Webex and multiple desktops

I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to set your Macbook so that when you use Webex and share your desktop you can broadcast any number of the multiple desktops on the Mac. Yesterday I found myself needing to share my desktop on a Webex. Everything that was displayed on my main screen, which is where the webex application was running from, displayed correctly. But when I switched to another desktop on the Mac (to show something in Parallels) everyone said the broadcast went black. Is this just how it is, that webex can only transmit from one desktop? Or do I have something configured incorrectly?
Thanks in advance.

I have the same problem and have not been able to find a solution. Even trying to move the webex to a 2nd montitor connected to the Mac doesn't work. You have to be on the MacBook Pro Laptop Display and Desktop 1 only.
Would love to find an update to this.

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CPU Test Suite N/A N/A
Memory Test Suite N/A N/A
Graphics Test Suite N/A N/A
HDD Test Suite N/A N/A
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Transparent Windows Test failed 69.99 Windows/s
3D - Pixel Shader Test failed Test failed
Web Page Rendering 3.58 Pages/s 2.34 Pages/s
File Decrypt 71.73 MB/s 67.05 MB/s
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File Comp N/A N/A
File DeComp N/A N/A
File Encrypt N/A N/A
File Decrypt N/A N/A
Image DeComp N/A N/A
Audio Comp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 1 / File Comp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 1 / File Encrypt N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / File DeComp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / File Decrypt N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / Audio DeComp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / Image DeComp N/A N/A
Memory Read - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 4 kB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 4 kB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 192 kB N/A N/A
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Memory Lat - Rnd 8 MB N/A N/A
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Graphics Memory - 128 Lines N/A N/A
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3D - Pixel Shader N/A N/A
3D - Vertex Shader N/A N/A
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HDD - Application Loading N/A N/A
HDD - General Usage N/A N/A
HDD - Virus Scan N/A N/A
HDD - File Write N/A N/A
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Physical / Logical CPUs "1 Physical, 1 Logical" "1 Physical, 2 Logical"
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Graphics Driver Parallels Video Driver VMWare SVGA II
Co-operative adapters No No
DirectX Version 9.0c 9.0c
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CPU - Encrypt (MB/s) 18.09 36.27 <--
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Disk - Rnd Seek + RW (MB/s) 51.4 40.4
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2D Graphics Mark 743.31 176.5 <--
Memory Mark 599.94 580.38
Disk Mark 766.11 606.7
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It can be done by using Server side code in Visual Webpart .Please check the below link.
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