We performed a comparison between Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Documentation per entry, good for device configs or important/special instructions."
"Devolutions's team is constantly making improvements to their products. If you submit a feature request, they are usually quick to implement it."
"One credential can be used to access VPN, RDS, and more."
"Initial setup was very straightforward."
"Being able to aggregate all connections (RDP, FTP, SSH, VPN, etc.) in the same interface and make each server readily available in the same way, which lets me focus on the problem regardless of where it is."
"Being able to store my credentials makes connecting a breeze."
"With the integrated VPN providers you are able to link the VPN entry directly to the session or entire folders, so you no longer have to configure the VPN manually on the machine."
"Setup and installation was simple."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is scalable."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"It's part of the Microsoft Operating system and is free."
"The most valuable feature is the remote application access."
"We use it to connect to the legacy system."
"The solution is really fast."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"In terms of the valuable features, I like the profile, the new version is really good."
"The only complaint I have heard is there are too many updates. Each time there is an update (the app prompts to upgrade), it can be time consuming, especially when sometimes there are multiple updates per week."
"The filing system of connections is a little clunky, but is completely functional."
"If there was a way to streamline the process, it would make it nice."
"There are always bugs to squash, beyond that, it is really kind of difficult for new users to discover and use many of the features due to the bewildering array of choices and ways to do things."
"Maybe some clipboard functions could be added along with integration of different software."
"On complex setups, I actually needed to reach out to support to get it working correctly."
"Security roles could be improved, especially by enabling renaming of a role."
"Sometimes when updating, the install window is on top of the prompt to close the application."
"We've had issues with security breaches."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is only available for the professional version of the Windows operating system. This restricts a lot of users. The feature should be available for all versions."
"Users have to re-enter their ID and password every time they log on, which is tedious and repetitive."
"Updates sometimes impact the application and we have system crashes."
"We encounter challenges with portability, especially for users of iOS devices."
"My customers are worried that the RDP protocol can be easily compromised and would like the option to use an alternative like Blast."
"Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac."
"Sometimes difficult to set up without the requirement for login credentials each time."
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Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is ranked 26th in Remote Access while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is rated 9.8, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager writes "Best remote connection manager you can use today". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is most compared with TeamViewer, BeyondTrust Remote Support and VNC Connect, whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Splashtop Remote Support. See our Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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