We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Horizon Air based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Microsoft is very reasonable in its approach to cost."
"It's pretty stable."
"It's simple to set up."
"The most valuable features are availability and security."
"We use cloud remote support because we need to assist our customers. It allows them to connect from the web. I"
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution is easy to deploy and there are many features available that you can turn on or off depending on your budget."
"The solution is good for providing dedicated resources for dedicated users."
"The solution has proven to be very stable."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having graphical acceleration."
"The reliability of the solution could improve."
"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."
"The performance of Remote Desktop Services could be better."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services needs to improve its security."
"We'd like them to continue to improve on security."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"Remote Desktop Services doesn't scale well."
"It's a costly product. It would help if they could offer it at a discount."
"We have experienced some connectivity issues."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 76 reviews while VMware Horizon Air is ranked 27th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Horizon Air is rated 8.6. 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 Air writes "VMware Horizon Air vs. Citrix Workspace Cloud". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access, whereas VMware Horizon Air is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE and VMware Horizon View. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon Air report.
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