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Microsoft Configuration Manager vs vCenter Configuration Manager comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 24, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Intune
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Ranking in Configuration Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
233
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (1st), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (1st), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (1st)
Microsoft Configuration Man...
Ranking in Configuration Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
Server Monitoring (3rd), Patch Management (1st)
vCenter Configuration Manager
Ranking in Configuration Management
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
54
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 12.0%, up from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Configuration Manager is 14.4%, down from 15.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Configuration Manager is 0.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Q&A Highlights

Ariel Lindenfeld - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 26, 2015
 

Featured Reviews

Gaurav Chandola - PeerSpot reviewer
We can manage all aspects of our devices from a single console, easy to scale, and quick to deploy
Intune has many benefits from the Microsoft perspective. This solution can manage Windows 10 devices, app management, and provide security solutions. We don't need to worry about our network connection, and we'll be more secure with regular security patches and compliance. Since everything will be deployed through the internet and users will log in using the internet only, the risks have been mitigated. Security updates, security patching, and the application will be targeted from Intune. The location tracker will be available to track where the device is and the user's location. The user will be restricted from accessing certain applications using compliance policies. Conditional access policies will be based on the reason why the user needs access to the application. Microsoft Intune is one of the best products in the industry for managing Windows devices. The solution has more feature restrictions. The conditional access policies also eliminate the dependency on the on-prem network for the devices. The solution also manages our security settings and a lot of other beneficial features such as Microsoft Purview which gives us the compliance portion. We can manage all aspects of our device from a single console, including M365 services. This allows us to configure data classification types, such as public, private, internal, confidential, and highly confidential.
Abul Fazal - PeerSpot reviewer
Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable
The initial setup for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is simple. However, the configuration and management are not simple. Most of my clients are using the on-premise configuration. Cloud deployment is cumbersome because It requires lots of system communication to open from the cloud, and every client has to communicate with the cloud. We follow the Microsoft best practices procedure and white papers for implementation. Which includes single and multiple server deployments. The time it takes for deployment depends on the client's environment, such as the configuration and customization needed. However, the process can typically take two to three weeks to complete.
Karthik PR - PeerSpot reviewer
A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs
The solution is completely scalable. We can implement it as a single federation with up to 96 nodes. There are a lot of products in VMware. For SMB customers, there is a product called Essentials. An SMB can use Essentials for over 500 users. However, Essentials can only be used on three hosts. There is a product known as the Essentials Plus kit that comes with vSphere, vCenter, and other products. The Standard license has socket-based licenses. Support with Essentials will be taken care of, and the product comes with management software, a hypervisor, and more. Though it costs a lot less, the functionality is very limited. The customer should go with the Standard edition when looking for higher functionality or more VMs or stability. They should go with the Enterprise Plus editions if they are looking for DRS, which means distributed resource scheduler and fault tolerance.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is easy to use, simple to understand for those new to using it, and combined with the other Microsoft products it makes for an overall good package."
"I like how Intune brings everything into one place. For example, you can set up conditional access to applications and devices inside Intune. I also like the segregation inside the Intune devices. You can segregate them by Windows, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Android. You can sort it by platform, so you don't need to go into the devices section."
"The Mobile Device Management in Intune is a valuable feature."
"The biggest thing for us is enforcing logins only from devices that are managed by Intune."
"The reporting and analytics features in Microsoft Intune have been a lifesaver."
"Dynamic groups allow us to set conditions for automatic membership, eliminating the need for user intervention or manual review and ensuring a seamless workflow."
"Its protection policies are most valuable. It protects mobile devices as well as individual apps. It is pretty scalable, and its documentation is also pretty good. It is also pretty straightforward to deploy."
"Intune significantly simplifies application deployment, mobile application management, and policy enforcement, such as restricting user access to specific applications, thereby enhancing overall environment security."
"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."
"Patching is very effective and reporting is very good."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager is integrated with other Microsoft products."
"It has the ability to perform mass distribution."
"The solution effectively handles inventory management, deployment, and reporting."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is it's incredibly simple to configure and execute changes in bulk, allowing for seamless deployment. With this solution, you can easily track the status of all modifications and send them with ease, making it a comprehensive and efficient solution for any necessary adjustments."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is the availability of being able to manage the Microsoft estate. It handles many areas, such as asset management and tracking."
"It uses detailed descriptions of the workstations, and that is good for me."
"It's a very nice solution for our needs."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the ability to manage all of our environments allowing us to have better functionality and high availability."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is a mature solution with high quality."
"The tool's scalability is good and easy, especially when compared to Microsoft Hyper-V."
"vCenter is very easy to use if you have good skills. It takes a little time to configure everything. It is template-based, so you click, click, and then reboot. It takes 15 minutes."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to see which virtual machines need more resources or are over-committed."
"The clustering part and the load balancing part are most valuable."
"The most valuable features of vCenter Configuration Manager are highly mature technology."
 

