We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Check Point Remote Access VPN has some useful features, and configuring it is relatively straightforward."
"The biggest advantage of Check Point Remote Access VPN is that we already use the Check Point firewall. We only needed to enable the feature and do the configuration in order to enable the VPN feature. We didn't need to buy or manage new hardware."
"A single login based on a second authentication factor is giving us the possibility of integrating third-party services for authentication based on a security scheme."
"Setting policies allow, block, and limit users' access."
"The management of the solution is very simple. It allows for a single view of all the endpoints."
"We use it to connect our sites. We have a couple of sites that need to interconnect."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN provides strong security features, including encryption, authentication, endpoint security, access control, and centralized management."
"The most important feature of Check Point Remote Access VPN is the multiple factor authentication."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is scalable."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is stable and reliable."
"The solution is really fast."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives me full accessibility to my servers."
"The most valuable features are it is fast and cost-effective."
"Everything is really good and it works well."
"The client-side UI is fundamental, and there is nothing to see."
"Sometimes the application slows down the computing device, and this affects workflows."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's current configuration has some limitations and issues. One major drawback is the inability to configure multiple gateways from the same management server for VPN access."
"When you need to create something, you have to follow many steps and I think that should be simplified."
"We would like to see support for a layer seven VPN over UDP."
"The provisioning of VPN users has room for improvement."
"Sometimes it causes the consumption of machine resources, and also improves the scanning since they consume many resources in the clients' machines."
"The ability to allow split-tunneling while still following our corporate policy needs to be on the table."
"The solution should introduce a chat feature for end users."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is not the easiest. You need to have a certain understanding of how Microsoft is provisioning the solution to be able to set it up and use it."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"The price is too high."
"There are problems with using Microsoft Teams within a virtual desktop on a mobile device."
"The stability must be improved."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"The user interface needs improvement."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 62 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Check Point Harmony Mobile and Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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