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Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Microsoft, HCLTech and others in Configuration Management."We have one MDM that works with Windows, iOS, and Android."
"It's easy to manage."
"The ability to block and erase remote devices is valuable to us, especially when those devices are lost."
"It's not working perfectly, but Microsoft's Autopilot offers great visibility into automated deployment solutions."
"I like the fact that it's integrated with the rest of the Microsoft products, so customers can manage it from their Office 365 portal or Azure portal."
"There has been a noticeable increase in productivity for both my organization and clients."
"This product works very well for companies already using the full Microsoft suite."
"The aspects I find most valuable are the managing the data and applications. I can also restrict the users to install any applications. I can also wipe the data if the phone was missplaced or stolen. These are the basics for me."
"Automation of operating system, application, and update deployments massively reduces IT operations effort."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is the software deployment. Additionally, Microsoft integrates most of the other solutions well with one another."
"The major features of this product are the reporting tools. The most valuable features are package deployment and application deployment. Security management is also good because any vulnerability will be identified, and you can fix it. It's the best tool because you never know what kind of client you will have. For example, you may have your offices in low bandwidth remote areas. But it's achievable because it accommodates the bandwidth that you have available. Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is an excellent reporting tool for your environment. If you want to know the details about the hardware configuration, software configuration, what is causing a problem, or when a new feature update comes in for Windows, even that goes on SCCM itself. A lot of deployment stuff."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager is integrated with other Microsoft products."
"The product is useful for patch management."
"What's valuable is the basic management of the systems, being able to control who can access the systems."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability."
"Software deployment and WSUS are most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the impact analysis."
"Helps me perform changes in connected infrastructure thanks to the discovery features."
"It's only good for a Microsoft environment."
"Microsoft Intune lags market leaders, such as Apperian, in its MAM capabilities."
"When Microsoft Intune is used with different android devices it does not always work as it is supposed to."
"While Intune works perfectly well, the only potential downside is that the deployment could be a bit complex for some users."
"Data leak prevention can be integrated into it. Currently, it does not have data leak prevention."
"Reporting in Microsoft solutions is pathetic. With Intune, I'm getting a free inventory tool, but I don't get a reporting tool. When I go to Intune, I can see one machine's entire data in terms of the hardware and the software running on it, but I cannot generate a report for all the machines in the organization. The reporting is the only feature holding back the functionality that is already there."
"The feature that allows us to import the business application from the configuration manager to Intune is not very good at this time."
"There can be delays in the deployment of new policies."
"It is a bit of an old and outdated product."
"Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it."
"Devices like smartphones and tablets are managed very well on VMware, however, they are absent in SCCM. I could configure iPad from the VMware site and it was done very easily. It should be just as possible on SCCM."
"The solution should be more compatible with different versions of Linux."
"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."
"Initial setup was complex. There's a lot that goes into it."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could improve the integration."
"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."
"The native UI should be simplified because it is outdated and a little bit over-complicated."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 76 reviews while OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management is ranked 22nd in Configuration Management. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management writes "It allows us to deploy applications and primitive desktops globally. The upgrade cycle is very long". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager, whereas OpenText ZENworks Configuration Management is most compared with Quest KACE Systems Management.
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