We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware vSphere based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."Since the tool has a graphical user interface, it's easier for us to access the server."
"The most valuable features are it is fast and cost-effective."
"Good screen draw feature and ability to use two monitors."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"The most valuable features are availability and security."
"We have scaled the solution and find this easy to do."
"The installation is straightforward."
"It's pretty stable."
"We saved a lot of time and hardware with this solution. It also prevents fewer incidents."
"The most valuable feature of vSphere is its modularity. I also like the maturity updates. It's available everywhere and almost all the data centers are using it."
"It is a powerful solution that enables us to take a snapshot and clone any version of machine."
"We can slide in new resources without any impact. We can do maintenance on our clusters without any impact to applications, and we have the flexibility of migrating those workloads to other data centers, when required, in the case of data center downtime."
"We have removed the need for backups and going to the office at three in the morning to change a server. I do everything during my business hours. It gave me my life back."
"It is a very dependable solution. Its performance is very good, and it is also easy to manage and implement."
"The benefit of the solution is that you can create template-based servers within minutes. If you were to use a physical server, it would probably take several hours, if not a whole day, to get everything set up the way you need."
"The visibility that we have of our VMs is also important. What's being applied? Who has management of them? Laying it out in a virtual environment allows us customization for our students. We're able to respond to the students' needs much more quickly than we could in a physical environment."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is not the easiest. You need to have a certain understanding of how Microsoft is provisioning the solution to be able to set it up and use it."
"It could offer better security for enterprises."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"We face frequent disconnections."
"The solution is unsuitable for direct external internet connections. You must set up a VPN and password handling to use it."
"The product is not very scalable."
"The DB card needs improvement. I have a lot of experience with other competitors and Citrix is better than VMware and Microsoft. Citrix has more extensive features."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"I would like to see AI in future releases."
"The licensing costs for the solution are quite high."
"The setup is easy. However, the configuration expansion can be difficult. The full implementation took three to four days. This included the move from physical servers to virtual ones."
"The container management could be improved. It's far from perfect right now."
"Stability and manageability need improvement."
"I would like to see support for endpoint virtualization."
"Archiving, exporting, and backing up need to be improved for this solution, because they're slower than expected."
"The solution could be a bit more user-friendly."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. 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 vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM, VMware Workstation and KVM.
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