Microsoft Configuration Manager and Qualys CSAM are key players in the asset management and cybersecurity sector. Microsoft Configuration Manager stands out for deployment ease and customer support, while Qualys CSAM excels in advanced threat detection and continuous monitoring.
Features: Microsoft Configuration Manager offers comprehensive management capabilities, integration with Microsoft products, and efficient deployment. Qualys CSAM provides advanced threat detection, continuous monitoring, and specialized security features.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft Configuration Manager could enhance its reporting capabilities, data processing efficiency, and responsiveness to large datasets. Qualys CSAM needs better integration with non-Qualys products, more intuitive navigation, and improvements in cross-platform integration.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Configuration Manager is favored for straightforward setup and strong customer support, while Qualys CSAM's deployment is complex but offers responsive customer service.
Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Configuration Manager is cost-effective with quicker ROI due to lower setup costs. Qualys CSAM, despite higher upfront costs, provides long-term value with its robust security features. Users find Microsoft Configuration Manager budget-friendly, and Qualys CSAM worth the investment for advanced functionalities.
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.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM) provides industry-leading coverage of the internal and external attack surface (EASM), along with comprehensive cyber risk assessment, natively-integrated with Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response (VMDR).
CSAM solidifies attack surface coverage and turbocharges vulnerability management with:
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