We performed a comparison between ConnectWise ScreenConnect 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."Control lets us do remote management of machines without having to be on the VPN. It's super simple and super easy."
"Unattended access is the most important feature."
"Better than TeamViewer and useful for fixing problems remotely."
"It is super easy to use and relatively inexpensive."
"You can bring up a command prompt remotely and execute commands without having to disturb the user."
"Setup was very straightforward. All I had to do was write a GPO on my domain controller and it automatically installed the agent that I downloaded from the software. I literally had to do nothing."
"Valuable features include the responsiveness, ability to tune up and tune down the connection, and video."
"We like the fact that on our website we can have the ConnectWise bit embedded, and it has instructions for the end-user about what they need to do. Previously, on LogMeIn, we used to have to almost talk them through everything... ConnectWise has step-by-step instructions, depending on the browser."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The tool shares computer resources perfectly."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is stable and reliable."
"The installation of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services was easy."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is managing the remote desktop end user or remote server."
"The solution is user-friendly and has a good user experience."
"The solution performs well and is easy to use."
"It's simple and easy to use."
"The solution should add the ability to video chat with the user on the other end."
"What we need this product to do is to be able to control Windows Updates. LogMeIn Central allowed us remote access but also allowed to push and install Windows Updates, and third-party updates... When we made the switch to ConnectWise we lost the ability to do patching. That forced us, for our larger clients, to move to WSUS. We had to set up a VM on those larger clients to push Windows Updates and patches into the network."
"There can be some complexities when running patches or when building up all the profiles, making them areas where improvements are required."
"There is one back-end issue that I am running into at some of locations where I login to provide support, and sometimes port 443 is blocked. That is what it uses to connect. So, I am having to do workarounds to get a session started."
"Reporting could definitely use improvement. With LogMeIn Rescue, I used to be able to, for instance, at the end of the month, pull off a report of every session. It was very simple... I could see the name that was typed in, the IP address to the computer that it was connected to, if it was running Windows... It just doesn't seem - there might be but I haven't found it - to be a way of pulling that information out of ConnectWise."
"I was not thrilled with their support. I do not have a lot of time to deal with the attention which is needed to fix issues."
"The recent redesign has made it slower and basically worthless."
"There could be improvement to the remote command line tools."
"The product is not very scalable."
"Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"Sometimes, the updates break the system."
"We had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"Microsoft should be more compatible with other operating system."
"I would like to be able to access the remote desktop using a web-based interface, rather than having to use the client."
"The user interface needs improvement."
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ConnectWise ScreenConnect is ranked 9th in Remote Access with 37 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. ConnectWise ScreenConnect is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ConnectWise ScreenConnect writes "Multifeatured remote access software which offers security, stability, and easy scalability". 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". ConnectWise ScreenConnect is most compared with Check Point Remote Access VPN, TeamViewer, LogMeIn Pro, BeyondTrust Remote Support and Splashtop Remote Support, whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace and VMware Workstation. See our ConnectWise ScreenConnect vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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