We performed a comparison between Microsoft System Center and Windows Server AppFabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."
"The solution is easily available. That's its most valuable aspect."
"Good for managing and administering the infrastructure."
"Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."
"The deployment and asset management features are the most valuable. These are the product's main features."
"System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment."
"The installation process is easy."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The product's deployment phase was very easy."
"The most valuable feature is AppFabric's hosting solution, which is what we need for running workflows."
"It is very usable and easy to understand. Antivirus and VPN are the main features being used now. It allows my clients to access the network from home, which was very crucial because of the pandemic."
"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."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster."
"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."
"Could be more user friendly."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."
"The product is unable to connect with different cloud services."
"Its price and licensing policy can be improved. It could be a little cheaper. Licensing is sometimes confusing. There are so many different options. It is difficult to find out what to buy or what to choose for my necessity."
"Microsoft will stop supporting the product next year, and we can't run unsupported programs in our systems."
Microsoft System Center is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 17 reviews while Windows Server AppFabric is ranked 18th in Application Infrastructure with 3 reviews. Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8, while Windows Server AppFabric is rated 8.0. 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 Server AppFabric writes "Offers good monitoring capabilities and ease of setup". Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite, whereas Windows Server AppFabric is most compared with IIS.
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