We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Parallels Access 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."The solution is really fast."
"It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is managing the remote desktop end user or remote server."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services are unification, central management, and accessibility."
"The most valuable feature is the remote application access."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is stable."
"Parallels Access gives me full access and control of the computer, and I can do anything I want remotely."
"It's got a very easy-to-use interface."
"We don't have problems with stability. Everything is good."
"Parallels Access has flexible licensing policies, which is beneficial for customers who have intermittent usage or users who are on and off the system."
"It's great that the total deployment can happen completely remotely."
"The product is not very scalable."
"The solution isn't as good as the Citrix option."
"My customers are worried that the RDP protocol can be easily compromised and would like the option to use an alternative like Blast."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by allowing the sharing of the office application. For example, the ability to replace a PC when something is wrong."
"The training profiles could be better."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is not the easiest. You need to have a certain understanding of how Microsoft is provisioning the solution to be able to set it up and use it."
"I would like to be able to access the remote desktop using a web-based interface, rather than having to use the client."
"The solution should introduce a chat feature for end users."
"The solution may not scale well for enterprises."
"They could improve the reporting."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing policy. The price point is pretty aggressive."
"When you want to transfer a file from your iPad or remote device to the computer, the copy-and-paste feature doesn't always work."
"One challenge we do notice is that the application is limited to Windows servers only. If a customer has a Linux server, things get complicated. They should open it up a bit to be more compatible with different types of servers."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews while Parallels Access is ranked 12th in Remote Access with 5 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while Parallels Access is rated 8.8. 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 Parallels Access writes "Allows users to access and operate their computers remotely". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Apache Guacamole, whereas Parallels Access is most compared with TeamViewer, Splashtop Remote Support, VNC Connect, LogMeIn Pro and TeamViewer Tensor. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. Parallels Access report.
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