We performed a comparison between Ivanti Security Controls and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Patch Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What has been most valuable is the ability to manage, restore and install upgrades and applications. We scan PCs and server and receive results."
"Technical support is helpful and responsive."
"The technical support is good."
"Patching is the main feature because SCCM is made to control the entire environment without manually interpreting. So it is good to use for patching."
"The solution effectively handles inventory management, deployment, and reporting."
"With the right administrator, application deployment can do wonders."
"The initial setup is fairly straightforward."
"It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer."
"The ease of usability is the most valuable feature. It's user-friendly."
"The ability to make collections and deploy to them has been great."
"It should be more scalable."
"For the Windows upgrade, the errors we experience are not clear. We see a time out error but do not know the reason. We would like to know the root cause."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager can improve by allowing us to schedule the scripts, we don't have a script scheduling option and have to do it manually."
"I'm looking for a single solution for all discovery needs. It fulfills about 40% of the requirements, and I'd like to see the other 60% so that I don't have to keep doing this."
"They should improve their anti-malware policies like the SCEP policies. For instance, you can't have different policies for different servers, there is only one policy in all the servers, and everything is covered under that. For example, say you want to scan one group of servers on Saturday, and then you want to scan another group of servers on Sunday, you can't do that. You have to scan all your servers, a regular scan or a full scan, on the same day and at the same time. That's definitely one thing they need to resolve. In the next release, it would actually be nice if they included Apple products. It will also help if you can use Intune again. Their compliance reporting feature could also be better. They can maybe work a bit on that for patching now. It would be better if SCCM came with the functions of Right Click Tools built-in. If SCCM would have all those functions already built-in, we won't have to go and spend $5,000, just as an add-in from another company to get those functions."
"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."
"The time the solution takes for updating systems could be quicker. For example, the system information status is not updating as it should. Additionally, the database synchronization querying is slow and could be improved."
"The reports are too busy. They could be simpler. I'm a technician, so I don't care how pretty the reports look. They should be easy to read. I'm designing this for production folks. They need to read the reports quickly when they're patching in the middle of the night."
"Cloud-based improvements need to be better managed."
"In spite of us being a premier customer we find the support unsatisfactory."
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Ivanti Security Controls is ranked 14th in Patch Management with 2 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 1st in Patch Management with 78 reviews. Ivanti Security Controls is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Ivanti Security Controls writes "Straightforward to set up and good support but needs to be on the cloud". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". Ivanti Security Controls is most compared with Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Ivanti Patch for Linux, UNIX, Mac, Ivanti Patch for Endpoint Manager, Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune and NinjaOne, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium. See our Ivanti Security Controls vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
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