We performed a comparison between AWS Systems Manager and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is quite policy-enabled, so you can build pretty much any policy to manage remote endpoints."
"I haven't used other mobile device management solutions, but compared to SCCM, we eliminate a lot of on-premises infrastructure and maintenance by using Intune."
"Conditional access has helped us tailor and enforce our security policies in the mobile space."
"I can reach devices or computers over the internet. I don't need to worry about the network connectivity between the offices. I can manage any device. That is the most important part."
"The most valuable feature of Intune is the central dashboard for compliance and policy management."
"The best feature is that we don't need to worry about downtime. We don't need to worry about the network connections of our office or the virtual private network. Everything is being done through the internet. Using Intune Autopilot, we can configure and deploy everything to the devices."
"I would say the biggest benefit is the single-pane view. There's no jumping around multiple UI's to do your overall management."
"Maturity makes it a stable product."
"When we do the automation in the cloud, we use the SSM agent. This helps us to test our automation and documents, and monitor the cloud."
"With AWS Systems Manager, our company can patch our systems directly from it, so we don't need to patch our systems manually."
"The solution's ability to scale is good."
"Systems Manager has a feature where it analyzes the logs and gives us a performance overview in the form of a graph. We know when it's taking up more resources and when there are spikes, so we can predict the usability."
"The solution is user-friendly"
"Has a variety of automation options."
"This solution captures all the devices in our infrastructure."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is very scalable."
"The solution doesn't require any maintenance from our end because it is a cloud-based solution and Microsoft takes care of everything."
"I manage software updates and operating systems for devices, and within seconds, we can remotely deploy a system for, say, 2,000 devices. Not only that, but we can also deploy scripts and create comprehensive compliance rules."
"There have to be made some improvement in WSUS and control in other non-Microsoft products updates."
"We're a Microsoft-centric organization, so we are happy with the integration between products."
"It uses detailed descriptions of the workstations, and that is good for me."
"Microsoft has done a good job with authentication solutions, such as single sign-on, or open authentication."
"Microsoft Intune lags market leaders, such as Apperian, in its MAM capabilities."
"Reporting and troubleshooting for the application deployment could be better. It's very difficult to understand."
"The reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports. For example, Windows Autopilot isn't working well in cases where the computers don't have a good internet connection. Then the option is not good enough."
"It's only good for a Microsoft environment."
"It should be easier to define policies and comply with those policies."
"The product needs to upgrade itself when the server is overloaded."
"We haven't really gone through all the features of Intune. We are just discovering them. Every day, we see a new feature that we want to apply, but what will be great for Intune is to be able to deploy apps in a simple fashion. We should be able to easily install various apps on the Windows platform, iOS, and Android. Currently, we have to write some scripts. It's not as straightforward as we would like it to be. It should be simplified so that we can do it just with three clicks—next, next, finish—without needing to write a script."
"More integration with monitoring tools is needed."
"We formerly used third-party products to analyze the log, give us information, and find bottlenecks. Systems Manager could provide more tools that conduct this analysis, so we don't have to do it ourselves."
"The current challenge is that we can't pull any incidents from other accounts."
"Additional features can be added as per customer requirements."
"The fact that AWS Systems Manager takes time to complete the patching process, makes it an area where improvements are required."
"Lacks sufficient integrations."
"The AWS UIs are not the most intuitive. Also, the usability needs room for improvement."
"Based on my experience with SCCM 2016, the main, big issue is not having a good user-friendly environment. It needs much better GUI."
"The ability to integrate MDM would be great."
"It should provide the ability to remotely connect to mobile devices. There are some solutions that are doing that, but with Microsoft Intune, the only way to remotely connect to devices outside the organization and mobile devices is by using TeamViewer. It is pretty strange for a big company like Microsoft to not have something for that."
"This solution needs to be supported on all Operating systems."
"SCCM can improve on third-party application support."
"It needs to be able to load faster during deployment."
"Could do with some cosmetic improvements on the user interface."
"Some of the capabilities aren't fully developed yet. It's an ongoing work in progress. I think they are making some steps in the right direction as far as managing workstations centrally, like Intune."
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AWS Systems Manager is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 6 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews. AWS Systems Manager is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS Systems Manager writes "Offers a variety of automation options; simplifies governance and administration ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". AWS Systems Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Satellite, AWS CloudFormation, BigFix and Chef, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and Red Hat Satellite. See our AWS Systems Manager vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
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