We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform 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."One of the most valuable aspects of Microsoft Intune is its seamless integration with Azure Active Directory, offering capabilities akin to Group Policy Objects."
"It works well if you have a Microsoft environment."
"One of the standout features of Intune is its seamless accessibility to work data, eliminating the need to be tied to an office or a desktop."
"The main advantage is that Intune performs its intended functions effectively."
"Intune provides full endpoint visibility and IT control across device platforms. You can individualize it for your company with the Intune Company Portal app."
"If the product works, remote access will be a benefit. To this point we have not had reason to have confidence in achieving that access."
"The ability to send configurations to our systems is valuable, particularly as we don't have a regular Windows AD server. Our current environment doesn't have a Windows AD, which limits our ability to push GPOs. However, this is where the solution can step in and help us push policies."
"I like the tool's integration with Apple. Anyone who creates an ID in Intune will get an Apple ID."
"The solution helps us save a lot of costs."
"This solution makes it easier to manage a multi-cloud environment and have your entire infrastructure as code."
"It is a stable solution."
"The environment is very good. That's awesome."
"The most valuable feature of Terraform is the ability to use it as a coding language because it works in a way that's similar to other coding languages."
"The most valuable features of Terraform are leveraging public modules for EKS, KMS, and ECR."
"The most valuable features of HashiCorp Terraform are automation and management capabilities."
"One of the most valuable features is that it offers the ability to create a VPC, Virtual Private Cloud and VPN connectivity to the VPC can be automated without having to do it manually."
"It does the job and meets our needs. With everybody working remotely these days, we are using this solution to deploy everything. The deployment of PCs is easy."
"It gives us the ability to set up schedules, according to what our security requirements are, to automate the patching of our servers and desktops."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager helps with patch management."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is the availability of being able to manage the Microsoft estate. It handles many areas, such as asset management and tracking."
"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."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to learn."
"The tool's most valuable features are easy patch management and software deployment."
"The initial setup is fairly straightforward."
"Integration with Mac devices requires some improvement."
"Data leak prevention can be integrated into it. Currently, it does not have data leak prevention."
"Lacks the ability to deploy more ways of management, managing devices and processing the policies."
"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."
"Reporting and troubleshooting for the application deployment could be better. It's very difficult to understand."
"Some enrollment features could be improved."
"While Intune works perfectly well, the only potential downside is that the deployment could be a bit complex for some users."
"It just doesn't handle software updates well at all by itself. You need to be a scripting wizard to make those happen properly, or you use third-party tools. The Windows feature updates are very difficult to implement. I would like to see a proprietary built-in remote control tool. I know that they have Team Viewer integrated, but it is not seamless. It would be nice if they had a seamless remote desktop capability directly from the Intune console."
"Lacks flexibility in common programming languages."
"On occasion, I have noticed a number of bugs in this solution that have needed to be fixed."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"From a user's perspective, it would be great if a UI tool is made available in the open source version as well, but I don't think it may be introduced because of the high costs for it announced by HashiCorp in its licensed version...HashiCorp Terraform can improve backward compatibility."
"The state locking functionality can be improved. In certain situations, we have to force-unlock the state, which sometimes does not work. When that happens, we have to manually go to the state backend and remove that particular state, which is kind of a cumbersome process. It should also have more functions, more expressions, and support for more products."
"If you are copying something from a well running machine to a remote machine, there are some issues with the current version, but it is acceptable."
"Terraform doesn't support Artifactory as a backend."
"I would want to see more programmatic capabilities implemented, such as if, else, and simple to manage things in terms of how I can use some programming functions to assist us to achieve more. I would like to have programming language-relevant features, to have programming language be the primary way."
"The solution should be more compatible with different versions of Linux."
"The setup was complex and I faced a lot of problems initially because I was new to the solution."
"In terms of the monitoring, the timeframe it takes to actually report back on the compliance of a device after it has been patched is a bit too long."
"One area of improvement is regarding the patching of Office 365 products. We have some difficulties on this side, and it can be improved."
"I would like to see more automation."
"The solution is on-premises. The cloud version of the product, if a person needs to be on the cloud, would be InTune, which already exists as an option. SCCM doesn't need to offer cloud features for this reason."
"As far as load balancing across, they don't have that support yet, so that you can actually build multiple primaries and have it load balance across. They don't have any of that functionality yet. That would be a nice feature, to scale that way."
"Its client interface should be more accessible, and the notifications should be more customizable from the console. It should be more user friendly and have some kind of customized notifications so that we can use it on the client side. These are the reasons why we restricted its use only for the server environment and didn't use it on the client side."
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HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, SaltStack, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BMC TrueSight Server Automation and SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager. See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
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