Compare Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon 7
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop with 3 reviews while VMware Horizon 7 is ranked 11th in Virtual Desktop. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 6.6, while VMware Horizon 7 is rated 0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "It's predictable but they need to develop better support for remote desktops for alternative platforms". On the other hand, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) and VMware Horizon View, whereas VMware Horizon 7 is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE, VMware Fusion and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
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Views 12,577 Comparisons 10,368 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 504 Avg. Rating 6.7 | Views 1,952 Comparisons 1,820 Reviews 0 Average Words per Review 0 Avg. Rating N/A |
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| Remote Desktop Services | |
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| Microsoft | VMware |
Overview | |
| Remote Desktop Services is a server role in Windows Server that provides technologies that enable users to access session-based desktops, virtual machine-based desktops, or applications in the data center from both within a corporate network and from the Internet. Remote Desktop Services enables a rich-fidelity desktop or application experience, and helps to securely connect remote users from managed or unmanaged devices. | Horizon 7 allows IT to deliver virtual or RDSH published desktops and applications through a single platform to end users. These desktop and application services— including RDS hosted apps, packaged apps with VMware ThinApp, SaaS apps, and even virtualized apps from Citrix—can all be accessed from one unified workspace to provide end users with all of the resources they want, at the speed they expect, with the efficiency business demands. |
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Learn more about Microsoft Remote Desktop Services | Learn more about VMware Horizon 7 |
Sample Customers | |
| Bank Alfalah Ltd. | LCMC Health |
Top Industries | |
Software R&D Company31% Comms Service Provider15% Media Company14% Manufacturing Company8% | No Data Available |
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