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 most valuable feature is the stability of the solution."
"The standout features are its seamless network integration, robust data restoration capabilities, and versatile computing functions."
"I appreciate the ease and speed with which I can set up and manage virtual machines using Microsoft Virtual Server."
"The solution's performance is good."
"Microsoft Virtual Server is a stable and easy-to-use solution."
"The product is easy to set up."
"The tool is perfectly stable."
"It is a scalable solution...I followed some online tutorials, because of which I did not face any technical issues or the need to contact the solution's technical support."
"Simplicity of the interface is a valuable feature."
"The stability is ok - once I finished the setup, the system was quite stable."
"The solution is powerful, and it has good speed and performance."
"The connection is compressed so we don't need a lot of resources to run it."
"We can publish apps and desktops on Terminal Servers and seamlessly share printers. We also combine Parallels with Deepnet Security to get two-factor authentication."
"It is robust. We have some 75 users using it and it doesn't lag. It's very speedy."
"It provides flexible access to Windows applications from many types of devices."
"The management capability from the RAS portal provides greater control than using pure MS inbuilt into RDS capabilities."
"As certain medium-level complexities are involved in the product's setup process, the product's setup phase can be considered for improvement."
"Microsoft Virtual Server's cost was an area of concern...I feel Microsoft Virtual Server will be stopped in a couple of months or a couple of years, and it will be completely replaced with SQL Server data warehouse and Microsoft Fabric."
"The tool must provide updates less frequently."
"Server security can always be improved."
"They should introduce a way to localize the currency for product pricing."
"The solution's user interface could be improved."
"There could be more security features included in the product."
"The security performance and cost."
"It would be great if there were more sophisticated GPO templates/options."
"Improvement is needed in performance monitoring of the client's endpoint, and automatic re-connection of the client in the event of circuit disruptions (this works well generally but can present challenges)."
"A web-based management interface for administration and reporting would be nice, instead of needing to log into a remote server."
"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."
"The customization of the web interface could possibly use some improvement. Little things, like being able to place a background image instead of just choosing from a palette of colors, would be nice."
"From a seller's point of view, there are a lot of things that they could do better in the sales cycle."
"Sometimes you need to understand how to use load balancing and the gateway in order to scale, which means the team may need some additional technical knowledge."
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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 NVIDIA GRID. See our Microsoft Virtual Server vs. Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) report.
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