We are using VMware Workspace ONE for Mobility management.
Director - Cloud Security Services at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Simple management, easy setup, but expensive
Pros and Cons
- "The solution's single plane of glass approach is beneficial. The endpoint management is very good and specific. One of their competitors is Intune, and you have leaks from other services within the Microsoft ecosystem."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution's single plane of glass approach is beneficial. The endpoint management is very good and specific. One of their competitors is Intune, and you have leaks from other services within the Microsoft ecosystem.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using VMware Workspace ONE for approximately three months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The scalability is good.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
VMware Workspace ONE is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The support was good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Microsoft Intune.
How was the initial setup?
We had no problems setting up the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
VMware Workspace ONE is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
Based on our environment, VMware Workspace ONE was easy enough to use in some cases. In other cases, there were some challenges.
I rate VMware Workspace ONE a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
SAP BASIS Technical Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
A scalable, stable, and easy-to-deploy solution that gives us the ability to control mobiles remotely
Pros and Cons
- "It is like any other mobile solution. It gives us the ability to control remotely, and that is what we like. We can wipe out and deploy remotely."
- "They do have a good integration, but there is a long way to go as far as integration is concerned. They need to integrate with the cloud solutions a little bit more. We are looking for Azure integration."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for managing mobiles at a very elementary level. Basically, we want to control mobiles and allow a limited number of apps.
What is most valuable?
It is like any other mobile solution. It gives us the ability to control remotely, and that is what we like. We can wipe out and deploy remotely.
What needs improvement?
They do have a good integration, but there is a long way to go as far as integration is concerned. They need to integrate with the cloud solutions a little bit more. We are looking for Azure integration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for a year at the most.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable. There are no stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It scales well. Everybody in our organization is using it.
How are customer service and technical support?
They are perfect. They are available whenever we need them.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We didn't use any other solution previously.
How was the initial setup?
It was simple.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its pricing was okay for our company.
What other advice do I have?
I don't have any experience with other similar solutions, so I can't compare it with others. We decided to go with it and stick with it. It served the purpose in my previous organization. It is also serving the purpose in this organization. It is pretty good. VMware is one of the leaders.
I would rate VMware Workspace ONE a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
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Application Support Specialist at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees
A great solution for protecting your mobile devices
Pros and Cons
- "The remote management and location capabilities are good."
- "The app installer is something that they should really change. It creates a lot of confusion for the user."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution simply for the management of iPads.
What is most valuable?
The remote management and location capabilities are good. We don't use the Find My iPhone app, so this has helped a lot.
What needs improvement?
The app installer is something that they should really change. It creates a lot of confusion for the user. The app installer will notify you when an update is available, but it doesn't tell you what's going to be installed. So if you tell the user to update, they won't do it because if they look at the app installer, they're going to see that they have the latest version.
They also need a different UI for the app installer.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for three to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's stable. Every now and then you have some hiccups, but overall, it's a stable product. In regards to stability, I would give it an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and technical support?
It really depends on the issue that you have. Some support members can really answer the questions, and some of them seem really lost regarding what to do; then you get escalated from one department to another, so it really depends on what's going on.
What other advice do I have?
On a scale from one to ten, I would give VMware Workspace ONE a rating of eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
music and programming with 501-1,000 employees
Upgrades have to be scheduled, and the features we need are too expensive
Pros and Cons
- "We can impose cybersecurity requirements."
- "We're unhappy with the quality of support we get for it. We're unhappy with how upgrades occur, so we are migrating away from it. We have an on-premise AirWatch solution and for us to do upgrades we have to call AirWatch to be able to perform the upgrades. They're busy, and scheduling it is not timely enough for us."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for managing BYOD devices and also for government-furnished devices - we support the Department of Energy. We use it for about 1500 devices.
How has it helped my organization?
It makes us more efficient in managing these devices, in lieu of not having it, that's for sure. We can also impose cybersecurity requirements.
What is most valuable?
For the most part it works, that's valuable to us.
What needs improvement?
We're unhappy with the quality of support we get for it. We're unhappy with how upgrades occur, so we are migrating away from it. We have an on-premise AirWatch solution and for us to do upgrades we have to call AirWatch to be able to perform the upgrades. They're busy, and scheduling it is not timely enough for us.
There are features that we want like the ability to use Derived Credentials and things like that, which we can do with AirWatch, but doing so we move up into a different tier of licensing and the cost increases dramatically. To get the features we want, we can do the same thing with Microsoft Intune and we're going to see a product savings of over $70,000 a year.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a individual & family service with 501-1,000 employees
It lets us see whether users have rooted their phones and allows us to set standards before letting phones onto our network. It lacks, however, app-level support.
