correctly on certain websites.
- Fixed: Various security vulnerabilities.
- Fixed: Various UI fixes.
- Improved: Various UI improvements.
- New: Added support of AZERTY keyboard.
- New: Context menu is available in the client on the right click.
- Fixed: Issue where users weren't able to launch applications from custom branded User portal.
- Fixed: Geolocation based policies were not applied to the secure session.
- Fixed: Middle mouse button clicking on a link did not open a new tab.
- Fixed: Admin could see "You are not authorized to view the requested page" message in Admin portal.
- Fixed: Secure Web Apps with custom ports were not working.
- Fixed: Features User event contained incorrect data for partial uploads disabled.
- Improved: Various UI improvements.
- New: Admins can block uploads entirely or restrict them by specific file types using Policies.
- Fixed: Resolved an issue where the session would sometimes load indefinitely after a page refresh.
- Improved: Various minor UI improvements.
- Fixed: New environments are now using WebRTC connection.
- Fixed: Printing and downloading files didn't work sometimes.
- New: Allow administrators to configure policies that enable or disable uploads for users.
- Fixed: Custom Branding: changes made after clicking Reset button may not be saved.
- Fixed: Private Access: pushing appliance logs to Cloud may not work.
- Fixed: Private Access: no error message is shown when a user attempts to start an application or auto-discover domains if no PBI appliances are registered.
- Fixed: Private Access: a disconnected session event is emitted repeatedly.
- Fixed: Private Access: policy changes may not take effect when a user reopens the application.
- Improved: Various optimizations to improve application startup speed.
- Fixed: Private Access: after clicking "Register" on the Appliance page, the page did not reflect any changes until manually refreshed.
- Fixed: Private Access: Issue where links to the Admin Guide redirected to the Cloud version instead of the Private Access version.
- Fixed: Private Access: After re-registration, the Appliance could take some time to become online again. Now it becomes available immediately.
- New: Technical Preview of PBI Private Access.
- Fixed: Some countries were placed geographically incorrectly on the "Countries with most users" charts.
- Fixed: Custom branding configurations were not reflected on the Sign-in page and User portal after saving changes. Previously, users had to contact support to apply the changes.
- Improved: Dashboard has been updated with metrics and charts.
- Fixed: Security updates and minor bug fixes.
- New: Administrators can now publish or unpublish apps using a toggle on the Applications page.
- Fixed: Resolved an issue where adding or removing groups/users in a policy edit was not being saved if no other changes were made.
- New: Users can configure policies to disable downloads (all or by file type).
- New: Management Portal and Owner Portal have new UI.
- Fixed: Issue where administrators were not able to delete an application that was in use.
- New: Ability to add custom branding to User Portal.
- This release contains bug fixes and minor improvements.
- New: Owners can select the location where the data plane will be hosted for their environment. Available locations: US, United Kingdom, and Europe.
- New: Granular control for the clipboard: administrators can disable copying from PBI sessions and pasting to PBI sessions separately via policies.
- New: A blue bar with shortcut action buttons is added to secure web applications.
- Fixed: Only one record was shown in Live Reports for applications opened in multiple tabs.
- Fixed: Users with German keyboard layout weren't able to type the "@" and "€" symbols.
- Fixed: This release contains optimization of the underlying infrastructure, with no updates or changes to the product interface, features, or functionality.
- Fixed: Denial of service vulnerability CVE-2024-47874.
- New: Introduced a new security control in Policies that allows disabling the keyboard for browser sessions.
- New: The ability to download reports from the Insights category in the XLSX format.
- Improved: The Overview category now allows you to view the insights for multiple time presets (1 day, 1 week, 1 quarter, 1 year, and YTD).
- Fixed: The Live Reports category now shows a record per each tab opened in Parallels Browser Isolation User Portal as opposed to a record per session.
- Fixed: Issues in the Domain Whitelisting feature.
- New: Introduced the "Domain whitelisting -- Learn and Discover" feature for secure web applications.
- New: Introduced multi-tab support for browser sessions.
- New: Added buttons "Home", "Back, "Forward", "Refresh", "Print", and "Info" to the browser toolbar.
- Improved: The "Applications" category has been redesigned and now has a quick access page for easier and faster navigation when viewing and editing applications.
- Improved: The number of items per page is now remembered when an administrator navigates away from tables in Parallels Browser Isolation Management Portal.
- Improved: The application launcher design is updated.
- Fixed: The bug where the "Disable downloads" policy did not disable downloads in the PDF viewer.
