We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and VMware Workstation based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The main difference between the two solutions is that users of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services feel it should integrate with other operating systems and say they would like a notification feature, while VMware Workstation users say the solution’s interface needs improvement. In this comparison, VMware Workstation comes out slightly on top because it is low-cost and users report an ROI.
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"In terms of the valuable features, I like the profile, the new version is really good."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"You can scale the product."
"Everything is really good and it works well."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are it is fast and cost-effective."
"The most valuable features of VMware Workstation are the DirectX support, you can run Microsoft Hyper-V in virtual environments which is good for me to test different installations. Additionally, you can set up different VLANs, and overall it is a complete solution."
"We can undo some changes using the snapshot feature."
"VMware Workstation has tons of third-party support, the largest partner ecosystem. VMware works with a ton of different vendors. They have plugins for almost everything. Other hypervisors lack the flexibility that VMware Workstation offers."
"It's stable."
"I appreciate the ease of backup and snapshot creation. The ability to revert to previous versions without losing data is very useful for our team."
"The tool’s GUI is very user-friendly."
"The platform’s most valuable feature is snapshot."
"The most valuable features of VMware Workstation are the speed of access and quality of upgrade. Those are the more important and pertinent aspects as far as we were concerned. Functionality and features were relevant for the customers. What a customer chose, we had to make sure that it operated."
"We'd like them to continue to improve on 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."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services needs to improve its security."
"There could be some improvement in the integration of the solution."
"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."
"Its look and feel could be updated. In Azure Remote Desktop Services (RDS), which is a VDI solution, we would like to see linked clones. It is a Hyper-V solution, and it doesn't support linked clones and uses a lot of storage. That's why we don't use it. VMware has a similar solution that supports linked clones for the master image."
"The solution isn't as good as the Citrix option."
"Lacks a notification feature when internet is down."
"It would be better if software updates occur automatically."
"I have had issues with the virtual network adapters in the past that has taken some time to troubleshoot."
"I would want to see features included that make deployment easier."
"For some virtual machine configurations, you have to go to the text editor and make the configuration changes, which could be improved."
"The solution freezes sometimes."
"VMware Workstation could improve the export and import of virtual machines."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting capabilities, particularly around snapshot activity. It would be helpful to have a summary of changes made prior to deploying an application, allowing us to provide comprehensive reports to our management on a regular basis."
"I need to buy a newer version of the tool to support Windows Server."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 75 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 41 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. 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 Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, Parallels Access and Apache Guacamole, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE and Parallels Desktop. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. VMware Workstation report.
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