We performed a comparison between LogMeIn Central and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NinjaOne, Kaseya, TeamViewer and others in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)."I like being able to dial in and transfer files for updates."
"I like the options for multiple displays. The unattended access is very useful, but it can also be misused. So, it is something you have to be careful with."
"For me, it's convenience because I cover three different offices, and I need to be able to remotely access any of those three offices from anywhere, anytime. With LogMeIn Central, I can do that."
"It’s enabled me to remotely do updates to servers and workstations in off-hours – without needing to travel into the office. Makes my life much easier."
"The initial setup was pretty straightforward."
"It saves us drive time, we don't have to go to clients. We can just use remote access."
"Remote access is really the biggest one, because in order to be able to support my clients from wherever I am, that is the biggest feature."
"It allows you to transfer along with many other functions."
"The solution works well as a remote desktop."
"Microsoft is very reasonable in its approach to cost."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"The solution has very smooth connectivity and is very user friendly."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"We use it to connect to the legacy system."
"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 features of the solution are ease of use and the simple environment."
"It's not really a true RMM product but more of just a remote access."
"I do not like the antivirus."
"The file transfer could be better. They could make it a lot easier to deal with. LogMeIn Central is not that intuitive. It's a lot harder to figure out."
"The screen. Make it clearer. The screen resolutions don't always line up. So clarity of the screen, and speed."
"File transfer on the free version needs improvement. Allow file transfer with drag and drop to and from Remote Desktop. "
"The solution is expensive as hell."
"They should provide intermediate device limit options for the users."
"It is easy to get locked out, which is something that needs to be improved."
"Security in the connection between us and our clients' servers is something that can be improved."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"The stability could be improved."
"The reliability of the solution could improve."
"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."
"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."
"Lacks a notification feature when internet is down."
"There have been some network issues in the solution. So, when we used to connect it, the solution suddenly got disconnected. So the network part needs to be improved."
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LogMeIn Central is ranked 10th in Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) with 19 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. LogMeIn Central is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of LogMeIn Central writes "Fast with an easy setup and a good interface". 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". LogMeIn Central is most compared with TeamViewer, NinjaOne, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Atera and LogMeIn Rescue, whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access.
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