We performed a comparison between Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and Parallels Desktop based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"Installing Microsoft Desktop Services is straightforward."
"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."
"Since the tool has a graphical user interface, it's easier for us to access the server."
"The solution works on Microsoft servers."
"The most valuable features are the desktop session and desktop virtualization."
"Microsoft is very reasonable in its approach to cost."
"I like how, with Parallels, you can either boot into Mac or Windows to get better control over the resources of the laptops since you're sharing the resources in dual mode."
"Parallels Desktop integrates seamlessly with macOS. It works better than VMware on Apple operating systems."
"Sometimes the server stops working, and we don’t know why. Occasionally we’ll get a message to the effect of "There is no remote license.""
"Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac."
"Sometimes difficult to set up without the requirement for login credentials each time."
"The stability could be improved."
"Teams component can be a bit cumbersome to use. It takes some time to get it working as expected."
"In the past, my company had faced some issues related to the stability of the product. The product's stability can be improved."
"The pricing could be better."
"In a future release, they could improve by providing more advanced technology and better buffering for if the connection is degraded or lost."
"There may have been some issues with device drivers on my Mac. Similarly, there are some issues with transferring data from Parallels to the Mac."
"The biggest challenge is compatibility between VMware and Parallels because the two systems are incompatible. It can be challenging if you are switching between Windows and Mac. I recommend sticking with one product because there isn't good compatibility between the different products."
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 1st in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 76 reviews while Parallels Desktop is ranked 9th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 2 reviews. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0, while Parallels Desktop is rated 7.6. 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 Desktop writes "A great platform to develop interoperable code on". Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access, whereas Parallels Desktop is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, NComputing vSpace, NVIDIA GRID and Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS). See our Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vs. Parallels Desktop report.
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