Microsoft - Wireless Display Adapter - able to connect?

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MichaelK8

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At work, we use Microsoft Display Adapters hooked up into our TV's that we project to.
Most people at work have Windows computers and I have a Mac with parallels installed, running Windows 10. Co-workers can project wireless to that adapter but I am not able to.
Is it possible in the first place? If so, how to do and/or configure? Thank you
 
There's no error, I just can't find the device when I go to add. I click Add device and it never finds it. My co-workers, and my other windows laptop, can connect just fine, same procedures. So I was wondering if the parallels setup on a mac needs to be set up differently? Like network mode? Bridged adapter? Shared? Currently, I have it set to the default adapter. Screenshot attached.
 

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MichaelK8 said:
There's no error, I just can't find the device when I go to add. I click Add device and it never finds it. My co-workers, and my other windows laptop, can connect just fine, same procedures. So I was wondering if the parallels setup on a mac needs to be set up differently? Like network mode? Bridged adapter? Shared? Currently, I have it set to the default adapter. Screenshot attached.
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Hello @MichaelK8,
Please keep the virtual machine in Bridged(default adapter). Then from the Mac menu try finding your device under Devices->External Devices->your device.
Let us know how it works.
 
Nope, not a thing and not sure it even works. I would think it would but no clue. I wish I could confirm it even works period, then I could play around with settings more to test.
 
It would be great to be able to use Miracast from a Parallels Windows 10 VM running on a Mac - especially in an Enterprise scenario. Where I work, all of our exisiting Meeting Room Projectors are being fitted with Microsoft Wireless Display Adapters (which required Miracast). If this works on a Mac running Windows 10 under Bootcamp, it should technically be possible in a VM right?
 
The issue appears to be to due to the limits of the Parallels VM Drivers. If I run the following command (netsh wlan show drivers) in a standard Windows 10 VM running under Parallels Desktop for Mac 14, I get this statement: There is no wireless interface on the system. (which is required for Miracast). So if I then connect a USB WiFi adapter ($5 from AliExpress) to the VM and re-run the command, I then get his statement at the bottom: Wireless Display Supported: No (Graphics Driver: No, Wi-Fi Driver: Yes) So if the Parallels Graphics Driver could support Miracast... I'm guessing it "should" all work... maybe... ?
 
Thank you for your reply Brett! We too have Windows Display Adapters in our enterprise.

Maybe they, Parallels, could take it into consideration to implement support for Miracast through a Win10Pro VM :) ?
 
hi Parallels Support,
was there any progress on your side to get graphical driver to support Miracast when using external USB wifi in Win10 VM?

netsh wlan show drivers
Wireless Display Supported: No (Graphics Driver: No, Wi-Fi Driver: Yes)
 
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