Microsoft Configuration Manager vs OpenText Operations Orchestration comparison

The compared Microsoft and OpenText solutions aren't in the same category. Microsoft is ranked #7 in SM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 5.3% mindshare in the category. OpenText is ranked #24 in PA , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Configuration Man...

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (7th), Configuration Management (4th), Patch Management (1st)

OpenText Operations Orchest...

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Process Automation (24th), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (20th)

Mindshare comparison

Microsoft Configuration Manager and OpenText Operations Orchestration aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Microsoft Configuration Manager is designed for Server Monitoring and holds a mindshare of 5.3%, down 8.0% compared to last year.
OpenText Operations Orchestration, on the other hand, focuses on Process Automation, holds 0.7% mindshare, down 1.0% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

MikeNelson2

IT Infrastructure Coordinator at NSW Government

Deployment recovery works well but requires configuration improvements

While I do not use the product frequently, many issues were due to configuration rather than the product itself. I cannot give an exact recommendation as it is not my area of responsibility. The team that uses it finds it adequate. It is presently good enough for us not to investigate other options. Overall, I rate the product a six out of ten.

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Ahmed Salman

Performance & Monitoring Supervisor at Saudi Telecom Company

Increases productivity with automation and robust orchestration capabilities

The community is very powerful, with extensive knowledge bases available. There are ready-made workflows, integration with other products, a nice user interface, and reporting. The tool is flexible, agent-based or agentless. It allows significant automation and has robust orchestration and reporting capabilities. It is easy to configure and use, leading to increased efficiency across our IT processes.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution is stable."

"I like the data collection."

"The solution has a very good set of features."

"It works well for the endpoints for the customer I'm consulting. It has a bunch of knobs, and you can tune it to do lots of things."

"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is valuable in keeping our systems updated. We are able to send updates to all the systems. Additionally, the Intune integration is helpful."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is patch management."

"Microsoft Configuration Manager helps with patch management."

"Technical support is very helpful and very responsive."

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"It's very stable. If you ask me for the success rate metrics, it's more than 90% for both."

"In my environment, if I want to shut down all tools in one shot, I can create a workflow and run the workflow to shut down all tools in one go."

"The product is good functionality-wise. I am impressed with the tool's flexibility in customization."

"It has reduced the time taken to go to market. In the past, we were struggling with building these integrations, but now the process has sped up and there is an added advantage of quick delivery. In addition, it is an agent-less solution, which provides more flexibility in terms of multiple options."

"The community is very powerful, with extensive knowledge bases available."

Cons

"It does seem a bit buggy from time to time."

"I would like to see more automation."

"This solution needs to be supported on all Operating systems."

"The solution is a bit heavy on the sources such as RAM or CPU and the software needs to be a bit lighter."

"There were misconfigurations by our team rather than issues with the product itself. However, it does seem a bit buggy from time to time, based on what I have heard."

"The database should be made to be more stable and robust, but not so much the configuration."

"I currently need to increase my compliance level in the patching processes which this solution could improve on."

"The tool's deployment can be cumbersome."

More Microsoft Configuration Manager cons

"There were a lot of scalability issues that we initially faced. Whenever I tried to deploy 100-200 endpoints, it became a huge challenge. We had to actually start using other tools like Tivoli Endpoint Management in order to patch the issues."

"Only the tool's support can be a drawback where improvements are needed."

"The price is an area that should be addressed because the price is high."

"The tool's UI needs to be improved. It needs to have better administration features in future releases."

"I would prefer the addition of ready-made workflows for common scenarios such as Oracle database switchovers or Exchange server scenarios."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its licensing is quite complicated because we are getting the license not only for SCCM but for the full Microsoft package. We don't need to pay for a separate license. We need to have one license that includes everything we need, such as Windows, Microsoft 365, SCCM, encryption, and so on. So, we don't have a specific price for it. Perhaps, it is good that it includes the full suite of licensing of Microsoft. It is expensive, but we are getting a lot of features."

"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."

"We have to pay for a license."

"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."

"Presently, I am using a free trial version."

"I rate the price of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager an eight out of ten."

"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."

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"The cost is very high compared to anything else available."

"I do not have experience with the pricing or licensing of the product."

"The tool is expensive. I rate the tool a six if one is cheap and ten is very expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

26%

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Computer Software Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

How does Ansible compare to Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM)?

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager takes knowledge and research to properly configure. The length of time that the set up will take depends on the kind of technical architecture that your org...

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How to choose between ManageEngine Desktop Central and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (formerly SCCM)?

ManageEngine Desktop Central is very easy to set up, is scalable, stable, and also has very good patch management. What I like most about ManageEngine is that I can log on to every PC very easily a...

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What do you like most about SCCM?

One of the standout features of SCCM is its application management capabilities. It allows us to create packages efficiently and deploy them to specific groups within our network. This streamlined ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Operations Orchestration?

The pricing is medium, and the automation helps in cost and time savings, resulting in substantial value for money.

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What needs improvement with Operations Orchestration?

I would prefer the addition of ready-made workflows for common scenarios such as Oracle database switchovers or Exchange server scenarios. This would save time by not starting from scratch each time.

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What advice do you have for others considering Operations Orchestration?

This tool serves as a central management hub, allowing seamless control of various IT processes via one console. I rate this solution eight out of ten.

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Also Known As

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM )

Micro Focus Operations Orchestration, Operations Orchestration, HPOO, HPE Operations Orchestration

Overview

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.

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OpenText Operations Orchestration (OO) automates, integrates, and orchestrates any IT process, on cloud or off. Automate using low-code/no-code workflow authoring options. Integrate with an API rich, extensible platform. Centrally orchestrate powerful, scalable workflows.

With OO you can automate and orchestrate infrastructure automation and IT processes from service fulfillment to incident remediation, cloud service delivery, and disaster recovery.

Operations Orchestration offers the tools needed to provide enterprise wide orchestration capabilities:

Design automation workflows with a low-code/no-code designer canvas, content library, and API generator wizards.
Govern your automation in one place and centrally orchestrate powerful, scalable workflows in large, high availability environments.
Schedule workflows and make sure that SLAs are met and workflows execution happens when you need it.
Expose REST APIs to programmatically invoke orchestration from any external source.
Automate difficult interfaces with RPA robots that mimic screen based human actions.
Follow business and operational metrics to understand the value and the health of your orchestration environment.
Expose orchestration scenarios as services to your end users in an easy to use Self-Service catalog.

Operations Orchestration offers the following components:

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Sample Customers

Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad

Casablanca INT, Internet Initiative Japan, Railway Information Systems, Samsung SDS, and Turkcell.

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