We performed a comparison between AutoSys 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."It gives a real-time view of all the batch processing that we have. Monitoring-wise, it is really good."
"Automation of patch process."
"AutoSys Workload Automation is scalable."
"Without this product we would have to manually submit jobs and it would take longer. There would also be a much greater possibility of jobs running wrong and/or not at the right time."
"It is stable, it works, and it does what it is supposed to."
"It can run an object on our Windows systems or our Unix systems, and then send messages to the other system when they are complete."
"The customized views that each individual can create, and views that can be made free-form, makes this very popular with the programmers."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Microsoft has done a good job with authentication solutions, such as single sign-on, or open authentication."
"The main, clear valuable feature is updating the latest, patches and updates from Windows. This is the main feature we really utilize a lot."
"We are happy with the collaboration of SCCM with Patch My PC, which allows us to do patch work."
"Microsoft Configuration Manager helps with patch management."
"What's valuable is the basic management of the systems, being able to control who can access the systems."
"The solution is stable."
"It does the job and meets our needs. With everybody working remotely these days, we are using this solution to deploy everything. The deployment of PCs is easy."
"The solution is highly scalable."
"A better graphical user interface, because we have a lot of people using the client utility, and we want to get them away from that."
"Some support issues need to be addressed, but not through email, through personal contact via phone or WebEx."
"The graphical interface can be improved."
"The solution could improve by having support for container environments."
"More benefits with the agent upgrades, and that's about it. Other than that we have no complaints with it. It's been awesome."
"I would like to see two-factor authentication, since you see a lot of companies in the news for security breaches. That is a really big thing for us."
"Performance improvements in the UI would be appreciated."
"This product needs to improve its graphical user interface."
"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."
"One area of improvement is regarding the patching of Office 365 products. We have some difficulties on this side, and it can be improved."
"Regarding this, I'd like to mention the agent situation. When the agent on an end-user device is not functioning correctly, it can be quite problematic. It would be highly beneficial if there were a self-healing mechanism in place. Essentially, if the agent becomes corrupted or encounters issues, it should be able to rectify itself autonomously. This is particularly critical because, in order to utilize a tool like MECM (assuming you're referring to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager), we need to deploy agents, known as AsMs, on all the devices we use, such as Windows 10 or Windows Server. Sometimes, when we deploy configurations or updates, they don't apply properly due to agent issues. This issue has been present since we began using MECM around 23 years ago. Unfortunately, there is currently no built-in mechanism for the agent to detect its own problems and initiate self-repair. Microsoft doesn’t have any feature to scan vulnerabilities and hence, they could include those."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager can improve by allowing us to schedule the scripts, we don't have a script scheduling option and have to do it manually."
"The App to upgrades to the server needs to be improved."
"The availability of technical support could improve."
"The solution is a bit heavy on the sources such as RAM or CPU and the software needs to be a bit lighter."
"On some hardware, we'd like an easier way to get peripherals attached."
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AutoSys Workload Automation is ranked 6th in Workload Automation with 79 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews. AutoSys Workload Automation is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AutoSys Workload Automation writes "Helps us manage complex workloads, reduce our workload failure rates, and save us time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". AutoSys Workload Automation is most compared with Control-M, IBM Workload Automation, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Automic Workload Automation and Stonebranch, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium.
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