We performed a comparison between Microsoft Virtual Server and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Virtualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool's most valuable feature is its workload. Its integration with Microsoft products is good."
"The standout features are its seamless network integration, robust data restoration capabilities, and versatile computing functions."
"It is stable and easy to use."
"The solution is good at allowing end users to connect anytime and anywhere."
"Microsoft Virtual Server is a highly scalable solution."
"Security, integration, and interface are the best features of Microsoft Virtual Server."
"The most valuable feature is the tool's cheap cost."
"Microsoft Virtual Server is a stable and easy-to-use solution."
"The connection is compressed so we don't need a lot of resources to run it."
"The solution is powerful, and it has good speed and performance."
"We use RAS to publish cloud desktops to our clients. The ability to easily publish resources to a subset of users is what we find most valuable."
"Setup was straightforward. Our particular use case involved an Active Directory forest involving two data centers and three domains. User authentication against Active Directory was the easiest to set up and validate of any application installed in the last three years."
"It permits us to control the applications that our users are able to get to, in a seamless manner. We're able to distribute applications to users' desktops, just like those applications are on each user's computer, but they're not."
"Its price and ease of use are the most valuable. It is simple and has good performance."
"We use Cloudpaging to package and deploy the vast majority of our applications to our standard Windows 10 desktops. With the use of Parallels integration into Software2 AppsAnywhere hub, this means we can use the same packages to deliver Windows applications to almost any device - Windows, mac OS, iOS, Android, Linux, Xbox One, PS4 - just by ticking a box."
"The most valuable feature is the ease with which you can publish applications to different groups of users, by integrating with Windows Active Directory."
"It would be good if the tool's integration improved."
"The bandwidth to Singapore could be scaled better."
"Support could always be a bit better."
"The main thing that could be improved is the licensing cost."
"In the future release, I would like to see more automation. Moreover, improvements related to recovery could be beneficial."
"Server security can always be improved."
"While I am generally satisfied with the solution, it could slightly improve its stability."
"The product must provide easier rollouts."
"We would like the ability to provide a popup message, such as a maintenance notification. That same notification on the Parallels client would be awesome."
"We have had significant, ongoing issues with printing. It would be great to have a best practice for dealing with printing that we can offer to our customers."
"HALB is not stable in our environment. When running two HALBs we have stability problems, so we use an active one and a passive for backup. Also, it would be nice to implement an upgrade of the environment without having to stop the servers. As it is, this must be done during off-hours."
"A web-based management interface for administration and reporting would be nice, instead of needing to log into a remote server."
"We would like to be able to re-label the OTP (One Time Password) popup so our users can easily recognize that they are to put in their DUO code on that line. Most users see OTP and ask what that is."
"Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is an expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."
"Since I've been here less than a year, I have had to upgrade the system three times. The first time was the major upgrade but they have upgraded twice since, and I think that's too many times in that time span."
"It would be great if there were more sophisticated GPO templates/options."
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Microsoft Virtual Server is ranked 3rd in Application Virtualization with 31 reviews while Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is ranked 5th in Application Virtualization with 24 reviews. Microsoft Virtual Server is rated 8.2, while Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Virtual Server writes "Has a good interface but needs to improve in areas like pricing and scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) writes "Provides good scalability and a secure environment". Microsoft Virtual Server is most compared with , whereas Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Desktop. See our Microsoft Virtual Server vs. Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) report.
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