We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Parallels Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."We use it to connect to the legacy system."
"The product is stable."
"Installing Microsoft Desktop Services is straightforward."
"The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the simple environment."
"It's built into the operating system and has a command line interface capability to insert credentials, IDs, a password, et cetera."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is the ability to remote into a system that is not on-premises."
"The most valuable feature of this solution at the moment is the HTML5 web client. You get a browser experience, not just the terminal sort of client, and the integration with Azure multi-factor application."
"We have scaled the solution and find this easy to do."
"It's got a very easy-to-use interface."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by allowing the sharing of the office application. For example, the ability to replace a PC when something is wrong."
"I would like to see the hard drives work without locking up and integrate the local drives in the next release."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"We'd like, in the future, if it would work with Linux or Unix-based operating systems or even Mac."
"The solution should have better security."
"We've had issues with security breaches."
"From the perspective of an IT professional, Microsoft Remote Desktop is very easy to use. However, it could be made easier to use for the end user, especially when it comes to activating it."
"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 may not scale well for enterprises."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 32 reviews while Parallels Access is ranked 11th in Remote Access with 1 review. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while Parallels Access is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Light, built into the operating system, and requires no implementation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parallels Access writes "User-friendly with a good interface and a simple setup". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with VMware Horizon, TeamViewer, Citrix Workspace, VMware Horizon Cloud and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, whereas Parallels Access is most compared with TeamViewer, Splashtop Remote Support, VNC Connect, LogMeIn Pro and Check Point Remote Access VPN.
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