"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."
"The solution is scalable."
"Good screen draw feature and ability to use two monitors."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"The solution is easy to deploy and there are many features available that you can turn on or off depending on your budget."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is highly stable."
"The installation is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is policy-driven control of the devices."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the tracking of the devices."
"A very easy to use solution."
"It's a tool that can be managed in various departments."
"You can upgrade and migrate the existing group policies that we use for VMware Workspace ONE for the active directory. We can push the policies and group policies. We can migrate it and manage it from VMware Workspace ONE."
"You can put all your applications on a mobile device, be it a phone or tablet. It is secure and easy to use. Because it is centrally managed, you don't have to do any configuration on the phone. I just got the phone and connected to the central applications. I just downloaded one thing and everything got rolled out. Email, calendar, and other things were deployed centrally. If you don't have AirWatch, you have to configure your phone manually. For example, you need to deploy and configure your email manually and then synchronize everything. It is much simpler when a mobile device is centrally managed."
"It is like any other mobile solution. It gives us the ability to control remotely, and that is what we like. We can wipe out and deploy remotely."
"App delivery and management platform that's user-friendly, with a good interface. Easy to scale, easy to set up, with good stability."
"The solution should have better security."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is only available for the professional version of the Windows operating system. This restricts a lot of users. The feature should be available for all versions."
"We had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"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.""
"The user interface needs improvement."
"It could be made simpler from a management perspective."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"There could be some improvement in the integration of the solution."
"There is no Apple zero-day support for updates."
"I prefer to work with Jamf Pro because it is more specific to working with the iPad features."
"It's not accurate enough when it comes to sending items to end-users."
"The reverse proxy is not intuitive and it takes time to get it right, so this is something that can be improved."
"Technical support needs to be more responsive to our requests."
"The initial setup should be simplified."
"Cost of licensing is quite high."
"When it comes to deployment and maintaining security, there should be an integrated console where you have a singular view of all of the products from the same OEM."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 3rd in Remote Access with 26 reviews while VMware Workspace ONE is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 39 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.2, while VMware Workspace ONE is rated 8.2. 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 VMware Workspace ONE writes "A straightforward setup with a good set of features and very good documentation". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, Parallels Access, VMware Horizon, VMware Horizon View and Check Point Remote Access VPN, whereas VMware Workspace ONE is most compared with Microsoft Intune, VMware Horizon, Jamf Pro, SOTI MobiControl and Citrix Workspace.
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