We performed a comparison between Microsoft System Center and Windows Process Activation Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."The features that I have found most valuable are the ease of configuration and the easy discovery of the environment."
"Step-by-step documentation that clarifies the implementation procedure."
"Managment Packs for Microsoft-specific products, help us implement the best practices for each product."
"Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."
"The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."
"I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface)."
"It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the central console, that allows you to see all of the activated and deactivated computers."
"We have some bugs but it's stable. It doesn't break every day. It works. Like other applications, it has a lot of bugs but they're manageable."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"The solution's dashboard needs improvement."
"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster."
"The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The stability of the solution needs improvement."
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Microsoft System Center is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 17 reviews while Windows Process Activation Services is ranked 23rd in Application Infrastructure. Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8, while Windows Process Activation Services is rated 4.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft System Center writes "Good review of configurations, effective antivirus administration, and has weekly reports". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Process Activation Services writes "Central console enables us to see all of the activated and deactivated computers but it has poor alerts and frustrating technical support". Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite, whereas Windows Process Activation Services is most compared with Microsoft .NET Framework and IIS.
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