We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Horizon View based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft Remote Desktop Services has an easier deployment then VMware Horizon View and a better experience with technical support. However, VMware Horizon View users report a positive ROI where Microsoft users do not.
"I give the stability a nine out of ten."
"The solution has very smooth connectivity and is very user friendly."
"The solution is really fast."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components."
"It's built into the operating system and has a command line interface capability to insert credentials, IDs, a password, et cetera."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"You can scale the product."
"The product helped us deploy complex applications."
"Users can log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"It is a very stable product."
"VMware Horizon View is a stable solution."
"Users can log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The solution includes good user profiles and policies."
"The most valuable feature is that VMware Horizon is easy to setup."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is the VDI - the remote virtual desktop interface."
"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."
"There are times I get disconnected from the service and when one or two attempts to establish a remote connection. Microsoft should show where the problem is, I have to find it by myself."
"Remote Desktop Services doesn't scale well."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"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."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having graphical acceleration."
"We've had issues with security breaches."
"In the latest versions, the deployment of certificates on the console has been implemented. Although it is functional, it is not working as well as I would like. I hope this feature can be improved in the future."
"I would like to see more useful monitoring within users and a more useful help desk."
"The system is not designed to allow the client to log in easily."
"In the future, I would like to see better support for application virtualization."
"The standard license does not include certain features."
"Horizon View could be more stable."
"Considering the tool's weaknesses, the product probably has scope for some improvement in the context of how the applications or Linux operating systems are delivered using VMware Horizon View."
"VMware Horizon View has worked a lot to improve the solutions. There are some issues in the delivery of the applications, such as network problems. You can lose your connection at times."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 76 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 67 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Horizon View is rated 8.0. 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 Horizon View writes "User-friendly, reasonably priced, and simple to install". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with VMware Horizon, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon View report.
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