We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and N-able Take Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"The solution is easy to deploy and there are many features available that you can turn on or off depending on your budget."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"It's built into the operating system and has a command line interface capability to insert credentials, IDs, a password, et cetera."
"The installation of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services was easy."
"It's simple and easy to use."
"The initial setup is not that difficult. I have gone through the RDS initialization steps, which only seem easy."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is highly stable."
"The most valuable part of N-able Take Control is being able to remotely access your customer's site. You are able to view their network. Once you have it set up, it's always available. N-able Take Control can be used even when other remote access controls have been made."
"Take Control enables you to collaborate with end users. It's for supporting a workstation where you want the person on the other side to see you moving their mouse, and you can work with them."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having graphical acceleration."
"We had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"The DB card needs improvement. I have a lot of experience with other competitors and Citrix is better than VMware and Microsoft. Citrix has more extensive features."
"It could offer better security for enterprises."
"I want to connect easily from an external network even when I'm not in my enterprise or company. It should be easy to connect or integrate Microsoft Teams, for example, with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services."
"It could be made simpler from a management perspective."
"The price is too high."
"The dashboards I do not use because there are issues. The solution monitors your antivirus and other programs but it does not seem to work well."
"We've seen some latency problems in AWS environments. Aside from that, it's a pretty solid service."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 69 reviews while N-able Take Control is ranked 19th in Remote Access with 2 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.2, while N-able Take Control is rated 9.0. 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 N-able Take Control writes "Valuable remote access feature, highly stable, and scalable". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access, whereas N-able Take Control is most compared with TeamViewer and Dameware Remote Support.
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