We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and OpenText Exceed TurboX 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."Good screen draw feature and ability to use two monitors."
"I give the stability a nine out of ten."
"Since the tool has a graphical user interface, it's easier for us to access the server."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"The solution works on Microsoft servers."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is highly stable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is stable and reliable."
"The most helpful feature of OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is that it allows you to consume heavy applications that usually have a lot of latency. I also like that the solution is fast and has a friendly UI."
"The solution is perfect for Linux users."
"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."
"We'd like more granular security control of the desktop services."
"Microsoft should be more compatible with other operating system."
"The reliability of the solution could improve."
"Teams component can be a bit cumbersome to use. It takes some time to get it working as expected."
"Microsoft Desktop Services is stable but it takes up a lot of resources in the CPU. It's a bit heavier than some solutions."
"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 a better application for managing multiple sessions. There used to be one but they stopped supporting it."
"An area for improvement in OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is the installation process because you need some technical knowledge to install it. What's lacking in OpenText Exceed TurboX (ETX) is a help portal for users to ask questions and seek assistance."
"The performance of the graphical interface needs improvement. They should add some CPU to speed graphic acceleration."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews while OpenText Exceed TurboX is ranked 11th in Remote Access with 2 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while OpenText Exceed TurboX is rated 8.6. 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 OpenText Exceed TurboX writes "Fast and has a friendly UI; allows you to consume heavy applications". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and ConnectWise ScreenConnect, whereas OpenText Exceed TurboX is most compared with VNC Connect, Citrix Workspace, VMware Horizon, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) and VMware Workstation. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. OpenText Exceed TurboX report.
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