We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and N-able Take Control 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."It's simple and easy to use."
"Microsoft is very reasonable in its approach to cost."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"The most valuable features are availability and security."
"We use it to connect to the legacy system."
"Since the tool has a graphical user interface, it's easier for us to access the server."
"The solution is now stable."
"The solution performs well and is easy to use."
"Take Control enables you to collaborate with end users. It's for supporting a workstation where you want the person on the other side to see you moving their mouse, and you can work with them."
"The most valuable part of N-able Take Control is being able to remotely access your customer's site. You are able to view their network. Once you have it set up, it's always available. N-able Take Control can be used even when other remote access controls have been made."
"My customers are worried that the RDP protocol can be easily compromised and would like the option to use an alternative like Blast."
"Security in the connection between us and our clients' servers is something that can be improved."
"The price is too high."
"The only problems that you're going to have with the remote desktop are going to be firewall ports, security, and NLA, which is a net network level access control, or TLS transfer layer security or some other SSL-type of security."
"The DB card needs improvement. I have a lot of experience with other competitors and Citrix is better than VMware and Microsoft. Citrix has more extensive features."
"We'd like more granular security control of the desktop services."
"Sometimes difficult to set up without the requirement for login credentials each time."
"The solution isn't as good as the Citrix option."
"We've seen some latency problems in AWS environments. Aside from that, it's a pretty solid service."
"The dashboards I do not use because there are issues. The solution monitors your antivirus and other programs but it does not seem to work well."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews while N-able Take Control is ranked 19th in Remote Access with 2 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while N-able Take Control is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". On the other hand, the top reviewer of N-able Take Control writes "Valuable remote access feature, highly stable, and scalable". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access, whereas N-able Take Control is most compared with TeamViewer, Dameware Remote Support and Check Point Remote Access VPN. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. N-able Take Control report.
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