- New: New charts are added to Insights: "Top 5 Users with the Most Security Control Encounters (User Name vs. Total Encounters Per User)" and "Top 5 Regions with the Most Users (Region Name vs. User Count Per Region)".
- New: The "Page not found" error message is implemented for invalid URLs.
- Improved: Introduced a Quick Access pane to provide easier and faster navigation for viewing and editing policies.
- Fixed: When a policy was assigned to a single user or group, and this user or group was deleted via the User Management category, all policies became unavailable.
- Fixed: When an owner provided an incorrect domain name and clicked the Test Configuration button, the test passed.
- New: Test IdP Configuration feature is added.
- Fixed: Issue with clipboard commands on Mac devices--the Command key can now be used instead of the Ctrl key.
- Fixed: Known issue of briefly seeing the sign-in option even after signing in.
- Fixed: Email field on the sign-in form was case sensitive.
- Fixed: "Security control" column in the Policies category was showing incorrect status.
- Fixed: If a domain contained capital letters, they were resolved to lowercase when a user was added as an administrator.
- New: Ability to upload domains in bulk when creating policies and secure web applications.
- New: Option to provide feedback in Management Portal and Owner Portal.
- New: Alerts are shown when an administrator is removed.
- Improved: When a user connects to an application, a banner indicating a secure session is shown instead of a blue toast notification. The banner also displays the policies that are in effect.
- Improved: When the toggles in the Users and Groups or Location sections are enabled, but no users, groups, or locations are added, a warning is shown.
- Improved: When navigating using the address bar in a secure browser, "https://" is added to addresses automatically.
- Improved: The list of administrators should include at least one user or group to avoid potential access issues.
- Improved: Errors related to removing users and groups are more clear.
- Fixed: When a user is signed out and navigates to the Sign In page, they see Dashboard for a moment.
- Fixed: Bug related to not showing user email in User Events and Admin Events in case the user was deleted.
- Fixed: Error message improvement for the time range picker on the Policy form.
- New: Added the Insights section containing key metrics to the Overview category.
- New: Added support for OKTA and Google OIDC IdPs.
- Improved: OIDC errors related to domains, configuration URLs, and claims are now handled at login for users and administrators.
- Improved: Help text for OIDC configuration in Owner Portal has been enhanced.
- Improved: Added a warning pop-up for when users and groups are not added to an application while editing or publishing it.
- Improved: User and Admin audit improved by adding new entries for license and sign-in related errors.
- Improved: Updated Chromium/CEF to 124.0.6367.201.
- Improved: UI changes to Live Reports and Events tables in terms of hovering and highlights.
- Fixed: Bugs related to not having administrators or users added to an application.
- New: Added Usage based Metrics (SPLA) Subscription.
- Improved: Chrome upgraded to version 122.
- Improved: The "More Info Audits" pane now have timezones added to events.
- Improved: A user notification was added to show that uploads are blocked by default.
- Improved: Added an option to disable remote clipboard via browser permissions.
- Fixed: When an Owner was simultaneously signed into My Account, Owner Portal, and Management Portal, switching from My Account to Owner Portal caused automatic sign out from Management Portal.
- Fixed: Issue where an empty row appeared on the "Edit application" form when a user, group, or policy was deleted.
We're proud to announce Parallels Browser Isolation, a cloud-native Browser Isolation service.
Parallels Browser Isolation provides a secure way to access web applications, including Software as a Service (SaaS) and other cloud-based applications, right from your favourite web browser on your laptop or desktop.
Fast, easy onboarding and management:
- Modern, web-based management portal.
- Rich, at-a-glance dashboard view of registered users.
- A frictionless onboarding and management experience that's simple and easy to use.
- Robust security with unique control & data isolation.
- Unique and flexible architecture that improves security through remote browser isolation.
- Designed from the ground up to never assume trust and continually verify identity for uncompromising cybersecurity.
- Ensuring secure access to SaaS and enterprise web apps is crucial as organizations adopt public SaaS solutions and need to protect their data even when managed by external vendors.
- Easy to use management portal.
- Publish apps and configure policies in a quick, easy, and intuitive manner.
- Cloud-based identity & access service authenticated via Open ID Connect (OKTA, Entra ID, Google, etc.).
- Parallels My Account integration for administrative access.
- Rich, at-a-glance dashboard view of registered users.
- Bring your own browser to access PBI.
- Superior end-user experience and productivity.
- No infrastructure setup or any sort of tool installation is required.
To access information on known issues and their resolutions, please refer to the article: Parallels Browser Isolation Known Issues
For any assistance or direct support inquiries, please reach out to our support team by visiting Support | Parallels Browser Isolation
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