Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Valuable Features

BHARAT B SHARMA

Director at Shreenathji Solutions

The ability to access the computer from a remote location is great. With the Windows Server as a client, we can use more than one computer at a time.

The initial setup is simple.

It's a stable solution.

You can scale the product.

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Mohd Abdul Aziz Shah Sulaiman

Assistant General Manager Endpoint Application at Telekom Malaysia

We are using Azure Virtual Desktop, this is the most valuable feature.

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reviewer1564452

Head of IT at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well.

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ArtemPavlenko

IT Infrastructure Director at Halyk Bank

The main feature for us is the ability to block a copy to the clipboard, which we can provide for our users. Sometimes we have to provide only remote desktop features without the ability to copy the content of the remote desktop. The clipboard provides the ability to connect desktops to our users. It's a secure way to work remotely.

It's pretty easy to set up once you are used to the process.

The solution is scalable.

It's pretty stable.

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Mihai Dinca

Information Technology Consultant at Eta2u

The availability is very good.

It's easy to use. New users especially find it very simple. You just connect and go.

The solution is stable and reliable.

You can combine the Remote Desktop Services with Citrix in some form, however, not with all of the features of both. It depends on the situation.

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Donathon Ong

Head of Infrastructure at SBI Digital Markets

The solution is great for remote into machines.

It works fine, and it is largely issue-free.

The product is stable.

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reviewer2084424

Head of Infrastructure and Application Support Department at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The solution works well as a remote desktop.

The security is good. It can block copy-paste attempts.

It's a straightforward product.

The user interface is good. It's just a plain Windows interface. It's easy to understand.

It is very easy to set up.

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Tonny Keuken

Web Manager at a healthcare company with 1-10 employees

I like how it shows the user how you can do things as a help desk service.

It's part of the Microsoft Operating system and is free. If comes with the larger Microsoft licensing.

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Sandeep_Patil

Senior Technical Consultant at Vincacyber

We've been satisfied with the product overall.

The remote desktop features are great. It allows users to work remotely. We can take a remote session on the server.

It's largely stable.

The solution is easy to implement.

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Abul Fazal

Service Delivery Manager at Almoayyed Computers

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration.

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Venkat Iyer

CEO at Value Assets Management Pvt Ltd

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services meets all our requirements.

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Paul Robbertze

Technical Support Manager at It Outsourced

The solution's most valuable feature is that it's a technology that we are familiar with in our company. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services has been around since Windows NT 4 domain, making it a very familiar solution. It was easy to find a lot of clients familiar with the idea of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services since it was not a new concept to them. In general, the solution tends to work well. It is an easy-to-use solution.

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Nurah Muhamme

Head, Technical Operation at mynic

I like the way it can assess our system.

The features it has already serves or needs.

The initial setup is very simple.

It is quite stable.

The product offers good pricing.

Technical support has been helpful.

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reviewer1444884

IT consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The product is very easy to use.

The solution's implementation process is simple.

It's pretty stable.

It can scale well.

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Yousra Azzouz

Head of Systems Analysis at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The solution is now stable.

The initial setup is simple. It's quick to deploy.

It works well and does what we need it to do.

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Leonardo Marouvo

Southern Europe Customer Success Manager at Nexthink

The solution has improved a lot.

It's simple to set up.

It is stable.

The solution can scale according to the hardware available.

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Angus Yeung

System Analyst at a security firm with 11-50 employees

The most valuable aspect is it is handy. We just start up the servers, and we can call the remote desktop, and it's connected. And that's it.

The product is stable.

It is easy to set up.

The solution is highly scalable.

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Damnam BAGOLIBE

Security engineer at ARCEP Togo

The solution offers good access to desktops remotely. It makes work easier.

The user interface is fine.

It offers reasonable pricing. Microsoft is very reasonable in its approach to cost.

The solution is stable.

It can scale well.

The initial setup is simple.

It offers good centralized security features.

The solution offers many updates. Every week we get updates.

It offers very good functionality.

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RafalStas

CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution's capabilities are great. I like the remote capabilities.

It has a lot of features. We have everything we would need in a remote desktop.

The solution is stable.

It is scalable.

Technical support is helpful.

The solution offers good value for money.

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Dariusz Barcikowski

IT Manager at ""Matcom" Marcin Sebastian Ziółek" Marcin Sebastian Ziółek

The initial setup is simple.

It is scalable.

The solution is stable.

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Surojit Dutta Roy

Senior IT Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable part of RDS is that it allows you to work from any location and check the server through a VPN connection.

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Rostyslav Khomyk

Product Owner IT Services at Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG)

I like that it works. In most cases, it's predictable. You know what you get.

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NATARAJA ATMAKURI

Professional : Quality at cigniti

Basically, I also work with Citrix, and I think the most important thing is getting access to Citrix. Microsoft developed the RDS solution for this purpose, and we don't see any issues accessing applications from Microsoft RDS. It's a good solution.

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Dimitar Kavrakov

CEO at iSolute Ltd

The solution performs well and is easy to use.

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Pascal Burume

IT consultant at Secoptrial

What I found most valuable in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is accessibility because the solution lets you take control of your computer remotely, and that's a good feature.

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it_user125988

Client Technologies Manager at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Resilience: Has alllowed our 24/7 acute hospital to run electronic prescribing on the wards with limited downtime or post-setup configuration.
Thin provisioning: Our core applications mean that our WiFi connected devices can drop-off the network without causing patient record locks.

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Ahmed Nagm

IT Solution Consultant at PCS

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is managing the remote desktop end user or remote server. It is much easier to transfer a file between your desktop and remote site using Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.

