We performed a comparison between Microsoft Virtual Server and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Virtualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product provides flexibility."
"Security, integration, and interface are the best features of Microsoft Virtual Server."
"Microsoft Virtual Server is stable."
"The product is reliable."
"The standout features are its seamless network integration, robust data restoration capabilities, and versatile computing functions."
"The tool is perfectly stable."
"Microsoft Virtual Server is a highly scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are monitoring, and the self-service that they have for a customized environment."
"Client compatibility with many systems makes it very versatile. The reporting that is included is awesome."
"The stability is ok - once I finished the setup, the system was quite stable."
"You have the opportunity to virtualize applications in different locations. Everything is in one pane or one window, which is quite good."
"The management capability from the RAS portal provides greater control than using pure MS inbuilt into RDS capabilities."
"Its price and ease of use are the most valuable. It is simple and has good performance."
"We can publish apps and desktops on Terminal Servers and seamlessly share printers. We also combine Parallels with Deepnet Security to get two-factor authentication."
"The connection is compressed so we don't need a lot of resources to run it."
"The most valuable feature is the ease with which you can publish applications to different groups of users, by integrating with Windows Active Directory."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"They should introduce a way to localize the currency for product pricing."
"The product must reduce the cost by 40%."
"The solution should be more user-friendly and cheaper."
"As certain medium-level complexities are involved in the product's setup process, the product's setup phase can be considered for improvement."
"The solution's user interface could be improved."
"In terms of what could be improved, pricing is always too high of course."
"The platform’s dashboard features could be better."
"We would like to be able to re-label the OTP (One Time Password) popup so our users can easily recognize that they are to put in their DUO code on that line. Most users see OTP and ask what that is."
"From a seller's point of view, there are a lot of things that they could do better in the sales cycle."
"The product does not utilize SQL for reporting purposes. Also, it does not support some hypervisors similar to Citrix. These particular areas need improvement."
"The solution's application virtualization feature needs improvement."
"It needs Windows scaling on Android/iOS devices. At present, the concept of delivering apps to Android and iOS devices is appealing, but the reality is the screen size on these devices is so small that, unless there is some scaling option, it is not really usable."
"Opening a ticket should be available from the actual RAS console. It is cumbersome to go to a portal, hunt around for five minutes for a link to open a ticket, answer questions meant to direct you towards FAQs instead of live support, then fill out information (license #, version #, etc.) which could more easily be supplied by sending a ticket straight from the console with all of that information automatically specified."
"The main issue we have with all of our users is printing. Randomly, a printer will disconnect or someone won't connect to it and I will have to reset the print service and then nobody can print. That's the big headache we've had over the course of the five years."
"Sometimes you need to understand how to use load balancing and the gateway in order to scale, which means the team may need some additional technical knowledge."
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Microsoft Virtual Server is ranked 3rd in Application Virtualization with 31 reviews while Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is ranked 5th in Application Virtualization with 24 reviews. Microsoft Virtual Server is rated 8.2, while Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Virtual Server writes "Has a good interface but needs to improve in areas like pricing and scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) writes "Provides good scalability and a secure environment". Microsoft Virtual Server is most compared with , whereas Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Desktop. See our Microsoft Virtual Server vs. Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) report.
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