We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and SaltStack 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."It's easy to manage and easy to configure."
"This product works very well for companies already using the full Microsoft suite."
"With on-premises Active Directory, the main challenge was that we had no control when a user was working from home. We didn't know what exactly a user was doing and whether the AV was up to date or not. Intune provides better control of their machines."
"It's very informative when there is an error. It allows us to backtrace where the error is and resolve that ourselves. It's a bit of a Swiss Army penknife. We find that it fixes most issues."
"Intune's security features for Apple iOS and Mac OS are helpful. We can check enrollment, manage public and private settings, and manage the organization's data using security key features."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"I believe that the solution is actually in Gartner's top quadrant at the moment for mobile device management."
"The dashboards, the security, and the customization capabilities work very well for us."
"The cloud account management is a valuable feature."
"It's a stable product."
"The most valuable features are application deployment and task-sequenced imaging."
"We have found the scalability to be quite good."
"Technical support is very helpful and very responsive."
"The major features of this product are the reporting tools. The most valuable features are package deployment and application deployment. Security management is also good because any vulnerability will be identified, and you can fix it. It's the best tool because you never know what kind of client you will have. For example, you may have your offices in low bandwidth remote areas. But it's achievable because it accommodates the bandwidth that you have available. Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is an excellent reporting tool for your environment. If you want to know the details about the hardware configuration, software configuration, what is causing a problem, or when a new feature update comes in for Windows, even that goes on SCCM itself. A lot of deployment stuff."
"Automation of operating system, application, and update deployments massively reduces IT operations effort."
"SCCM does everything from A to Z for a Windows operating system."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to provide environmental security."
"We monitor the configurations against CIS standards. We run CIS benchmarks and maintain configurations with higher CIS values for each server."
"I want to build automation that is intelligent, part of the fabric of our environment, and is somewhat self-sustaining. I think SaltStack can help me do this."
"The ability to programmatically describe the desired state of a single, or an entire fleet of servers, on-premises, and in a cloud environment."
"SaltStack has given us the ability to deal with systems at scale and rectify issues at scale."
"The automation functionality has been most valuable. With a click of a button, we are able to automate provisioning, the build of new hardware and apply patches. These are all extremely important and differentiated tasks that can be automated in SaltStack."
"It is a highly stable solution."
"The installation could be improved to be simplified."
"The reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports. For example, Windows Autopilot isn't working well in cases where the computers don't have a good internet connection. Then the option is not good enough."
"It needs certificate provisioning for S/MIME purposes."
"There should be more support for macOS. Even though macOS is supported by Intune and Microsoft is working very hard to get more features into Intune to manage macOS, that's one thing they can give a lot more attention to."
"They can improve their MAM policies a little bit more and make them more granular. They should include more granular group policies. They are there, but they need to be more granular. Its stability should also be improved. It is not very stable. Sometimes, it shows some inconsistencies across tenants."
"There needs to be more support for Mac operating systems."
"We haven't really gone through all the features of Intune. We are just discovering them. Every day, we see a new feature that we want to apply, but what will be great for Intune is to be able to deploy apps in a simple fashion. We should be able to easily install various apps on the Windows platform, iOS, and Android. Currently, we have to write some scripts. It's not as straightforward as we would like it to be. It should be simplified so that we can do it just with three clicks—next, next, finish—without needing to write a script."
"The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type."
"The configuration of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could be improved, it is a bit complicated."
"SCCM can improve on third-party application support."
"SCCM does not scale well, which is one of the reasons we are not going to continue to use it."
"On some hardware, we'd like an easier way to get peripherals attached."
"Our company would prefer not rebooting computers while people are using them. There seems to be no strategy behind it."
"Cloud-based improvements need to be better managed."
"It is not easy to get good technical support, especially at level one."
"The ability to integrate MDM would be great."
"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."
"Web UI."
"SaltStack's features are minimal."
"It is difficult to set up."
"Its configuration process could be better."
"A hardened set of tests would be much appreciated."
"This solution could be integrated with more hardware for an improved offering."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews while SaltStack is ranked 14th in Configuration Management with 33 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while SaltStack is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Affordable, easy to use, and easy to understand". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SaltStack writes "Orchestration tool that powers automation of processes with the click of a button". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager, whereas SaltStack is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, HashiCorp Terraform, Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and ServiceNow. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. SaltStack report.
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