We performed a comparison between AWS CloudFormation and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I believe that the solution is actually in Gartner's top quadrant at the moment for mobile device management."
"For Windows services, there are multiple options within Intune to modernize it to be more internet-facing and dynamic."
"The most valuable feature is probably mobile device management. Small businesses are coming under greater scrutiny and requirements for compliance as time goes on. We don't have to worry about a VPN because we can manage these devices, control company data, and lock users out. If needed, we can remotely wipe devices and deadman-switch them."
"One of the standout features of Intune is its seamless accessibility to work data, eliminating the need to be tied to an office or a desktop."
"It is quite policy-enabled, so you can build pretty much any policy to manage remote endpoints."
"Intune's unified endpoint management platform is invaluable."
"Intune enables us to manage our devices from anywhere."
"The policy and compliance monitoring of devices and the software deployment are most valuable."
"What I found most valuable in AWS CloudFormation is its configurability. The solution is easy to configure. I also like its change management configuration because that's also good."
"It allows defining the infrastructure as code using templates, which describe the desired state of the infrastructure."
"Its ability to treat infrastructure's code is valuable. It makes things automatable and reproducible."
"Versioning makes our work easy."
"AWS Cloud automation reduces the time needed to create AWS resources."
"I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. We use it every day."
"CloudFormation itself is free to use. You will be charged for the resources you deploy using CloudFormation."
"The most valuable features of AWS CloudFormation are all the resources documentation is located in one location, simple resource reverting, and ease of use of the full package for new users."
"I like a lot of the reporting capabilities and baseline configurations."
"The product is very stable compared to older versions."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager gives different tools in one solution."
"SCCM is a stable solution."
"Valuable features include configurations enforcement, compliance data gathering, and deployment of a standardized OS."
"It is a very good solution. It has a good interface and is easy to use. On top of that, it is very reliable in terms of distribution as well as getting the report."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager is integrated with other Microsoft products."
"Offers good patching."
"I know that their AI pieces are at the infancy stage, but allowing users to do more tagging for information would be an interesting thing because Intune also directly integrates with Azure. Because a lot of the devices are hosted with that, you also get a lot of tagging of user data and other things like that."
"Additional application deployment options e.g. MSI deployment with more complex parameters or additional side-by-side files, and non-MSI deployment options."
"Reporting and troubleshooting for the application deployment could be better. It's very difficult to understand."
"An issue we have run into with Microsoft Endpoint Manager is that we cannot patch third-party products like Adobe and Chrome with it."
"When Microsoft Intune is used with different android devices it does not always work as it is supposed to."
"There can be more logs. I do not have any other requirements."
"The reporting is subpar. That's the only issue we have with Intune. We use another solution for that purpose."
"The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type."
"The product should be made cloud-agnostic, allowing users to deploy the same environment with minimal tweaks across different cloud platforms, similar to Terraform. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have the ability to manage templates outside of the AWS environment."
"CloudFormation is not particularly good at handling cross-account dynamic references. If you try to refer to an object that CloudFormation has created in a separate AWS account, it tends to fall apart. That's because it is a byproduct of the multi-tenant configuration. This is the most glaring shortcoming in my perspective because you can't dynamically reference objects in other accounts that CloudFormation has created, but it is not a shortcoming that you can't overcome. This is the only pain point that I've come across that didn't have a workaround natively. Sometimes the confirmation is slow, and it could be faster. The downside to CloudFormation when you're fully embracing it is that the AWS services do not get released immediately fully CloudFormation enabled. If you need to use the latest AWS service that just got announced or reinvented, you're not going to be able to continue with CloudFormation for the first X number of months. This is because they develop the products separately, and then they hand it to the CloudFormation team, which later on develops a CloudFormation integration. So, if you need to be on the newest thing AWS has, CloudFormation is often going to be a constraint that prevents you from doing that."
"The speed of the replication process could improve. It can take some time to replicate that could use a speed increase."
"For a beginner, it's kind of difficult to set up. So, the user does need some knowledge in order to do it."
"There is less support for on-premise environments."
"Error-handling features can be improved."
"The solution must enable more hands-on designing of the templates."
"The solution needs to offer better support to other cloud vendors."
"The availability of technical support could improve."
"SCCM should strive to enhance the accuracy of its reporting functions in order to avoid any issues with incorrect or inaccurate data."
"There should probably be better remote support. They should also continue to improve on patch management, patching, and creating or turning products in software into deployable apps."
"Marketing: Our management doesn't understand that there is a piece of software which helps them automate and manage the entire network, as far as operating systems on computers."
"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."
"Microsoft should extend support for additional platforms."
"This solution needs to be supported on all Operating systems."
"The TSM component could be improved."
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AWS CloudFormation is ranked 8th in Configuration Management with 28 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews. AWS CloudFormation is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS CloudFormation writes "Pretty easy setup with great automations for provisioning that save time and money". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Affordable, easy to use, and easy to understand". AWS CloudFormation is most compared with AWS Systems Manager, Spring Cloud, Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager. See our AWS CloudFormation vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
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