Microsoft Configuration Manager and BMC TrueSight Server Automation both compete in the IT management software category. BMC TrueSight Server Automation seems to have an upper hand due to its cross-platform capabilities and strong compliance features, addressing the needs of enterprises focused on versatility and compliance.
Features: Microsoft Configuration Manager offers a comprehensive set of functions including application deployment, operating system update automation, and patch management. BMC TrueSight Server Automation provides flexibility in managing multiple operating systems, automated patching, and seamless integration with vulnerability management solutions.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft Configuration Manager could improve WSUS performance, reduce resource consumption, and enhance compatibility with non-Windows devices. BMC TrueSight Server Automation could benefit from more intuitive provisioning features, better resource management, and expanded integrations particularly with modern IT environments such as cloud infrastructures.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Configuration Manager supports on-premises, public, private, and hybrid cloud deployments with reliable technical support, though responsiveness can be improved. BMC TrueSight Server Automation supports mainly on-premises deployment and is known for excellent customer service and comprehensive documentation.
Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Configuration Manager is often viewed as expensive for enterprises but may offer accessible packages for small and medium businesses. BMC TrueSight Server Automation is considered costly but justified by its extensive capabilities and solid support, though it may challenge budget-conscious organizations. Both products generally provide good ROI through features that boost operational efficiency.
Microsoft Intune is a comprehensive cloud-based service that allows you to remotely manage mobile devices and mobile applications without worrying about the security of your organization’s data. Device and app management can be used on company-owned devices as well as personal devices.
In an increasingly mobile workforce, Microsoft Intune keeps your sensitive data safe while on the move. Microsoft Intune makes it possible for your team members to work anywhere using their mobile devices. Microsoft Intune provides both the flexibility and the control needed for securing all your data on the cloud, no matter where the device with the data is located.
Microsoft Intune Device Management Key Features
With Microsoft Intune Device Management you can:
Mobile Application Management
Mobile application management in Intune is designed to protect your organization’s data at the application level.
With Microsoft Intune Application Management you can:
As part of Microsoft's Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) suite, Intune integrates with Microsoft Entra ID for access control and with Azure Information Protection for data protection. It also integrates with Microsoft 365 Applications.
Reviews from Real Users
Microsoft Intune stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its ability to secure all devices under its management and the flexibility that the solution offers its users.
A computing services manager notes, "Its security is most valuable. It gives us a way to secure devices, not only those that are steady. We do have a few tablets and other devices, and it is a way for us to secure these devices and manage them. We know they're out there and what's their status. We can manage their life cycle and verify that they're updated properly."
The head of IT engineering at a financial services company writes, "The one feature we find most useful is the Mobile Application Manager. There are two types: we have the complete MDM and the Mobile Application Manager (MAM). We don't give our users phones, it is their own personal phone, and we need to allow them to have access to the company details on their phone. We need to create a balance between their own personal data and the company data. We deploy the Mobile Application Manager for them so that we won't be able to interfere with their own personal data."
BladeLogic Server Automation allows you to quickly and securely provision, configure, patch, and maintain physical, virtual, and cloud servers.
· Threat remediation: Combine with BMC SecOps Response Service to link vulnerabilities to identified patches and create a remediation plan
· Compliance: Integrates role-based access control, pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP, documentation, and remediation
· Provisioning: Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning
· Configuration: Consistently manage change and configuration activities across a broad range of server environments with one tool
· Reporting: Assess change impact or complete an audit using multiple dashboard views
· Patching: Supports and follows maintenance window guidelines to ensure timely delivery of patches
Microsoft Configuration Manager helps IT manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. When Configuration Manager is integrated with Microsoft Intune, you can manage corporate-connected PCs and Macs along with cloud-based mobile devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, all from a single management console.
New features of Configuration Manager, such as the support of Windows 10 in-place upgrade, co-management with Microsoft Intune, Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Servicing Dashboard, integration with Windows Update for Business, and more make deploying and managing Windows easier than ever before.
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