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."Microsoft is very reasonable in its approach to cost."
"You can scale the product."
"We use cloud remote support because we need to assist our customers. It allows them to connect from the web. I"
"The most valuable feature is the remote application access."
"The solution now includes a multi-screen feature which is great."
"The initial setup is not that difficult. I have gone through the RDS initialization steps, which only seem easy."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution is good for providing dedicated resources for dedicated users."
"The solution has proven to be very stable."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"In the past, my company had faced some issues related to the stability of the product. The product's stability can be improved."
"Lacks a notification feature when internet is down."
"The stability must be improved."
"The pricing could be better."
"We'd like them to continue to improve on security."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"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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