We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Parallels Access 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 most valuable features are the desktop session and desktop virtualization."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"The most valuable features are availability and security."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"It's simple and easy to use."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is highly stable."
"In terms of the valuable features, I like the profile, the new version is really good."
"We don't have problems with stability. Everything is good."
"It's great that the total deployment can happen completely remotely."
"Parallels Access gives me full access and control of the computer, and I can do anything I want remotely."
"Parallels Access has flexible licensing policies, which is beneficial for customers who have intermittent usage or users who are on and off the system."
"It's got a very easy-to-use interface."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"The pricing could be better."
"Security in the connection between us and our clients' servers is something that can be improved."
"There is a limitation on the number of concurrent users."
"I would like to see a web-based interface, instead of client installation to refresh the UI through HTML."
"I would like to be able to leverage it on other operating systems."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"Teams component can be a bit cumbersome to use. It takes some time to get it working as expected."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing policy. The price point is pretty aggressive."
"The solution may not scale well for enterprises."
"When you want to transfer a file from your iPad or remote device to the computer, the copy-and-paste feature doesn't always work."
"One challenge we do notice is that the application is limited to Windows servers only. If a customer has a Linux server, things get complicated. They should open it up a bit to be more compatible with different types of servers."
"They could improve the reporting."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews while Parallels Access is ranked 12th in Remote Access with 5 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while Parallels Access is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parallels Access writes "Allows users to access and operate their computers remotely". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Apache Guacamole, whereas Parallels Access is most compared with TeamViewer, Splashtop Remote Support, VNC Connect, LogMeIn Pro and TeamViewer Tensor. See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. Parallels Access report.
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