We performed a comparison between Apache Guacamole and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."I'm using Apache Guacamole as a gateway."
"The product is stable."
"The solution performs well and is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are it is fast and cost-effective."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is managing the remote desktop end user or remote server."
"What I found most valuable in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is accessibility because the solution lets you take control of your computer remotely."
"The solution now includes a multi-screen feature which is great."
"The solution's USB redirection could be improved."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"The only problems that you're going to have with the remote desktop are going to be firewall ports, security, and NLA, which is a net network level access control, or TLS transfer layer security or some other SSL-type of security."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"We are searching for a product with better remote access and remote sessions."
"The administrative functionality is not enough for me."
"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."
"The price is too high."
"The training profiles could be better."
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Apache Guacamole is ranked 20th in Remote Access with 1 review while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. Apache Guacamole is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apache Guacamole writes "A stable and open-source solution that can be used as a gateway". 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". Apache Guacamole is most compared with VNC Connect, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and VMware Horizon Cloud.
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