We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Service and Vmware Workspace ONE based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on these parameters, Microsoft Remote Desktop Service seems to be the superior solution. Vmware Workspace ONE’s inability to integrate with Microsoft solutions and high cost seem to make Microsoft Remote Desktop Service a better choice.
"The solution works on Microsoft servers."
"The tool shares computer resources perfectly."
"The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the simple environment."
"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 most valuable features are the desktop session and desktop virtualization."
"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 part of RDS is that it allows you to work from any location and check the server through a VPN connection."
"The most valuable feature is the remote application access."
"The solution's single plane of glass approach is beneficial. The endpoint management is very good and specific. One of their competitors is Intune, and you have leaks from other services within the Microsoft ecosystem."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the multi-platform support."
"The most valuable feature is the interface with SCAP, which is the Security Content Automation Protocol."
"The performance is good, and it is easy to configure."
"The location and remote management services are the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Workspace ONE is its reliability."
"It seems highly stable and scalable."
"Workspace ONE has something like an orchestrator model that allows me to configure a set of steps to onboard new PCs, laptops, or tablets. So, it makes my work easy."
"For Microsoft, maybe bandwidth optimization is one of the areas that need improvement."
"The DB card needs improvement. I have a lot of experience with other competitors and Citrix is better than VMware and Microsoft. Citrix has more extensive features."
"The pricing could be better."
"Teams component can be a bit cumbersome to use. It takes some time to get it working as expected."
"In the next release, I would like to see better performance over slower networks, and integration with Linux, but this is something that we're going to get out of Microsoft in terms of a unified solution."
"There are problems with using Microsoft Teams within a virtual desktop on a mobile device."
"Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac."
"We face frequent disconnections."
"Technical support needs to be more responsive to our requests."
"I tried to use the tool on an encrypted disk, but it was inconvenient."
"The setup was very difficult. It was not as easy as I had expected."
"The solution's pre-stage enrollment could be improved."
"I would like to see more service notifications."
"In terms of the inventory management side, as in the invoice management, the stock management and the entire inventory of an organization is lagging a bit in comparison to Blackberry or other EMM solutions."
"There are other solutions that might be better for certain use cases. This is not an all-purpose solution."
"The console comes bunched together as a package and inbuilt. Its called Workspace ONE. Whenever we have an issue, we contact the service provider, and instead of a fix, we are just getting the next version of Workspace ONE."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 73 reviews while VMware Workspace ONE is ranked 2nd in UEM (Unified Endpoint Management) with 81 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Workspace ONE is rated 8.2. 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 Workspace ONE writes "The solution is stable, scalable, and offers single sign-on". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access, whereas VMware Workspace ONE is most compared with Microsoft Intune, VMware Horizon, Jamf Pro, SOTI MobiControl and BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite.
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