We performed a comparison between Ivanti Patch for Configuration Manager and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, HCLTech, Kaseya and others in Patch Management."This solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Ivanti Patch for SCCM is the detection logic."
"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."
"Technical support was helpful and responsive."
"Microsoft has done a good job with authentication solutions, such as single sign-on, or open authentication."
"Software deployment and WSUS are most valuable."
"It's helped us solve problems surrounding patching, installing, and reporting different patches, etc., on the virtual machines."
"The solution doesn't require any maintenance from our end because it is a cloud-based solution and Microsoft takes care of everything."
"It is a very well-rounded product. It is a complete package with all the features using which we are able to manage our PCs very efficiently."
"We have some problems with patches not installing successfully."
"In future releases, I would like to see improvements with the feature upgrade for the SCCM, which Microsoft has already integrated. Currently, Ivanti does not give us information about the enablement package."
"Regarding this, I'd like to mention the agent situation. When the agent on an end-user device is not functioning correctly, it can be quite problematic. It would be highly beneficial if there were a self-healing mechanism in place. Essentially, if the agent becomes corrupted or encounters issues, it should be able to rectify itself autonomously. This is particularly critical because, in order to utilize a tool like MECM (assuming you're referring to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager), we need to deploy agents, known as AsMs, on all the devices we use, such as Windows 10 or Windows Server. Sometimes, when we deploy configurations or updates, they don't apply properly due to agent issues. This issue has been present since we began using MECM around 23 years ago. Unfortunately, there is currently no built-in mechanism for the agent to detect its own problems and initiate self-repair. Microsoft doesn’t have any feature to scan vulnerabilities and hence, they could include those."
"Microsoft should extend support for additional platforms."
"It would be better if automation options were available. For example, in Nexthink or SysTrack, there is an analytical tool. Creating dashboards would be very easy if you implement the same thing in Microsoft. That report will be a daily cost to the customers and good revenue for our organization. The price also could be better. In the next release, we need to include some features like tables, dashboards, surveys, services, and metrics in the dashboard. Whatever we are implementing will be downloaded by a report. Apart from the report, we will telecast from the dashboard. It's very easy to compare, and it will be easy to telecast to the end-users."
"The downside of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is it's an on-premise-based solution. With the pandemic coming on board the need to support users across the globe has increased. For a while, we would use the in-built Microsoft Teams screen sharing feature but the disadvantage of that is you cannot perform privileged access. Microsoft does not give you access to that. That's where you need cloud-based tools, such as BeyondTrust or Freshservice."
"The database should be made to be more stable and robust, but not so much the configuration."
"This solution needs to be supported on all Operating systems."
"The configuration of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could be improved, it is a bit complicated."
"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."
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Ivanti Patch for Configuration Manager is ranked 13th in Patch Management with 2 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 1st in Patch Management with 78 reviews. Ivanti Patch for Configuration Manager is rated 7.6, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Ivanti Patch for Configuration Manager writes "Provides detection logic that tells us which customer will record an update and is less expensive than other solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". Ivanti Patch for Configuration Manager is most compared with Symantec Patch Management and Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium.
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