Valuable Features
- Mobile provisioning
- Security
- Some mobile application provisioning
Improvements to My Organization
It lets us see whether users have rooted their phones, and set standards before letting phones on our network. It has minimal OS levels, and provides the abilities to enforce security.
Room for Improvement
- Application-level support
- Per-app VPN coming together
Stability Issues
It hasn’t always been good, but getting better. We do quasi-hosted situations, so getting it to the right level took a while.
Scalability Issues
I don't have the visibility of this.
Customer Service and Technical Support
We haven't had to use it.
Initial Setup
I wasn't involved in the setup.
Other Solutions Considered
We chose Airwatch because it has a good setup, is easy to administer, and the POC was good.
Other Advice
I would recommend it, as it's very stable and robust. Make sure you stay current with it, and up to date.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Datacenter Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Easy deployment with good performance and can scale well
Pros and Cons
- "The solution has proven to be very stable."
- "It's a costly product. It would help if they could offer it at a discount."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for our client, a university. We use it in the lab for the students.
What is most valuable?
The solution is easy to deploy. It's got a straightforward implementation that isn't hard to execute.
The product offers very good performance.
We're able to use HTML for the web connection, which is quite helpful.
The solution has proven to be very stable.
We find the solution is rather scalable.
What needs improvement?
It would be very helpful if we could integrate it directly into the database.
It's a costly product. It would help if they could offer it at a discount.
It would be ideal if the solution could enhance the user interface and make a modern dashboard.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for just one year. Previously, we used Horizon 7. I haven't been using this solution for very long.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable. It doesn't have bugs or glitches that affect its performance. It doesn't crash or freeze at all. It's pretty reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. If a company needs to expand it, it should be able to do so without issue.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support for this solution is very good. They are knowledgeable and responsive. We're pretty happy with them so far and have been satisfied with the level of service we receive.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is not too complex to set up. We found the implementation fairly easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is quite expansive.
What other advice do I have?
We're a VMware partner.
Overall, I would rate the solution eight out of ten. It's quite good, however, it's also quite expensive.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
Talent Acquisition Leader at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
If an outside person tries to track or hack information, it is not possible without us being notified
Pros and Cons
- "If an outside person tries to track or hack information, it is not possible without us being notified."
- "The console comes bunched together as a package and inbuilt. Its called Workspace ONE. Whenever we have an issue, we contact the service provider, and instead of a fix, we are just getting the next version of Workspace ONE."
What is our primary use case?
We use it against security breaches. We have a lot of corporate information, which is highly confidential. We don't want that information to be leaked. We have AirWatch to avoid allowing everybody access to all the information and using it. Once an employee's device is enrolled, everything is under security, so there won't be any opportunities for security breaches.
How has it helped my organization?
We are sending emails from one person to another person in the same domain. This falls under security. We need there to be no security breaches, when we are sending emails which are confidential. There can be no points of leakage. If an outside person tries to track or hack information, it is not possible without us being notified.
What is most valuable?
- Application management: Apply application to users via a catalog or app store.
- Content management: Attachments, documents, PDFs, etc. and emails should be encrypted.
- Device management: Basic troubleshooting.
- Email management: Avoid email hacks.
What needs improvement?
The console comes bunched together as a package and inbuilt. Its called Workspace ONE. Whenever we have an issue, we contact the service provider, and instead of a fix, we are just getting the next version of Workspace ONE.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Datacenter TeamLeader at Crystal Neworks Egypt
Scalable with good technical support, but integration needs improvement
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is that it will use my credentials to access various parts of the infrastructure or other solutions, such as vRealize."
- "Many of the features that exist in Active Directory do not exist in Identity Manager, which means that people depend on Active Directory."
What is our primary use case?
I use this solution as a single sign-on, and I can join other domains in my environment. You can also get permission from the users to access something from my desktop or portable.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is that it will use my credentials to access various parts of the infrastructure or other solutions, such as vRealize.
If some kind of disaster happens then it is possible to restore the identity manager database from a backup.
What needs improvement?
I would like to integrate this solution with VRE and VDI. They can now be installed, but they operate as separate components.
Many of the features that exist in Active Directory do not exist in Identity Manager, which means that people depend on Active Directory.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for approximately three years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution. We can have dual or multiple identity managers and replicate data between them.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support is good and we have had no problem with them.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
This is a solution that I recommend.
For the purpose that this solution is designed for it works great, but it doesn't compare well with other solutions.
I would rate this solution a five out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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