Plesk Control Panel

Parallels Plesk is the leading multi-platform control panel designed to provide a simple, convenient way to manage your web services. Using Plesk’s intuitive, browser-based interface you can instantly create mail accounts, configure your domain settings, manage your web files, install a site application, create a database, manage your FTP access, and much more. Plesk simplifies these tasks so that you can accomplish them without having a detailed knowledge of server commands and shell scripts.

Plesk offers many advantages over other control panels:

• Logical, easy to learn interface based on our expert understanding of industry best practices
• Professional look and feel with a number of different skins to choose from
• Advanced capabilities and features easily implemented with a single mouse click
• Integrated website creator and editor
• Complete localization for working in different languages, including allowing you to work in different languages simultaneously across all user levels
• High levels of reliability assuring you the piece of mind you need to effectively run your business
• Stable and secure – effectively utilize your system resources, ensure you are running at high performance levels, and stay away from threats and vulnerabilities
• Intelligent error-handling and trouble-shooting, ensuring you will be able to stay productive and complete your tasks with minimal delays

Key features include:

• User-Friendly Interface
  Plesk’s interface gives you the option to create and manage your own skins in the browser-based interface. In addition the Admin can act as the default client for the entire server making shared hosting setup even easier.
   
• Anti-Virus by Dr.Web
  The award winning Dr.Web Anti-Virus filtering program will be included with Plesk and offers leading frequency of updates and a comprehensive database of viruses containing more than 100,000 viruses. The heuristic virus scanning technology that detects new and unknown viruses without traditional virus fingerprints makes Dr Web an effective anti-virus solution.
   
• Automated Key Update
  Update your license directly from your Plesk immediately upon upgrading. With the touch of a button receive the status of your license keys and update them directly from the Plesk interface. In addition leased keys will be able to renew automatically without owner interaction.
   
• Auto Upgrade
  You can automate software updates and upgrades directly from the Plesk interface. Now you will have the security of knowing that you are running the newest and most secure version of Plesk. New features, patches, hot fixes and more will be upgradeable from their control panel interface.
   
• Migration Manager
  Modular in architecture and employing different plug-ins the Migration Manager allows users to quickly migrate accounts from cPanel, Ensim, Cobalt, old Plesk versions, In-house systems, or any other system to their new Plesk server.
   
• International Domain Names
  Complete support for the International Domain Naming conventions and their characters. Plesk will fully recognize characters from Japan, Korea, China, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Austria, China, Arabic countries and any native language of the user's choice.
   
• Professional Website Editor
  You can use Plesk’s add on, Sitebuilder, to manage and create web-sites with the browser-based WYSIWYG HTML editor. The new development tool is the easiest way for customers to create, modify and update their own website eliminating the need for technical HTML knowledge.
   
• Chrooted Shell Access
  You can add Chrooted shell accounts as an option to the list of shells allowed for clients. When selected the client will be jailed in the domain's directory when accessing the server and his domain via SSH.
   
• Application Vault
  Plesk includes a new customizable repository of site applications with the ability to add, deploy, configure and remove applications for any domain on the system (CMS, forums, counters, chat software) with one click.
   
• AntiSpam* SpamAssassin
  Popular "SpamAssassin" application is used to eliminate most of the spam from users' mailboxes. Plesk has GUI controls for SpamAssassin.
   
• Firewall
  Windows 2003 RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Service) packet filtering capabilities enable system administrators to protect servers quickly.
   
• Auto-updater
  "Plesk Update" utility checks the internet for, downloads and installs updated Plesk software and included third-party components and patches.

Services Breakdown for Plesk for Linux and Plesk for Windows: