We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Fusion 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 most valuable features are it is fast and cost-effective."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"The solution is easy to deploy and there are many features available that you can turn on or off depending on your budget."
"It's largely stable."
"We use it to connect to the legacy system."
"It's simple to set up."
"The technical support is good."
"The most value that it provides is that it is versatile."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The product is easy to use and has a simple user interface."
"The whole point of it is to run Windows VMs on a Mac. This is the most valuable feature. There is snapshotting, but we don't really use that. The Pro version allows me to actually attach to the Windows ESXi infrastructure at the backend, and I'm able to create a session that I can attach to the VMware hooks at the backend, so one is running a VM, and the whole operating system is running on the actual Mac. The other one is literally a frontend to the VMs that are running in the infrastructure at the backend. These are the two main features I use."
"There are problems with using Microsoft Teams within a virtual desktop on a mobile device."
"The solution should introduce a chat feature for end users."
"We'd like to see more integration with other vendors."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having a better application for managing multiple sessions. There used to be one but they stopped supporting it."
"My customers are worried that the RDP protocol can be easily compromised and would like the option to use an alternative like Blast."
"The biggest reason we don't use the solution for our company's clients is the solution's prices."
"The administrative functionality is not enough for me."
"We encounter challenges with portability, especially for users of iOS devices."
"The way they handle snapshotting can be improved. One time, I moved a machine from one to another, and I tried to pull it up on the second machine, but it didn't work. This was because I had not cleaned up the snapshot before I deleted it and moved it across. So, when I tried to pull it up, it wouldn't let me bring it up. The backups for the VMs themselves can also be improved. I pretty much have to rely on Windows backups and not something on VMware. That's where it needs improvement. I am able to upload from my Fusion into the ESXi easily. I'm able to spin something up on Fusion and push it into the big arena, but the reverse is not as easy, that is, trying to pull something down from that. I would love to have a functionality where I could pull something from the VMware infrastructure into Fusion, but I'm not sure if I can take something from ESXi and pull it into Fusion."
"VMware Fusion's licensing cost needs improvement."
"Its installation process could be simpler."
"I would like to see newer and updated cloud functions."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 69 reviews while VMware Fusion is ranked 7th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 5 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.2, while VMware Fusion 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 VMware Fusion writes "Robust software with efficient snapshot and cloning features". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access, whereas VMware Fusion is most compared with Parallels Desktop, VMware Workstation, VMware Player and VMware Horizon View. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Fusion report.
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