Microsoft System Center Reviews

Name: Microsoft System Center
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 3.9 (19 reviews)

3.9 out of 5

19 reviews
85% willing to recommend

465 followers

What is Microsoft System Center?

System Center helps customers realize the benefits of the Microsoft Cloud Platform by delivering unified management. Experience fast time-to-value with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection and self-service.

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Microsoft System Center is the #14 ranked solution in top Application Infrastructure solutions and #25 ranked solution in top Cloud Monitoring Software. PeerSpot users give Microsoft System Center an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. Microsoft System Center is most commonly compared to IBM BPM: Microsoft System Center vs IBM BPM.

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Ajinkya Mohod

System Security Engineer at Punch Powertrain nv

Speaking about the impact of the automation feature that impacted our company's operational efficiency, I can say that the complete tool works on automation. You just have to configure it, and it works, especially in areas like auto-patching updates. I suggest that others can definitely go ahead with Microsoft System Center, especially beginners who choose it, can get hands-on experience with it, and acquire a good understanding of how things work. In terms of the value and benefits derived from the use of the solution, I can say that my company's operations have been made simpler because of the product, especially in areas like user management and application management where we have been benefited a lot. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

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Bostjan Kukovicic

Engineer Specialist at Telekom Slovenije

The installation process is easy, but the configuration is quite complex. It involves setting up many components to use most of the features. It requires one engineer to work on the implementation. The time taken depends on the environment. It takes about a day to complete. Once everything is set up, it is easy to maintain.

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Celine Meesseman

Director at Ingenia

Microsoft System Center doesn't help streamline our company's data center management since our organization only deals with customers who have deployed the tool in their environment on an on-premises model. The management area of the tool is more difficult since the product is not available on the cloud or does not have a management console, like Talend. Speaking about the use cases involving the product's hybrid cloud management, I would say that Microsoft System Center is mostly used by project managers who don't directly use dataflows but need to check whether it is correct. A management console is important in the product. The feature of the tool with the largest impact on our company's IT efficiency stems from our use of SQL Server Integration Services and not from SQL Server Reporting Services. I can recommend the solution to those who use SQL Server. The benefit that I have seen from the use of the solution in our company stems from the fact that it is simple for me to implement with SQL Server, but I have no preferences in particular. I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

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Microsoft System Center mindshare

As of November 2024, the mindshare of Microsoft System Center in the Application Infrastructure category stands at 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

"The tool has many valuable features, including license tracking, software deployment, and installation deployment. However, we primarily use it for Windows updates and deployment for Windows servers and desktops. It's a complex product but very well-managed. If you use all the features, they will be valuable to your organization. It allows you to deploy desktops, manage patches, and track various features."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it helps us manage our company's application pool, license pool, application update pool, and OS updates."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."

Room for Improvement

"Microsoft System Center should be easier to manage. However, it is complex to deploy, so people hesitate to use it. Though it has many features, such as licensing, asset tracking, and software deployment, we mainly use it for Windows updates. It protects many screens and integrates with databases, but it's complex compared to other solutions. Many now use cloud-based products or other tools like Automox to deploy updates and manage vulnerabilities."
"For me, the tool's UI seems to be too old."
"In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times."

Pricing

"Microsoft System Center's licensing is costly."
"I rate the product price as five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is cheap and ten means it is expensive."
"I know that sometimes there is some reduction in the prices of Microsoft System Center because of the costs of Microsoft SQL Server, which can be advantageous."

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