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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
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PROS

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is stable and reliable.
The ease of use and simple configuration make Microsoft Remote Desktop Services valuable.
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services offers seamless scalability and performance.
Microsoft integration with Azure multi-factor authentication enhances security.
The installation process for Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is straightforward and easy.

CONS

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services has compatibility issues with Linux, Mac, and other non-Windows operating systems.
Users experience frequent disconnections and network instability.
Security concerns such as the RDP protocol being easily compromised and firewall issues need improvement.
High resource consumption and lack of scalability are persistent issues.
Integration with other vendors and technologies is insufficient.
 

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Pros review quotes

reviewer1877232 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 14, 2022
It's built into the operating system and has a command line interface capability to insert credentials, IDs, a password, et cetera.
RobertThompson 1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2024
It allows employees to log on to corporate resources remotely.
NA
Apr 27, 2023
The initial setup is not that difficult. I have gone through the RDS initialization steps, which only seem easy.
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Terje Romen - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 22, 2025
The main benefit, is that it's easy for us to get the same desktop and do things in the same way regardless of our location.
Paul Robbertze - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 29, 2023
The installation of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services was easy.
Rostyslav Khomyk - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 25, 2019
I like that it works. In most cases, it's predictable. You know what you get.
Tonny Keuken - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2022
It's part of the Microsoft Operating system and is free.
reviewer1212501 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 15, 2019
It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components.
Mihai Dinca - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 5, 2022
The solution is stable and reliable.
BHARAT B  SHARMA - PeerSpot reviewer
May 25, 2022
You can scale the product.
 

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Cons review quotes

reviewer1877232 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 14, 2022
The only problems that you're going to have with the remote desktop are going to be firewall ports, security, and NLA, which is a net network level access control, or TLS transfer layer security or some other SSL-type of security.
RobertThompson 1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2024
The current process I have to go through to get a Windows 11 VM up and running is difficult. Windows 10 worked a whole lot better than Windows 11.
NA
Apr 27, 2023
The only issue I experienced was with the initialization of the session, which affected the stability of the solution.
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Terje Romen - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 22, 2025
We would like configuration to be automatic and the price to be close to zero, however, that's not realistic.
Paul Robbertze - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 29, 2023
The biggest reason we don't use the solution for our company's clients is the solution's prices.
Rostyslav Khomyk - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 25, 2019
Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac.
Tonny Keuken - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2022
The administrative functionality is not enough for me.
reviewer1212501 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 15, 2019
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.
Mihai Dinca - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 5, 2022
We'd like to see more integration with other vendors.
BHARAT B  SHARMA - PeerSpot reviewer
May 25, 2022
We've had issues with security breaches.