We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Horizon Air based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"The most valuable feature of this solution at the moment is the HTML5 web client. You get a browser experience, not just the terminal sort of client, and the integration with Azure multi-factor application."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"I've had good experiences with Microsoft customer support."
"The most valuable part of RDS is that it allows you to work from any location and check the server through a VPN connection."
"The solution works well as a remote desktop."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives me full accessibility to my servers."
"The solution is good for providing dedicated resources for dedicated users."
"The solution has proven to be very stable."
"There could be some improvement in the integration of the solution."
"Microsoft should be more compatible with other operating system."
"There have been some network issues in the solution. So, when we used to connect it, the solution suddenly got disconnected. So the network part needs to be improved."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"There are problems with using Microsoft Teams within a virtual desktop on a mobile device."
"The solution isn't as good as the Citrix option."
"Updates sometimes impact the application and we have system crashes."
"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."
"We have experienced some connectivity issues."
"It's a costly product. It would help if they could offer it at a discount."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 76 reviews while VMware Horizon Air is ranked 27th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Horizon Air is rated 8.6. 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 VMware Horizon Air writes "VMware Horizon Air vs. Citrix Workspace Cloud". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access, whereas VMware Horizon Air is most compared with VMware Horizon View and VMware Workspace ONE. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon Air report.
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