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reviewer1319745

Senior Software Analyst at a university with 201-500 employees

I think the price of this product is great. The solution allows me the option of using two monitors. I like the screen draw in Remote Desktop, it's better than GoToMyPC, which I've used previously although the improvement could also be related to a better internet connection over the past six months.

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Chirag Dash

Software Engineer at Apmosys Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Things can be made easier if someone is not with us or at a long distance since we can connect easily with those people. So, it's easy for us to use such features.

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Ferdi Graupe

Independent Consultant at Business Connexion Namibia

It is still in the early stages, and the features are purely for connectivity.

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Chinthaka Kannangara

Network System Engineer at VSIS

As an internal Microsoft product, we find it very trustworthy. It's quite secure. It connects easily to Windows operating systems on devices.

The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good.

The solution scales well.

The setup process is easy.

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Jim Graue

Support Technician at a non-profit with 1-10 employees

This is a user-friendly solution and I'm very pleased that RDS now includes multi-screen. If you're remotely controlling a system that has two monitors, you can split and have your own, it's a nice feature. I like the ubiquity of the product, the fact that it's around as a protocol, and that it can be utilized at the admin level to look at any console that one might need. You don't need to think about it very much. Of course, the fact that it uses an active directory for security and authentication is pretty nice. It helps secure a network to a large extent because you can really restrict the number of users and accessibility if needed. Those are all good things.

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Deepak_Kumar

Technical Manager at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The solution has very smooth connectivity and is a very user friendly product. An additional advantage is that it works with very low bandwidth.

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reviewer1694097

Process Control and Automation Engineer - PCD Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The simplicity of the product has been most valuable to me. This is especially true if you use a Microsoft product to connect to Microsoft Remote Desktop. There is no broker in between. Microsoft Remote Desktop is something that comes with Windows at no cost unless you use a Microsoft server.

For me, it boils down to simplicity. There is no cost and the setup is easy.

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Mitja Kelenc

System Organizer at a translation and localization position with 1-10 employees

The solution works on Microsoft servers.

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reviewer1185063

Sr. Manager of Software and Controls at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is the ability to remote into a system that is not on-premises.

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GiancarloScali

Project Manager at SOLUZIONE SRL

The solution is user-friendly and has a good user experience.

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Loredana Ababei

3rd Level Support Engineer at Valeo IT

The solution is really fast. Every company can use it.

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reviewer1877232

PAM Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The most valuable suite feature for us is that it's light. It's built into the operating system and has a command line interface capability to insert credentials, IDs, a password, et cetera.

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reviewer1338708

Microsoft UC Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The most valuable feature is the remote application access. You can update applications and assign them to different groups of users. For example, one user might require Microsoft Visio, whereas another user does not require it. Access can be granted by segmenting users into different groups.

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Joe Appelgryn

Implementation Engineer at Border Business Systems

The most valuable feature is performance. We run all of our applications on the server and access them using this product, which is must faster than upgrading all of the desktops.

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reviewer1549326

ICT Infrastructure Specialist at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature of this solution at the moment is the HTML5 web client. You get a browser experience, not just the terminal sort of client, and the integration with Azure multi-factor application.

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Ahmed Saad

Tellers at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Everything is really good and it works well.

It has all of the features, for example, Microsoft Office, and PowerPoint. It integrates well between Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel, where you can edit the PowerPoint presentation in Excel. It's a feature of integration.

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Jan Skola

Solution Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The most valuable features of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services are unification, central management, and accessibility.

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Ramon Hinojosa

Director at Empaco

The most valuable features are it is fast and cost-effective. I am not aware of a replacement currently on the market.

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it_user5520

Network Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

Remote desktop services are similar to terminal based settings where multiple terminals connect to a server. A user has the ability to run programs, view files, etc. Each session is independent and secure. All application execution takes place on the server. Allows for IT staff to install all software, databases, etc on the server rather than on individual pc's. Provides centralized management of operating system images. View full review »

it_user355887

Infrastructure Specialist at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Load balancing: RDS Broker servers divide user sessions evenly among the RDS Host servers that host the applications. You can install multiple RDS Broker servers in an RDS cluster; this is built-in and no extra resources are needed. Optionally, the cluster can be made Highly Available if needed.

High Availability (HA): easy to set up - once the MS SQL database is created and the RDS Broker servers have the needed rights, the database is created automatically and HA is enabled.

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reviewer1620276

System and DBA at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The performance is one of the main features of this solution.

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Geeth Shammika

System Engineer at KBSL Information Technologies

The most valuable features are the desktop session and desktop virtualization.

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reviewer1212501

Information Systems Consultant at a aerospace/defense firm with 51-200 employees

Reliability is a key feature for us.

The ease of use, as well as ease of integration within our security framework, are valuable.

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JoseFernandez

Technical Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

In terms of the valuable features, I like the profile, the new version is really good.

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Yasser.Youssef

IT Infrastructure and Operations General Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

The most valuable features are availability and security.

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reviewer1697340

Team leader Modern Workplace, Senior Solution Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It's simple and easy to use.

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it_user522159

Management at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It allows access to the computer from any location.

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Jose Adan Arias

Network Consulting Engineer at TECNOLOGIK

The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the simple environment.

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reviewer1353171

Senior Technical Consultant - Private Sector at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The most valuable feature is ease of use.

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reviewer1353171

Senior Technical Consultant - Private Sector at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The most valuable feature is the ease of use.

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reviewer937473

Systems Administrator at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature is that it gives me full accessibility to my servers.

It is easy to configure.

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it_user522144

Programmer Analyst at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It becomes easy to use since I am using a Mac. It is easy for me to use Windows when I'm using the remote desktop. It's very compatible with Mac. It's easy for me to do any of my tasks that require Windows.

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it_user521823

Enterprise Sales Engineer with 201-500 employees

The ability to actually interface with a Windows desktop is valuable.

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