it provides access management so you don't need to expose the server, or the user/passwords, to gain access... You can also record the sessions ... And some other neat features... None of which really soon to replace a direct connection made by a technically savy individual between to machines on a network he controls.
But imagine the benefit for schools -- high schoolers can be given access to a virtual machine, without installing RDP or similar protocols on the students machine, and without giving them virtualization tools that might allow when to bypass student safety protections