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.
"We use it to connect to the legacy system."
"The solution is stable."
"It's built into the operating system and has a command line interface capability to insert credentials, IDs, a password, et cetera."
"It's largely stable."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"We have scaled the solution and find this easy to do."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is managing the remote desktop end user or remote server."
"The solution is scalable."
"Ability to log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The embedded features of the solution are valuable."
"VMware Horizon View is easily scalable. Its onboarding is easy and comes with flash provisioning features."
"Great for desktop management, particularly when it comes to all the upgrades."
"The solution is seamless and easy to use."
"The local hardware pass-throughs are valuable. I like being able to have access to local hardware."
"It's centralized management, and you have access gateway to enter the the VMs from outside."
"The solution's most valuable feature is low bandwidth consumption. It helps to improve user experience."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having a better application for managing multiple sessions. There used to be one but they stopped supporting it."
"The biggest reason we don't use the solution for our company's clients is the solution's prices."
"We had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"Sometimes the server stops working, and we don’t know why. Occasionally we’ll get a message to the effect of "There is no remote license.""
"Remote Desktop Services doesn't scale well."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is not the easiest. You need to have a certain understanding of how Microsoft is provisioning the solution to be able to set it up and use it."
"The administrative functionality is not enough for me."
"Lacks a notification feature when internet is down."
"The product has to improve its performance and connectivity."
"The customer service and support team could be better."
"The integration could be improved."
"Using a printer with the VDI is not a straightforward process."
"The initial startup costs for this solution are relatively high."
"The system integration also needs some improvement."
"In the next release, the performance, the speed, and the price need to be improved."
"Sometimes we had to force values so the end-user could continue working, which caused some information to get lost."
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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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