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"The ability to give our teams functionality from a control perspective, allowing them to decide how they want to implement the tool, is valuable.""Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."

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"The product is useful for patch management.""The most valuable feature is the scalability.""Software deployment and WSUS are most valuable.""There is a faster time to rollout. If we get a new PC, it can be ready for productivity right away.""Microsoft Configuration Manager gives different tools in one solution.""It is a very well-rounded product. It is a complete package with all the features using which we are able to manage our PCs very efficiently.""The most valuable features are application deployment and task-sequenced imaging.""The solution effectively handles inventory management, deployment, and reporting."

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"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool.""Security features can be improved.""Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."

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"It needs to be able to load faster during deployment.""Based on my experience with SCCM 2016, the main, big issue is not having a good user-friendly environment. It needs much better GUI.""The assets have reached their end-of-life, and patching them is a complex and laborious task. It would be highly advantageous if there were an integrated solution that provided distinct options for each end-of-life asset, streamlining the process and facilitating comprehension.""In terms of the monitoring, the timeframe it takes to actually report back on the compliance of a device after it has been patched is a bit too long.""Cloud-based improvements need to be better managed.""The reports are too busy. They could be simpler. I'm a technician, so I don't care how pretty the reports look. They should be easy to read. I'm designing this for production folks. They need to read the reports quickly when they're patching in the middle of the night.""The main room for improvement is the on-screen display. I think it would be good if some improvements were made.""There is no asset management package included."

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  • "Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."
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  • "Pricing and licensing are horrible. You have to not look at dollar value to use SCCM. It's super-duper expensive but it works. The acquisition cost is expensive, it's labor-intensive. But it works."
  • "Pricing and licensing are a downside of SCCM. It's expensive. I'd have to confirm this, but I think they changed the licensing to core-based instead of socket-based. It's not cheap, because you have to buy the software, you have to buy SQL. Another thing we learned from talking to Microsoft is that they provide you a license for SQL if you run it on the same box as the primary server. If you run it outside that box, you have to buy SQL. Microsoft does recommend you running it on the same box because of performance. But then, in order to run SQL, SCCM, and everything on the same box, you better have some resources. It's an expensive solution. There's no doubt about it."
  • "Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing."
  • "SCCM comes with its own version of SQL Server. If you use that SQL Server with SCCM and don't use it for another applications than you get an SQL Server for free."
  • "The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for."
  • "Pricing is negotiable with Microsoft, depending upon which of their packages you choose."
  • "When you compare this solution with other tools in the market you might actually find a lot of variation in the pricing and that's why people opt for the other tools rather than Microsoft tools."
  • "Its price is okay because it is part of our licensing."
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    Also Known As
    CA Harvest SCM, CA Software Change Manager
    Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM )
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    Overview
    CA Harvest Software Change Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides powerful, process-driven capabilities for managing development teams across your enterprise, encompassing multiple platforms and release management tools. This release management software enforces your IT governance policies and corporate compliance initiatives including those defined by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It also can ensure adherence to your ITIL-based best practices. CA Harvest SCM can help your enterprise simplify the software release management process as well as the development and maintenance of business applications with streamlined workflows and automated source code versioning. This ITIL release management software can optimize your development resources by providing audit, protection and storage of your software assets, and standardized process management and defect tracking.

    Microsoft Configuration Manager helps IT manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. When Configuration Manager is integrated with Microsoft Intune, you can manage corporate-connected PCs and Macs along with cloud-based mobile devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, all from a single management console.

    New features of Configuration Manager, such as the support of Windows 10 in-place upgrade, co-management with Microsoft Intune, Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Servicing Dashboard, integration with Windows Update for Business, and more make deploying and managing Windows easier than ever before.

    Sample Customers
    State of New Hampshire, Blue Hill
    Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Manufacturing Company16%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Insurance Company14%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Insurance Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise79%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    CA Harvest Software Change Manager is ranked 8th in Software Configuration Management while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews. CA Harvest Software Change Manager is rated 7.2, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CA Harvest Software Change Manager writes "Powerful UDP functionality with a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". CA Harvest Software Change Manager is most compared with Endevor, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium.

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