"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."
"The solution has very smooth connectivity and is very user friendly."
"The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the simple environment."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"This product is very simple to use and you can connect whether you are behind a firewall or not."
"The solution should have better security."
"Sometimes the server stops working, and we don’t know why. Occasionally we’ll get a message to the effect of "There is no remote license.""
"Lacks a notification feature when internet is down."
"In a future release, they could improve by providing more advanced technology and better buffering for if the connection is degraded or lost."
"There are times I get disconnected from the service and when one or two attempts to establish a remote connection. Microsoft should show where the problem is, I have to find it by myself."
"I would like to be able to access the remote desktop using a web-based interface, rather than having to use the client."
"The training profiles could be better."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"Having the ability to create subgroups and delegate permissions to the group members would be a helpful addition."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 3rd in Remote Access with 26 reviews while TeamViewer Tensor is ranked 9th in Remote Access with 1 review. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.2, while TeamViewer Tensor is rated 9.0. 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 TeamViewer Tensor writes "Easy to configure, connects reliably, and allows us to perform administrative support tasks". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, Parallels Access, VMware Horizon, VMware Horizon View and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, whereas TeamViewer Tensor is most compared with TeamViewer, BeyondTrust Remote Support, TeamViewer Pilot, LogMeIn Rescue and Splashtop Remote Support.
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