We performed a comparison between Cisco VXI and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and others in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)."The initial setup of Cisco VXI is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives me full accessibility to my servers."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution at the moment is the HTML5 web client. You get a browser experience, not just the terminal sort of client, and the integration with Azure multi-factor application."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"The solution now includes a multi-screen feature which is great."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"When using Cisco VXI in virtual environments there tends to be a lot of bugs with files you have to deploy across the virtual environment. You configure for hours, and then there is a bug that stops you, and you notice that you wasted hours."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having a better application for managing multiple sessions. There used to be one but they stopped supporting it."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is not the easiest. You need to have a certain understanding of how Microsoft is provisioning the solution to be able to set it up and use it."
"The training profiles could be better."
"We had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"From the perspective of an IT professional, Microsoft Remote Desktop is very easy to use. However, it could be made easier to use for the end user, especially when it comes to activating it."
"I would like to be able to leverage it on other operating systems."
"Microsoft should be more compatible with other operating system."
"We'd like more granular security control of the desktop services."
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Cisco VXI is ranked 14th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 75 reviews. Cisco VXI is rated 7.0, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco VXI writes "Straightforward implementation, scalable, but performance could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". Cisco VXI is most compared with VMware Horizon View and Userful, whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access.
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