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 installation is straightforward."
"The most valuable part of RDS is that it allows you to work from any location and check the server through a VPN connection."
"The solution performs well and is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are it is fast and cost-effective."
"The solution now includes a multi-screen feature which is great."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"The most valuable features are availability and security."
"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."
"There have been some network issues in the solution. So, when we used to connect it, the solution suddenly got disconnected. So the network part needs to be improved."
"Sometimes the server stops working, and we don’t know why. Occasionally we’ll get a message to the effect of "There is no remote license.""
"The training profiles could be better."
"In the next release, I would like to see better performance over slower networks, and integration with Linux, but this is something that we're going to get out of Microsoft in terms of a unified solution."
"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."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by allowing the sharing of the office application. For example, the ability to replace a PC when something is wrong."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having graphical acceleration."
"The product is not very scalable."
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Cisco VXI is ranked 14th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 1 review while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 38 reviews. Cisco VXI is rated 7.0, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.2. 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 "Light, built into the operating system, and requires no implementation". 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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