We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The policies are easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the seamless access."
"It keeps us safe when browsing the internet and when sharing confidential information with our colleagues."
"Thanks to all these security processes, our users can access our infrastructure with the certainty that we will not be compromised."
"One of the features that I like most about this software is that it has a very intuitive, simple, and versatile interface that makes it easy to use and configure."
"The security of the solution is a good feature, the stability is a valuable feature, and the customization is also a nice feature."
"Organizations that already use the Check Point NGFW Solution do not require any additional hardware, which makes the implementation straightforward and reduces the time to go live."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN is a stable solution."
"The installation of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services was easy."
"The solution works well as a remote desktop."
"It's simple to set up."
"The installation is straightforward."
"In terms of the valuable features, I like the profile, the new version is really good."
"I give the stability a nine out of ten."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"I've had good experiences with Microsoft customer support."
"Improved scalability would allow the solution to handle larger numbers of users and devices without a significant impact on performance."
"A characteristic to improve is the communication service under the SMTP scheme."
"We would like to see support for a layer seven VPN over UDP."
"The VPN remote Access blade could be improved."
"I cannot see the full effect of the endpoint solution because it relies on having access to the DNF queries, which might not go through the Check Point firewall when you're using it for perimeter networks. Check Point will not identify the actual source of the net queries. This may be related to the architecture, however, and not poor product issues. I don't know if it can be improved on the Check Point side or not."
"For Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. For the users that utilize Linux, there needs to be an equivalent."
"Price category and smooth renewal of agreement should be considered for flawless and quick onboarding of clients and partners."
"This is the best version we are using, however, if some changes can be made in the next release, I'd like to see adjustments to the time period and internet connectivity."
"It could be made simpler from a management perspective."
"The performance of Remote Desktop Services could be better."
"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 solution isn't as good as the Citrix option."
"We'd like them to continue to improve on security."
"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 performance depends on connectivity."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 4th in Remote Access with 57 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 69 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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