"The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the simple environment."
"You can scale the product."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"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."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is stable and reliable."
"The solution is secure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution has been security."
"VMware has a lot of experience in virtualization — they are the pioneers in virtualization."
"The solution has good performance and functionality. However, if the network connection was poor we noticed a decrease in performance."
"VMware Horizon View is easy to configure and deploy."
"The embedded features of the solution are valuable."
"Ability to log in from anywhere and from a variety of devices."
"The most valuable features are Instant Clones and AppStacks."
"Sometimes difficult to set up without the requirement for login credentials each time."
"We'd like, in the future, if it would work with Linux or Unix-based operating systems or even Mac."
"There could be some improvement in the integration of the solution."
"Lacks a notification feature when internet is down."
"Microsoft Desktop Services is stable but it takes up a lot of resources in the CPU. It's a bit heavier than some solutions."
"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 say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"In a future release, they could improve by providing more advanced technology and better buffering for if the connection is degraded or lost."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Sometimes, the protocol itself gets a bit laggy. If you have less than optimal switching and routing, it can get kind of laggy."
"User profiles are something that needs to be improved."
"The installation is complex and could be easier. The full installation with testing took a couple of weeks to complete."
"Lacks sufficiently robust audio redirections."
"VMware support is okay, but sometimes it's a little bit hit or miss trying to get somebody who knows what they're doing and talking about."
"Technical support could be better and faster."
"The solution isn't quite mature yet. It needs more time to mature and to get more market recognition."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 21 reviews while VMware Horizon View is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 21 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Horizon View is rated 7.8. 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 Horizon View writes "Stable, with a straightforward setup, but could offer better pricing". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, Parallels Access, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, VMware Horizon 7 and Citrix Workspace, whereas VMware Horizon View is most compared with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, VMware Horizon 7 and Citrix Workspace. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Horizon View report.
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