We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Parallels Desktop 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."The solution offers good value for money."
"Good screen draw feature and ability to use two monitors."
"The solution is user-friendly and has a good user experience."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"Since the tool has a graphical user interface, it's easier for us to access the server."
"It's pretty stable."
"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."
"Parallels Desktop integrates seamlessly with macOS. It works better than VMware on Apple operating systems."
"I like how, with Parallels, you can either boot into Mac or Windows to get better control over the resources of the laptops since you're sharing the resources in dual mode."
"Security in the connection between us and our clients' servers is something that can be improved."
"For Microsoft, maybe bandwidth optimization is one of the areas that need improvement."
"It could be made simpler from a management perspective."
"I would like to see the hard drives work without locking up and integrate the local drives in the next release."
"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 had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"The biggest challenge is compatibility between VMware and Parallels because the two systems are incompatible. It can be challenging if you are switching between Windows and Mac. I recommend sticking with one product because there isn't good compatibility between the different products."
"There may have been some issues with device drivers on my Mac. Similarly, there are some issues with transferring data from Parallels to the Mac."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 74 reviews while Parallels Desktop is ranked 10th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 2 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while Parallels Desktop is rated 7.6. 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 Parallels Desktop writes "A great platform to develop interoperable code on". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access, whereas Parallels Desktop is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, NComputing vSpace and NVIDIA GRID. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. Parallels Desktop report.
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