May 23, 2017
I would not waste time in comparision. SCCM is best for Windows mgt.
Microsoft Configuration Manager and Tanium are competitors in the IT management space, focusing on system management and security. Based on feature robustness, user control, and proactive IT insights, Tanium has the upper hand in threat detection and vulnerability management.
Features: Microsoft Configuration Manager offers software deployment, OS imaging, and centralized management. Tanium provides threat detection, instant discovery, and robust security insights.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft Configuration Manager needs better integration with non-Microsoft products, more intuitive agentless capabilities, and improved resource efficiency. Tanium should enhance reporting clarity, reduce false positives, and simplify user interfaces.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Configuration Manager's on-premises setup is straightforward but labor-intensive. Customer service is satisfactory with variable support quality. Tanium offers cloud and on-premises options, appreciated for scalability but complex to deploy. Customer service is positively regarded with extensive documentation.
Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Configuration Manager is considered costly with licensing complexities, but users value its management capabilities for ROI. Tanium is pricier than competitors, especially in Latin America, yet its robustness is valued for streamlining operations and enhancing security.
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.
Tanium Endpoint Platform reduces security risk, improves agility & increases efficiency, a fundamentally new approach to endpoint security's threat detection, indicent response, vulnerability assessment and configuration compliance & with management's software distribution, asset utilization, asset inventory and patch management.
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