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."The solution appears to be stable and scalable."
"I can see that the patch management process is much improved with the bundled patch management option available in Microsoft Intune compared to the KPI deployment required by the other deployment solutions."
"This product offers an alternative solution to other UEM (Unified Endpoint Management) solutions."
"If you need only to load a specific profile and you don't have deep security functionalities, et cetera, Intune is very nice and good."
"There has been a noticeable increase in productivity for both my organization and clients."
"The most important thing for me is the autopilot feature."
"Intune can wipe devices. For example, if a disgruntled employee wants to leak the data on their company phone, Intune can terminate their access and wipe the entire device with a click."
"It works well if you have a Microsoft environment."
"Has a variety of automation options."
"With AWS Systems Manager, our company can patch our systems directly from it, so we don't need to patch our systems manually."
"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."
"The solution's ability to scale is good."
"AWS provides Auto Scaling groups."
"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"
"Endpoint Manager is valuable to our organization because it allows us to connect to our enterprise from remote locations securely. The most useful feature is its robustness and scalability. It is highly scalable and flexible, allowing us to use it in various environments. Additionally, we can specialize the policies related to each device group. This ensures that each group has access to the applications they need for their work and non-work hours."
"The product is useful for patch management."
"There have to be made some improvement in WSUS and control in other non-Microsoft products updates."
"Software deployment and WSUS are most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is patch management."
"The solution has a very good set of features."
"Patching is very effective and reporting is very good."
"I like its ease of use. It does what you need it to do, and it's a one-stop-shop for the company and for all your deployments. If you incorporate Intune into it, you can have both. You can bring your own devices and corporate devices, and everything runs out of SCCM and Intune."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with Apple."
"Intune should be much more granular in terms of supporting more Android cellular devices."
"Deploying an app can be a complex process due to dependencies."
"A new Intune feature allows application packaging, but it incurs additional licensing costs for a significant number of applications."
"We only have major classifications for iOS and Android, but there are different brands that have different cycles of updates. If they can fine-tune it to make it more brand-specific, that would be even better."
"Reporting in Microsoft solutions is pathetic. With Intune, I'm getting a free inventory tool, but I don't get a reporting tool. When I go to Intune, I can see one machine's entire data in terms of the hardware and the software running on it, but I cannot generate a report for all the machines in the organization. The reporting is the only feature holding back the functionality that is already there."
"The policies we had in SCCM and AD offered features that are missing from Microsoft Intune."
"There are a couple of issues with stability."
"Lacks sufficient integrations."
"The fact that AWS Systems Manager takes time to complete the patching process, makes it an area where improvements are required."
"The current challenge is that we can't pull any incidents from other accounts."
"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."
"AWS does not have EKS cluster backup."
"The AWS UIs are not the most intuitive. Also, the usability needs room for improvement."
"Additional features can be added as per customer requirements."
"The solution can be improved with the addition of a mobile device manager."
"Could do with some cosmetic improvements on the user interface."
"I would like to see more automation."
"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 main room for improvement is the on-screen display. I think it would be good if some improvements were made."
"The solution could improve the functionality for automating, license management. Additionally, more and better-looking reports are needed."
"Devices like smartphones and tablets are managed very well on VMware, however, they are absent in SCCM. I could configure iPad from the VMware site and it was done very easily. It should be just as possible on SCCM."
"Their compliance reporting is not accurate, and they admitted it on the phone when we had a call with them. We were trying to understand why their numbers didn't match on our compliance reports. It is not accurate and you cannot depend on the compliance reports. The numbers just don't match, and we can't figure out why. We called Microsoft and they said, "Yeah, that's a known issue." But there is no word that they're working on it."
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AWS Systems Manager is ranked 6th in Configuration Management with 7 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews. AWS Systems Manager is rated 8.0, 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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