Remote Desktop Services Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use remote desktop services in our organization for several different things. We use it to access remote PCs. We also use it to access a remote desktop environment with thin clients on our production floor. This allows us to have central application management for anyone to access from many different clients

Likelihood to Recommend

This is well-suited if you need to log in to a remote machine on occasion to make updates or change configurations. It is also good for a production environment or for environments where people need to log in to use common applications, so you don't need to install the application on each individual client.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Remote Desktop Services in general for server access but the full system including gateway and brokers is used for controlled access from our corporate systems into our OT environment. The Gateway and broker is used to control access to systems using groups and applying rules and policies to desktop sessions.

Likelihood to Recommend

For simple deployments and environments it is well suited. Simple configurations are easy to configure.<div>Where redundant gateways or multiple brokers are required the setup and operation becomes more complex. Some more advanced configurations require the use of multiple setup applications and also the use of group policy. There isn't a single unified configuration mechanism.</div>

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Employees can securely connect to corporate applications from any location, ensuring productivity for remote and hybrid workers. IT team can maintain and update software centrally, reducing the need for individual workstation updates. We can deploy thin clients instead of high-performance computers.

Likelihood to Recommend

Remote Desktop Services provides access to work environments from any device. This allows us to ensure business continuity in case of disaster. It provides admins more control over access and security. Remote Desktop Services simplifies software updates and compliance management by reducing the need to act on end users devices.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At my job, I need to manage several physical computers, which also hosts multiple virtual machines. I don't need to access them remotely at all times. And the times that I need to login remotely, I use a VPN connection. So having them with Remote Desktop Services enabled, helps me to access them from the office to perform routinary Windows and drivers and third party programs updates.

Likelihood to Recommend

- When you need to manage physical workstations within the local network (LAN) running Windows.

- When managing virtual machines created by Microsoft Hyper-V.

- When you manage that end-users do not use on a regular basis like file and applications servers running Windows 10/11.

- When a cost-effective approach is needed.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize Remote Desktop Services for all of our off-site remote access to our company server for daily work functions. This allows us to perform our necessary work, use our own personal computers or computers that don’t function with programs that are MS based, and do so from remote locations all over the country. We have had issues with some log-outs not happening therefore not allowing individuals to log back in, and when internet connectivity is down at our host location not to be able to connect.

Likelihood to Recommend

Remote Desktop is well suited for smaller office bases where individuals need to access shared files or programs without having it installed in personal machines. In a small server setting with local access only this works to bridge the gap. It allows users to remote in to access files shared on a single server or remote machine. Not suited for individuals without an IT consultant as there are set up and maintenance issues that require knowledge and time. Also some down time.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize it mostly for a company wide program that is installed on a dedicated server. Everyone remotes into the server and utilizes the program from this server. Also, we have a document management system that is housed on this server that is utilized as a company wide program.

Likelihood to Recommend

RDS works best of all remote systems I've used. The biggest feature for end users is it looks and feels just like they are using their own computer, whereas some remote systems don't have the same ability for shortcuts, etc... like RDS has in it's arsenal.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Remote Desktop Services is a handy feature in Windows OS like Windows Server, Windows 7, etc. It is being used in our organization to connect to our server and local PCs. The main problem it addresses is to let a user/administrator take remote of another PC/server to perform various works like configuration, troubleshooting, etc.

Likelihood to Recommend

Remote Desktop services are well suited for people looking to connect to Local computers/Servers after connecting to VPN or Local Area Network. It is easy to use and performs superbly without any issues. However, it does not have support for connecting to Non-Windows-based Devices and Applications like Teamviewer beat RDP when it comes to connecting to machines outside one's network.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used it for years to allow our Sales Team to get access back to our main office network. This was much more versatile, secure, and faster than using a VPN to access files and programs directly. When Covid hit we were able to have users work from home and simply remote into their workstations at their desks and work as usual. With that said we are using the Remote Desktop Gateway as well for security. I recently looked into using Citrix but the capabilities were the same but the cost was much higher.

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for working away from the office or for users that work from home. Might be less appropriate for users or road worriers in bad internet locations. This is where cloud apps might work better.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My organization uses Windows Remote Desktop Services in several ways:

<ul><li>Admin remote access to physical servers.</li><li>Admin access to cloud-hosted servers.</li><li>User access to a single desktop from multiple devices. This allows users to connect from any computer across many sites to a single desktop. With this, a physical computer becomes a workstation that is simply displaying content from a remote server.</li><li>User access to published RemoteApp programs. This allows users to open a program on their device, which is actually hosted on a remote server.</li></ul>

Likelihood to Recommend

Remote Desktop Services is great for some uses, like remote access to servers for admins. For end-users, setup is complicated and costly, but the end solution is great for shared device environments or mobile users. Allowing a user to see the same desktop from any device, on-site or off-site, provides a smooth experience for them. User management is effective once configured.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Remote Desktop Services is being used by many different departments, between direct desktop access or access to a remote terminal server.

Remote Desktop Services addresses software that does not tolerate being run over a WAN connection. Some of the Vendors we use for software requires direct contact to SQL, so we secure that and only allow local access.

Likelihood to Recommend

Remote desktop works well in our environment when people in other offices need to connect to isolated systems.