We performed a comparison between IBM Workload Automation and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about BMC, Tidal Software by Redwood, Redwood Software and others in Workload Automation."Jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes."
"The most important feature is the creation of folders. It's a really great feature because you can organize the process with naming conventions."
"The DWC, when configured correctly, is a great GUI tool to provide Self-Service Scheduling capabilities to the user community."
"The support from Cisco is very good. I was with them as a company for 40 years"
"The whole product is valuable because it is a tool for batch automation."
"Jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes."
"The project we worked on involved the running of nearly 24,000 job instances in a single day, so I would say that the solution is stable."
"This solution has a request feature where users can request the added features they need to have developed. Based on client voting for those features, these are developed and released."
"It saves a lot of money when you can install things automatically and they are installed the exact same way on every computer."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is patch management."
"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."
"There is a faster time to rollout. If we get a new PC, it can be ready for productivity right away."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is very scalable."
"The product is useful for patch management."
"What's valuable is the basic management of the systems, being able to control who can access the systems."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager is integrated with other Microsoft products."
"There should be more custom documentation, specifically around Java APIs. There should also be more training. In terms of features, we are currently using only 50% of its features. We don't use all features that are available, but there is always room for improvement in all of the tools."
"It should support other schedulers that aren't IBM products."
"Slow down on the releases a bit. I fully understand that IWA functionality is increasing at an amazing rate, but trying to keep up with the upgrades is rough."
"The schedule refreshes daily and that's a challenge for us."
"This solution does have bugs and could be improved in this regard. However, these bugs are resolved relatively quickly."
"It would be helpful to have a mobile app that could be used to follow the job schedule."
"The performance of the previous versions could be better."
"It is missing some features and can improve in areas where the competition is somewhat better like linking job dependencies."
"The setup was complex and I faced a lot of problems initially because I was new to the solution."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could improve the integration."
"Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it."
"The configuration of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could be improved, it is a bit complicated."
"A lot of experience is needed in terms of troubleshooting, as this is one of the most difficult tasks in MECM. We were seven people in a group and I was the only one that had the patience to do the troubleshooting at times."
"The deployment process is lengthy and should be quicker to complete."
"Built in PowerShell cmdlets would be a nice feature because managing clients remotely can be a pain without knowing the WMI calls to run."
"The assets have reached their end-of-life, and patching them is a complex and laborious task. It would be highly advantageous if there were an integrated solution that provided distinct options for each end-of-life asset, streamlining the process and facilitating comprehension."
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IBM Workload Automation is ranked 13th in Workload Automation with 28 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews. IBM Workload Automation is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Workload Automation writes "With an easy setup phase in place, agent-based installation can be done in minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Affordable, easy to use, and easy to understand". IBM Workload Automation is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, HCL Workload Automation, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Tidal by Redwood, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and Microsoft Intune.
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