Compare Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon Air
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Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
"It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components."
"I like that it works. In most cases, it's predictable. You know what you get."
"The most valuable features are availability and security."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives me full accessibility to my servers."
"The most valuable features are the desktop session and desktop virtualization."
"In terms of the valuable features, I like the profile, the new version is really good."
"The most valuable feature is the remote application access."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The solution has proven to be very stable."
Cons
"In the next release, I would like to see better performance over slower networks, and integration with Linux, but this is something that we're going to get out of Microsoft in terms of a unified solution."
"Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac."
"We are searching for a product with better remote access and remote sessions."
"Security in the connection between us and our clients' servers is something that can be improved."
"My customers are worried that the RDP protocol can be easily compromised and would like the option to use an alternative like Blast."
"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."
"There are problems with using Microsoft Teams within a virtual desktop on a mobile device."
"I would like to be able to access the remote desktop using a web-based interface, rather than having to use the client."
"It's a costly product. It would help if they could offer it at a discount."
"The solution has a perpetual license and it is purchased upfront."
"It will probably cost about $500 USD to get the resources set up in the cloud."
"Although not an expensive product, pricing is always something that can be improved."
"It's not an expensive solution."
"It's not an expensive product."
"Its licensing is on a yearly basis. We're on the educational or academic license, and our terms are good. We're very happy with the pricing."
"The pricing could always be improved."
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Top Answer: The most valuable feature is performance.
Top Answer: The pricing could always be improved.
Top Answer: It could be made simpler from a management perspective. It should be easier to set it up for desktop printing.
Top Answer: The solution has proven to be very stable.
Top Answer: The solution is quite expansive.
Top Answer: It would be very helpful if we could integrate it directly into the database. It's a costly product. It would help if they could offer it at a discount. It would be ideal if the solution could enhance… more »
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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.
VMware Horizon Air simplifies the delivery of Windows desktops and applications as a cloud service. IT can save time and money, without sacrificing enterprise requirements for security and control. End users are more productive, with a complete workspace they can access from any device, anywhere.
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University18%
Manufacturing Company9%
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop with 14 reviews while VMware Horizon Air is ranked 10th in Virtual Desktop with 1 review. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 7.8, while VMware Horizon Air is rated 8.0. 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, the top reviewer of VMware Horizon Air writes "Easy deployment with good performance and can scale well". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with VMware Horizon View, TeamViewer, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) and VMware Workspace ONE, whereas VMware Horizon Air is most compared with VMware Horizon View and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops.
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