HPE System Management Homepage vs Microsoft Configuration Manager comparison

HPE System Management Homepage vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager

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Categories and Ranking

HPE System Management Homepage

Ranking in Server Monitoring

14th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Configuration Man...

Ranking in Server Monitoring

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Configuration Management (4th), Patch Management (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Server Monitoring category, the mindshare of HPE System Management Homepage is 1.7%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Configuration Manager is 5.3%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Juan Esteban

Consultant at Freelance

Offers reliability and helps with the virtualization part

The product integrates with our company's existing IT infrastructure, especially when it comes to MicroK8s and other on-premises servers. The tool also helps with the virtualization in the ecosystem of our company, where there are other tools from HPE. Performance and network optimization are some of the beneficial areas in terms of server management. Speaking about how the remote management ability of the product impacted our company's IT operations, I would say that my organization has dealt with areas like RDP, DDI, and DMC, depending on the requirements of our final customers. In my experience, the product has contributed four hours in terms of reliability and to ensure the uptime of our servers. When it comes to the day-to-day use of HPE System Management's interface, I would say that it connects with some of the best tools and Hyper-V console with the help of Microsoft. I recommended the solution to those who plan to use it. I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

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MikeNelson2

IT Infrastructure Coordinator at NSW Government

Deployment recovery works well but requires configuration improvements

While I do not use the product frequently, many issues were due to configuration rather than the product itself. I cannot give an exact recommendation as it is not my area of responsibility. The team that uses it finds it adequate. It is presently good enough for us not to investigate other options. Overall, I rate the product a six out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The interface is in continuous development and improves version by version."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy with the help of the framework consisting of Microsoft Azure."

"The managing and monitoring are the solution's most valuable features. They are something I find quite helpful in my work."

"I think it's stable, scalable, and flexible."

"This solution has improved our organization through the provision of efficient resource utilization and capacity planning."

"This is a good product and I recommend it."

"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."

"It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer."

"With the SCCM inventory, we found a lot of rogue applications. We were able to identify them, find out who was running them, and either put them on our application list or remove them."

"It gives us the ability to set up schedules, according to what our security requirements are, to automate the patching of our servers and desktops."

"The solution is stable."

"Provides great insight into the functionalities of the data scope."

"The main, clear valuable feature is updating the latest, patches and updates from Windows. This is the main feature we really utilize a lot."

"The ability to make collections and deploy to them has been great."

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Cons

"Our customers would like to see the price lowered."

"The return on investment report is too difficult to understand."

"If the solution could provide better integration to make it easier to manage everything on different servers, that would be helpful. Whatever servers a company has, be it IBM, Dell, etc., if the System Management could be a platform that links all of them together, it would make management across different server types easier."

"The product should increase the processing capacity and allow speedy deployment, as both of them are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"I think that support integration could be improved."

"The quality of service and support for this solution needs to be improved."

"It would be of benefit if Configuration Manager could be connected/integrated with multiple Microsoft Intune subscriptions rather than just one (the current limit)."

"The ability to integrate MDM would be great."

"The tool's deployment is difficult. Microsoft needs to improve documentation with videos."

"In spite of us being a premier customer we find the support unsatisfactory."

"Managing role-based access control within Microsoft Configuration Manager was not helpful because we had other identity management solutions specifically designated for identity management."

"Some of the capabilities aren't fully developed yet. It's an ongoing work in progress. I think they are making some steps in the right direction as far as managing workstations centrally, like Intune."

"I currently need to increase my compliance level in the patching processes which this solution could improve on."

"Cloud-based improvements need to be better managed."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of this product is fair."

"The license was included when we purchased the server."

"The support is yearly-based and the license is permanent."

"My company has invested 30,00,000 USD in the product."

"Microsoft provides a steep price for their enterprise products, but they offer very competitive pricing for their legacy customers."

"Along with buying a license for MECM, we also have to buy a service called CMG (Cloud Management Gateway) which is a virtual machine in the cloud with which you can link your MECM to the Azure tenant so as to manage teleworkers."

"We have to pay for a license."

"Its licensing is quite complicated because we are getting the license not only for SCCM but for the full Microsoft package. We don't need to pay for a separate license. We need to have one license that includes everything we need, such as Windows, Microsoft 365, SCCM, encryption, and so on. So, we don't have a specific price for it. Perhaps, it is good that it includes the full suite of licensing of Microsoft. It is expensive, but we are getting a lot of features."

"Presently, I am using a free trial version."

"The license price could be reduced for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager They should make the price more affordable for smaller companies, most companies would be able to use the solution if it was priced better. There are more people on this cloud because you don't have to have either a server room or an on-premise server. You can have one IT person handle this without any local infrastructure."

"Pricing is negotiable with Microsoft, depending upon which of their packages you choose."

"The price of SCCM depends on the size of the organization. The price is competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Retailer

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE System Management?

The product's initial setup phase is easy with the help of the framework consisting of Microsoft Azure.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE System Management?

My company has invested 30,00,000 USD in the product.

What needs improvement with HPE System Management?

The product should increase the processing capacity and allow speedy deployment, as both of them are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.

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Also Known As

HP System Management

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM )

Overview

The HPE System Management Homepage (SMH) consolidates and simplifies the management of ProLiant and Integrity servers running Microsoft Windows or Linux, or HPE 9000 and HPE Integrity servers running HP-UX 11i. By aggregating data from HPE Insight Management Agents and other tools, SMH provides a secure and intuitive interface to review in-depth hardware configuration and status data, performance metrics, system thresholds and software version control information. SMH can also be used to access the HPE Lights-Out Management processor on ProLiant and Integrity servers. SMH is part of the Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) or the Integrity Support Pack (ISP), and can be extended to meet specific system management requirements by integrating additional plug-in tools. SMH is easy to install and can be extended to meet specific system management requirements by integrating additional HPE plug-in management tools that include HPE Online Diagnostics and HPE Software Version Control Agents.

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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.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

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Bank Alfalah Ltd., Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, Dimension Data, Japan Business Systems, St. Lucie County Public Schools, MISC Berhad

HPE System Management Homepage vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager