We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Parallels Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the way it can assess our system."
"The solution is user-friendly and has a good user experience."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"It's simple to set up."
"The solution performs well and is easy to use."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is stable and reliable."
"It's got a very easy-to-use interface."
"Parallels Access has flexible licensing policies, which is beneficial for customers who have intermittent usage or users who are on and off the system."
"It's great that the total deployment can happen completely remotely."
"We don't have problems with stability. Everything is good."
"Parallels Access gives me full access and control of the computer, and I can do anything I want remotely."
"We'd like them to continue to improve on security."
"Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac."
"There could be some improvement in the integration of the solution."
"The only issue I experienced was with the initialization of the session, which affected the stability of the solution."
"Users have to re-enter their ID and password every time they log on, which is tedious and repetitive."
"The biggest reason we don't use the solution for our company's clients is the solution's prices."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services needs to improve its security."
"There is a limitation on the number of concurrent users."
"When you want to transfer a file from your iPad or remote device to the computer, the copy-and-paste feature doesn't always work."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing policy. The price point is pretty aggressive."
"The solution may not scale well for enterprises."
"One challenge we do notice is that the application is limited to Windows servers only. If a customer has a Linux server, things get complicated. They should open it up a bit to be more compatible with different types of servers."
"They could improve the reporting."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 75 reviews while Parallels Access is ranked 11th in Remote Access with 5 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while Parallels Access is rated 8.8. 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 Parallels Access writes "Allows users to access and operate their computers remotely". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Apache Guacamole, whereas Parallels Access is most compared with TeamViewer, Splashtop Remote Support, VNC Connect, TeamViewer Tensor and LogMeIn Pro. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. Parallels Access report.
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