Fusion Drive and External Lacie SSD for Windows

I currently have a 27" iMac on order with the 3TB Fusion drive. I need to be able to install Windows via Bootcamp for some work purposes, and I know there are a couple of ways around that 3TB limit (the two canoes solution http://twocanoes.com/support/winclo...-a-boot-camp-partition-on-a-3-tb-fusion-drive). And I really want the Windows partition on an SSD so I get the speed benefit.

What I really want to do is install Windows 7 on an external Lacie Rugged SSD to use both Bootcamp and Parallels (for quick access) from that external hard drive.

Two questions:
1) I know it is possible to do that with the 1TB hard drive (via this method https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=16712316#post16712316), but I didn't know if I could follow the two canoes solution first to get to the bootcamp partition, and then do the above steps to get it on the external drive, and then repartition the internal drive to be 3TB again.
2) If the image is on an external thunderbolt drive, will Parallels find that no problem and still be able to load? I'm assuming yes, but wanted to make sure.

Thanks!

I guess I was more concerned about whether it can run parallels, because I've seen lots of things about installing on the external drive. I've searched around, but haven't come across the issues with parallels on the external drive. Do you happen to have any specific threads to point me to?

I guess that is one of the reasons I started this thread. I had read through that post before, but it doesn't seem like anyone has tried using parallels with the external installation of windows on the SSD. I was hoping to get an answer from someone that has done it.

hfg, I guess my point was that you said "and probably parallels". I read that entire thread. I was very specific about asking about parallels, not vmware. Surely someone has tried the external installation with parallels and could give me an actual answer, not just "probably".