Cons

"There are a lot of small use cases where we realized that some technical solution was missing in Microsoft in comparison to other products. For example, it lacks something similar to sensing or location-based rules and configurations."
"Although Intune is from the same provider, its integration with other Microsoft products, like Microsoft Defender or Microsoft Purview, could be improved."
"Reporting needs improvement."
"Sometimes, updating a client policy is very difficult. This needs to be improved."
"It would be better if they can reduce the cost of the license."
"There can be some added features, such as an improved dashboard. Any new feature that could be a benefit to our customers would be good."
"Reporting could be improved. It needs to be more expensive and robust."
"Manually syncing devices to enforce policies is cumbersome."
"The tool's deployment is difficult. Microsoft needs to improve documentation with videos."
"On some hardware, we'd like an easier way to get peripherals attached."
"The time the solution takes for updating systems could be quicker. For example, the system information status is not updating as it should. Additionally, the database synchronization querying is slow and could be improved."
"I would like to see an agentless version of the solution."
"Based on my experience with SCCM 2016, the main, big issue is not having a good user-friendly environment. It needs much better GUI."
"The solution is on-premises. The cloud version of the product, if a person needs to be on the cloud, would be InTune, which already exists as an option. SCCM doesn't need to offer cloud features for this reason."
"Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it."
"The main thing is that SCCM has to become an appliance instead of a server. When I say appliance, it has to come preconfigured so that it is drop-shipped into the enterprise and then you activate the feature sets that you want. It should pull down all the latest binaries. Once that is all there, it should have a discovery tool which goes out and discovers the assets within an enterprise. If the server, workstation, and applications are all coming from the same vendor, why not have the vendor do this work for us and automate it as much as it possibly can?"
"It would be better to integrate this infrastructure with native cloud environments, but we can't do it. We are trying to improve our experience by converting our infrastructure through virtualization on native cloud environments and workloads."
"The tool needs to improve its interface."
"They could improve the hybrid-cloud environment and its management, not only for the local host but also including the connection between public and private cloud."
"The solution could provide even more capacity."
"It lacks the capability to manage the other systems."
"When vCenter is in a Microsoft environment, there is a lot of licensing involved, where we face some difficulties."
"It should be easier to use alternate storage."
"The ease of setup and installations could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Intune is often included as part of a bundle with other Microsoft licenses, which makes it somewhat cheaper."
"The product is relatively pricey, but considering its benefits, I'd say it's fair. The benefits outweigh the expensive licensing fees, especially for large organizations, but medium-sized and smaller businesses may be unable to afford it."
"The pricing for Intune and the competitor products are all within the same range, there is no true advantage when it comes to cost."
"Microsoft Intune is more expensive than other solutions, but it offers a wider range of features and control."
"We spend a lot of money on Intune licensing, and some of our users have to be double licensed just because of how our dev and corporate environments are segmented."
"The licensing costs we leave up to the customer and these vary from one to another."
"The licensing is on a yearly basis."
"It's reasonable. They're not giving it away, but it's reasonable."
"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."
"The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for."
"The price is competitive and reasonable."
"SCCM comes with its own version of SQL Server. If you use that SQL Server with SCCM and don't use it for another applications than you get an SQL Server for free."
"For enterprises, there is an annual license required to use this solution. The price of the solution could be cheaper. However, this is mostly because of the exchange rate from the dollar to the Nigerian currency."
"Pricing is negotiable with Microsoft, depending upon which of their packages you choose."
"There is an annual license needed to use the solution."
"The price of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is expensive."
"Their licensing costs are high. But I think for the scale that we are using, it's suitable. If you use it on a larger scale with many servers, you have to pay a lot of money for them. I think it's suitable for organizations that don't need expert people that want more money each year or each month because it's a straightforward solution. We prefer to pay for these products that are integrated and straightforward."
"Price-wise, the product is an affordable one. The additional expenses, apart from the licensing costs of the solution, are attached to the support a user wants to receive from vCenter Configuration Manager's end."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"We have to pay for the whole bundle and individual pricing is not available. One license costs us almost $200 every year."
"I have a license to cover four hosts."
"While the pricing is reasonable for large corporations, it presents a substantial financial challenge for medium-sized businesses."
"vCenter's pricing is reasonable, but nowadays, they are drastically increasing their prices, which is pathetic."
"The solution is quite expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
26%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about SCCM?
One of the standout features of SCCM is its application management capabilities. It allows us to create packages effi...
What do you like most about vCenter Configuration Manager?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Configuration Manager?
The product price and licensing fees are reasonable, especially when compared to other products in the market.
What needs improvement with vCenter Configuration Manager?
From my perspective, I won't recommend any changes in the operations associated with VMware Live Recovery (VLR). The ...
 

Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM )
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Sample Customers

Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway
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