We performed a comparison between Apache Guacamole and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."I'm using Apache Guacamole as a gateway."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"Everything is really good and it works well."
"Microsoft is very reasonable in its approach to cost."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the simple environment."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services are unification, central management, and accessibility."
"It's scalable enough for our needs and very reliable."
"The solution's USB redirection could be improved."
"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."
"We've had issues with security breaches."
"The stability must be improved."
"The solution should have better security."
"From the perspective of an IT professional, Microsoft Remote Desktop is very easy to use. However, it could be made easier to use for the end user, especially when it comes to activating it."
"The price is too high."
"We encounter challenges with portability, especially for users of iOS devices."
"The only issue I experienced was with the initialization of the session, which affected the stability of the solution."
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Apache Guacamole is ranked 20th in Remote Access with 1 review while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. Apache Guacamole is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apache Guacamole writes "A stable and open-source solution that can be used as a gateway". 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". Apache Guacamole is most compared with VNC Connect, Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service), BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and VMware Horizon Cloud.
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