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 most valuable feature is the remote application access."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"I give the stability a nine out of ten."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"It's largely stable."
"The solution is now stable."
"The solution is user-friendly and has a good user experience."
"The most valuable part of RDS is that it allows you to work from any location and check the server through a VPN connection."
"It's great that the total deployment can happen completely remotely."
"Parallels Access gives me full access and control of the computer, and I can do anything I want remotely."
"We don't have problems with stability. Everything is good."
"It's got a very easy-to-use interface."
"Parallels Access has flexible licensing policies, which is beneficial for customers who have intermittent usage or users who are on and off the system."
"Microsoft Desktop Services is stable but it takes up a lot of resources in the CPU. It's a bit heavier than some solutions."
"The administrative functionality is not enough for me."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"The stability could be improved."
"The only issue I experienced was with the initialization of the session, which affected the stability of the solution."
"We've had issues with security breaches."
"I would like to be able to leverage it on other operating systems."
"I would like to see the hard drives work without locking up and integrate the local drives in the next release."
"The solution may not scale well for enterprises."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing policy. The price point is pretty aggressive."
"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."
"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."
"They could improve the reporting."
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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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