We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Fusion based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Installing Microsoft Desktop Services is straightforward."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"It's part of the Microsoft Operating system and is free."
"The initial setup is not that difficult. I have gone through the RDS initialization steps, which only seem easy."
"The most valuable features are availability and security."
"The most valuable feature is the remote application access."
"It's built into the operating system and has a command line interface capability to insert credentials, IDs, a password, et cetera."
"Good screen draw feature and ability to use two monitors."
"The most value that it provides is that it is versatile."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The whole point of it is to run Windows VMs on a Mac. This is the most valuable feature. There is snapshotting, but we don't really use that. The Pro version allows me to actually attach to the Windows ESXi infrastructure at the backend, and I'm able to create a session that I can attach to the VMware hooks at the backend, so one is running a VM, and the whole operating system is running on the actual Mac. The other one is literally a frontend to the VMs that are running in the infrastructure at the backend. These are the two main features I use."
"The product is easy to use and has a simple user interface."
"The product is not very scalable."
"It could offer better security for enterprises."
"It could be made simpler from a management perspective."
"Lacks a notification feature when internet is down."
"The solution should introduce a chat feature for end users."
"Users have to re-enter their ID and password every time they log on, which is tedious and repetitive."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"The performance of Remote Desktop Services could be better."
"VMware Fusion's licensing cost needs improvement."
"Its installation process could be simpler."
"The way they handle snapshotting can be improved. One time, I moved a machine from one to another, and I tried to pull it up on the second machine, but it didn't work. This was because I had not cleaned up the snapshot before I deleted it and moved it across. So, when I tried to pull it up, it wouldn't let me bring it up. The backups for the VMs themselves can also be improved. I pretty much have to rely on Windows backups and not something on VMware. That's where it needs improvement. I am able to upload from my Fusion into the ESXi easily. I'm able to spin something up on Fusion and push it into the big arena, but the reverse is not as easy, that is, trying to pull something down from that. I would love to have a functionality where I could pull something from the VMware infrastructure into Fusion, but I'm not sure if I can take something from ESXi and pull it into Fusion."
"I would like to see newer and updated cloud functions."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 76 reviews while VMware Fusion is ranked 7th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 5 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Fusion is rated 9.0. 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 Fusion writes "Robust software with efficient snapshot and cloning features". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access, whereas VMware Fusion is most compared with Parallels Desktop, VMware Workstation, VMware Player and VMware Horizon View. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Fusion report.
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