We performed a comparison between Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) and Microsoft Virtual Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Virtualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the automatic software upgrades because they take place on only three or four servers, rather than on 50 or 60 machines."
"We can provide tons of applications with different settings, behaviors, and operating systems. It is the same way for the user. Then, we are totally transparent for the user to use a lot of totally different applications, which is the most important part of Citrix today."
"The remote desktop feature allows employees to work from home."
"Centralization and security are the most valuable features of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops."
"XenDesktop has helped our users to work remotely with a better user experience."
"We've been able to scale the environment quite nicely by using the Citrix Remote PC. I can't say enough about that. And because that relies on utilizing your existing hardware resources, and making those available as a part of your Citrix farm — with a second level of authentication and security pieces around it — we added some 4,000 workstations without an additional overhead or cost."
"Security is a shining point of the Citrix Workspace. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a very robust solution when security is a concern. Furthermore, the content collaboration data-hosting that Citrix integrates with Virtual Apps and Desktops is among the best there is."
"It provides all of the features required for the protection of data. For example, we don't want to allow any copy/paste of data to an outside environment, and we are able to restrict the VDI to not allow any data transfer from the VDI to the local laptop's hard drives. That is one of the greatest advantages the solution provides."
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"The tool's most valuable feature is its workload. Its integration with Microsoft products is good."
"The tool is perfectly stable."
"Microsoft Virtual Server is a stable and easy-to-use solution."
"Microsoft Virtual Server is stable."
"It has proven to be most effective for workloads associated with running web portals."
"Microsoft Virtual Server is a highly scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are monitoring, and the self-service that they have for a customized environment."
"The standout features are its seamless network integration, robust data restoration capabilities, and versatile computing functions."
"The product advances really fast. For some customers, we need better backwards compatibility."
"There is room for improvement on the hypervisor side, providing better integration between the hypervisor and the product line. I suspect that they haven't put the work into that because of the move to the cloud. They want everything to be cloud-hosted. But for folks like us, who will always be a hybrid model, that's of some concern."
"When I needed support for a couple of things, three people intervened. Each time, three people gave me a different answer. In the end, they did not manage to give the right answer. At a certain point, they stopped replying."
"The support offered by Citrix's partner needs to improve. The partner support platform should aim to provide more technical information to users."
"Licensing service installation and configuration was the biggest challenge for all Citrix solutions, but now they have fixed a lot of issues."
"The only thing we have found to be detrimental is when we have tried to find training. I realize that we're looking at it at the worst time possible, with a pandemic going on, but it seems that most of the training offered is learn-by-yourself online."
"Using the app layering feature can be quite difficult and cumbersome."
"The solution's technical support is not so good."
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"The product must provide better data analytics."
"The product must provide easier rollouts."
"While I am generally satisfied with the solution, it could slightly improve its stability."
"The response time from technical support could be faster."
"It would be good if the tool's integration improved."
"Microsoft Virtual Server should improve its network performance."
"Microsoft Virtual Server needs to improve its patching. It should offer us a review before updates. The solution should also improve its pricing."
"The solution's user interface could be improved."
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Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is ranked 1st in Application Virtualization with 90 reviews while Microsoft Virtual Server is ranked 3rd in Application Virtualization with 31 reviews. Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Virtual Server is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) writes "Flexible Deployment, reliable performance, and fast transmission speeds". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Virtual Server writes "Has a good interface but needs to improve in areas like pricing and scalability". Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) is most compared with VMware Horizon View, Citrix Workspace, Amazon Appstream, Amazon WorkSpaces and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, whereas Microsoft Virtual Server is most compared with . See our Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) vs. Microsoft Virtual Server report.
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