Microsoft Configuration Manager and SolarWinds Patch Manager are competing in IT management and patching solutions. While both offer robust functionalities, SolarWinds Patch Manager has the upper hand with its comprehensive patching capabilities, despite potentially higher pricing. Microsoft Configuration Manager is strong in well-integrated system management.
Features: Microsoft Configuration Manager provides configuration management, asset intelligence, and software distribution, creating a seamless environment for Windows. SolarWinds Patch Manager emphasizes automated patching of third-party applications along with Windows updates, delivering critical security insights and simplified management.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolarWinds Patch Manager offers a straightforward deployment process and accessible support, suitable for various environments. Microsoft Configuration Manager may require more technical expertise due to its complexity but benefits from deep integration with Microsoft products.
Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Configuration Manager has a higher setup cost but is cost-effective in a Microsoft-centered IT infrastructure with broad functionality. SolarWinds Patch Manager, while potentially more expensive in licensing, delivers significant ROI through efficient patch management and reduced security risks.
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.
SolarWinds Patch Manager makes it easy to perform 3rd-party patch management across tens of thousands of servers and workstations, and enables you to leverage and extend the capabilities of Microsoft WSUS or SCCM to report, deploy, and manage 3rd-party patches as well as Microsoft patches.
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