We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Horizon View based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft Remote Desktop Services has an easier deployment then VMware Horizon View and a better experience with technical support. However, VMware Horizon View users report a positive ROI where Microsoft users do not.
"The solution offers good value for money."
"Everything is really good and it works well."
"I've had good experiences with Microsoft customer support."
"The installation is straightforward."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"You can scale the product."
"The most valuable features are availability and security."
"The technical support is good."
"VMware Horizon View is a stable solution."
"VMware's technical support is good."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a very scalable solution."
"Ability to log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The solution's most valuable feature is low bandwidth consumption. It helps to improve user experience."
"Users can log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"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."
"We'd like more granular security control of the desktop services."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having graphical acceleration."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"We find the services are not as transparent as we would like for our integration with Citrix."
"Users have to re-enter their ID and password every time they log on, which is tedious and repetitive."
"Security in the connection between us and our clients' servers is something that can be improved."
"The training profiles could be better."
"The issue now with VMware is that we don't know the future of the solution. Because if you follow the news, it was acquired by another company, and they are changing the old product line."
"The standard license does not include certain features."
"The solution is very expensive."
"There is room for improvement in support. The response time could be faster."
"They need to make troubleshooting, diagnostics, and error reporting a little better."
"The installation is complex and could be easier. The full installation with testing took a couple of weeks to complete."
"In the future, I would like to see better support for application virtualization."
"VMware Horizon View needs to improve orchestration and integrate additional images. I would also like to see its statistics."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 76 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. 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 View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon View report.
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