We performed a comparison between GoToMyPC 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."The technical support is good."
"The solution is very quick to set up."
"This solution has allowed us to have a highly flexible remote access solution in DR/BC situations."
"I can do anything from a remote desktop as if I were sitting at my own PC."
"The installation is almost instant."
"I've had good experiences with Microsoft customer support."
"The most valuable feature of this solution at the moment is the HTML5 web client. You get a browser experience, not just the terminal sort of client, and the integration with Azure multi-factor application."
"The solution performs well and is easy to use."
"The product is stable."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"The most valuable part of RDS is that it allows you to work from any location and check the server through a VPN connection."
"The solution has very smooth connectivity and is very user friendly."
"The solution is really fast."
"If the PC is hung then it requires a reboot."
"Integration could be improved. I'd prefer if the solution could integrate with our support and report tools as well as our timesheet reporting."
"The pricing has tripled in a small amount of time and there is not three times better service."
"Microsoft should be more compatible with other operating system."
"I would like to see the hard drives work without locking up and integrate the local drives in the next release."
"The training profiles could be better."
"For Microsoft, maybe bandwidth optimization is one of the areas that need improvement."
"We had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"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."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by allowing the sharing of the office application. For example, the ability to replace a PC when something is wrong."
"The pricing could be better."
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GoToMyPC is ranked 24th in Remote Access while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. GoToMyPC is rated 9.0, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of GoToMyPC writes "Accessing multiple PCs from remote locations is easy and reliable with this solution". 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". GoToMyPC is most compared with TeamViewer, GoToAssist, VNC Connect, LogMeIn Pro and LogMeIn Rescue, whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access. See our GoToMyPC vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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