We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Horizon View based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft Remote Desktop Services has an easier deployment then VMware Horizon View and a better experience with technical support. However, VMware Horizon View users report a positive ROI where Microsoft users do not.
"The technical support is good."
"The solution now includes a multi-screen feature which is great."
"I give the stability a nine out of ten."
"The installation is straightforward."
"It's largely stable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"The solution offers good value for money."
"We have found the link loans for desktops most valuable."
"VMware Horizon View is easy to configure and deploy."
"Instant Clone instantly creates another VM with a Delta disk, which is just the VMware backend. This helps with scalability and management."
"Users can log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The solution has a lot of Visual Desktop's persistent and non-persistent desktops which publish the applications."
"Managing all operating systems in a single environment helped a lot in organizing and integrating it."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The embedded features of the solution are valuable."
"The only issue I experienced was with the initialization of the session, which affected the stability of the solution."
"The product is not very scalable."
"Teams component can be a bit cumbersome to use. It takes some time to get it working as expected."
"The training profiles could be better."
"We'd like them to continue to improve on security."
"We encounter challenges with portability, especially for users of iOS devices."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"In the next release, the performance, the speed, and the price need to be improved."
"There should be a function where one can connect and work; whenever not required, one can deprovision it."
"The initial setup was complex, and you need system experience to walk through it."
"The initial setup is a little complicated."
"Sometimes, the protocol itself gets a bit laggy. If you have less than optimal switching and routing, it can get kind of laggy."
"User profiles are something that needs to be improved."
"I would like to see more useful monitoring within users and a more useful help desk."
"VMware Horizon View needs to improve orchestration and integrate additional images. I would also like to see its statistics."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 75 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. 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 VMware Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon View report.
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