Microsoft System Center Reviews

We use the tool to manage the updates. 

The tool has many valuable features, including license tracking, software deployment, and installation deployment. However, we primarily use it for Windows updates and deployment for Windows servers and desktops. It's a complex product but very well-managed. If you use all the features, they will be valuable to your organization. It allows you to deploy desktops, manage patches, and track various features.

I use the solution in my company for publishing the applications, pushing the upgrades, and pushing Microsoft-based security upgrades and patches, including software patches but excluding third-party patches. My company manages Microsoft System Center cost center-wise, so we deploy software tools based on cost center and teams so that people get software products directly with just one click on their system.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it helps us manage our company's application pool, license pool, application update pool, and OS updates.

We use the product to maintain desktops and laptops.

The product is very well integrated into the Microsoft environment.

We use Microsoft System Center to monitor infrastructure.

We like Microsoft System Center's Operations Manager. That is primarily why we use it.

I use the solution in my company to deal with the same use cases that we use Talend Open Studio for since we have to deal with data for business intelligence.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to use since the server comes with services installed in it, making it easy for my company.

In my previous work, they wanted to monitor all the servers in the banking systems. I used to be in the IT department of the bank, and they wanted to monitor the servers and the whole hardware infrastructure. They did a tech refresh, migrated some systems, and wanted to upgrade the whole server. So, we had to find a solution that would monitor the whole server when it comes to space, CPU usage, and activities.

The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface).

We primarily use the solution to:

• Maintain the patch and antivirus distribution environment for all our users;

• Generate reports that prove the distribution and installation of Patches and antivirus according to vulnerabilities/needs;

• Bank of weekly hours to perform punctual work related to Patch Management and antivirus and preparation of application packages for distribution to users;

• Ensure that patches and applications are compatible with our controlled environments, preparing an environment for validation testing before application in production (if necessary);

• Maintain and prepare the distribution of applications through SCCM;

• Manage, and create the Distribution of Windows Group Police to customers with the needs demanded;

• Have meetings with the requesting areas and with the IT teams involved;

• Handle effective antivirus administration, weekly reports, and Windows Defender update monitoring.

Microsoft System Center has brought us greater control to fix known vulnerabilities by deploying instantly throughout our workstation park. It is only necessary to be extremely careful that no configuration is replicated that could negatively affect the entire workstation park.

Microsoft System Center can be a huge ally in the IT park, where we can orchestrate many tasks automatically. Another interesting point is that we can upload images on our workstations quickly in a very short time. In summary, it is an excellent tool as long as it is administered correctly.

We use it for desktop and server security and critical updates, and for imaging Windows client machines, which would be Windows 10. That's our primary usage for that. We generate reports from it, showing the status of our infrastructure, our device infrastructure, I should say, for clients.

One of the big uses is also for endpoint protection updates. We use endpoint protection for anti-virus and anti-malware and that's all managed centrally.

We run security updates for endpoint protection daily. Any zero day threats that arise we're covered for those, assuming Microsoft has recognized there was an issue to patch for them. Generally, it's no more than 24 hours after something becomes available that we will have it deployed.