We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Horizon based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both solutions are easy to deploy and have good features. However, users of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services are happier with the price and more satisfied with the technical support.
"It's simple to set up."
"The solution works well as a remote desktop."
"The solution works on Microsoft servers."
"The most valuable features are it is fast and cost-effective."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"What I found most valuable in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is accessibility because the solution lets you take control of your computer remotely."
"It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components."
"It's simple and easy to use."
"Its most valuable feature is the rapid and versatile access from clients operating on various Windows, Linux, and MacOS systems."
"It offers great flexibility, allowing us to access it as a complete virtual machine or even just as individual applications."
"It stands as a robust setup with considerable capabilities."
"From my standpoint, the desktop is the most valuable feature."
"The benefits of this solution are that it is modern and it works perfectly well with the rest of the VMware environments we have. Having this vertical integration is what matters to us as an organization and this solution excels in this area. You deploy it and it works without much hassle."
"The most valuable features of VMware Horizon in our education organization are its Graphics Virtualization Unit (GVU) integration."
"I appreciate the ability to have a more centralized environment."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is secure remote access to resources."
"Microsoft should be more compatible with other operating system."
"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."
"The solution should introduce a chat feature for end users."
"I would like to be able to leverage it on other operating systems."
"I want to connect easily from an external network even when I'm not in my enterprise or company. It should be easy to connect or integrate Microsoft Teams, for example, with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services."
"The price is too high."
"Lacks a notification feature when internet is down."
"The pricing could be better."
"Areas for improvement in VMware Horizon 7 would be the logging and the troubleshooting, e.g. they could be made clearer."
"The product integration on local client machines running Linux needs improvement."
"The initial setup may be a little difficult for those with no experience."
"There is room for a more cost-effective pricing structure, as it could be more affordable."
"The product fails to support Mac or Apple workstations."
"I would love to see so they can actually allow the use of Linux, from a hosting environment as well as from a VDI client environment."
"The support team's technicalities and the pricing of the solution need improvement."
"I would like to see seamless integration with the cloud because right now, the dependency is on the cloud providers."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 76 reviews while VMware Horizon is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 34 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Horizon is rated 8.4. 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 writes "Compelling solution for virtual desktop infrastructure with advanced technology, straightforward licensing, easy setup, and seamless integration". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation, Parallels Access and Apache Guacamole, whereas VMware Horizon is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Horizon View, VMware Player, VMware Horizon Cloud and VMware Workstation. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon report.
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