We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Service and Vmware Workspace ONE based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on these parameters, Microsoft Remote Desktop Service seems to be the superior solution. Vmware Workspace ONE’s inability to integrate with Microsoft solutions and high cost seem to make Microsoft Remote Desktop Service a better choice.
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is the ability to remote into a system that is not on-premises."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution works on Microsoft servers."
"In terms of the valuable features, I like the profile, the new version is really good."
"We have scaled the solution and find this easy to do."
"Since the tool has a graphical user interface, it's easier for us to access the server."
"The solution offers good value for money."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"I found the initial setup to be easy."
"It is easy to start something and work from scratch."
"The solution has a lot of capabilities, and it is easy to manage and customize."
"The product enables us to access our internal applications from anywhere in the world."
"The platform makes the mobile device management process straightforward to handle."
"People who want to adopt this solution may be thinking about it from the end-user's perspective, but this solution is also very friendly for the people who manage it. It's administration-friendly."
"The antivirus and the ability to push security policies down to the device are key features."
"The most valuable feature is the security policies."
"From the perspective of an IT professional, Microsoft Remote Desktop is very easy to use. However, it could be made easier to use for the end user, especially when it comes to activating it."
"We'd like more granular security control of the desktop services."
"We face frequent disconnections."
"The stability must be improved."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"It could be made simpler from a management perspective."
"Sometimes, the updates break the system."
"The product is not very scalable."
"Feature-wise, it is fine, but its pricing could be better, given that Microsoft is on a bundling spree. AirWatch would benefit from reducing the license pricing per user per month."
"Cost of licensing is quite high."
"We'd like to see a better connection to Microsoft Azure and a better connection with Check Point."
"I'd like to see expanded device support, particularly for IoT things like SCADA devices."
"The reverse proxy is not intuitive and it takes time to get it right, so this is something that can be improved."
"Sometimes, we have challenges with remote patching and remote version upgrades."
"I tried to use the tool on an encrypted disk, but it was inconvenient."
"The initial setup should be simplified."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 75 reviews while VMware Workspace ONE is ranked 2nd in UEM (Unified Endpoint Management) with 81 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Workspace ONE is rated 8.2. 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 Workspace ONE writes "The solution is stable, scalable, and offers single sign-on". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access, whereas VMware Workspace ONE is most compared with Microsoft Intune, VMware Horizon, Jamf Pro, SOTI MobiControl and BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite.
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