We performed a comparison between BMC TrueSight Server Automation and vCenter 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."It is helpful for managing devices anytime and any place without requiring dependency on the local networks."
"A valuable feature is user enrollment, where users can enroll their devices in their organizations themselves."
"I can reach devices or computers over the internet. I don't need to worry about the network connectivity between the offices. I can manage any device. That is the most important part."
"Mobile device management is most valuable."
"The ability to send configurations to our systems is valuable, particularly as we don't have a regular Windows AD server. Our current environment doesn't have a Windows AD, which limits our ability to push GPOs. However, this is where the solution can step in and help us push policies."
"Conditional access has helped us tailor and enforce our security policies in the mobile space."
"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."
"It has helped with compliance. It has helped to ensure that devices comply with the organization's policy. If they are not compliant and secure, they cannot access the resources."
"It makes deployment easier and allows us to put restrictions on the server using role-based authorization."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to remediate quickly and efficiently across a number of IT assets at the same time. It takes away manual efforts from the team to go out and fix those vulnerabilities through patching, conflict updates, etc."
"Server Automation's best feature is automated patching. It also helps us automate compliance and report generation. We can even integrate TrueSight Server Automation with a vulnerability management solution to remedy vulnerabilities by applying patches, deploying scripts, or changing registry entries."
"With BMC, we even configured applications, like IE or things that were Java-related. When we scheduled the jobs, it worked fine. It saved us time and there was no need for resources to monitor them."
"BladeLogic lets users view the filesystem with minimal authorization to the server."
"Technical support is good."
"The solution is stable."
"BMC support is great. They usually can answer any of our questions in a short amount of time and solve our most complex issues."
"vCenter alone is enough for me because vCenter is a cluster environment and cluster solution for virtualization environments."
"I like vMotion because it manages fault tolerance."
"It is a very stable solution."
"It's a very nice solution for our needs."
"The solution is excellent at automating processes."
"The stability and reliability are great."
"The clustering part and the load balancing part are most valuable."
"vCenter Configuration Manager is a very good product, it works well."
"We need the capabilities of the Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) to be enhanced through Intune instead of Azure."
"I wanted to check if there is any provision at the Intune level to restrict certain things, such as a website, but unfortunately, that feature is available only in Microsoft Defender. Intune has web filtering capabilities, but they are only useful for protection from malicious websites, whereas we would like to be able to restrict a website. For example, YouTube is a clean website. No one would identify it as a malicious website, but if we want to stop the end-users from going to that website, we have to go for another product, such as Microsoft Defender or another third-party proxy solution. It would be great if this capability is included in Intune."
"The reporting is subpar. That's the only issue we have with Intune. We use another solution for that purpose."
"The reporting and cost have room for improvement."
"They should make it easier to order it, however, that's generally true for everything from Microsoft."
"They should improve its compatibility with other operating systems such as iOS and Linux. It supports Linux but they still need to work on the iOS part."
"Intune lags all of its competitors in terms of report generation."
"Lacking ability to leverage more iOS device management internally."
"There is no option to see all the servers we patch and we cannot find what the server status is. Of course, we can what has been completed and what is pending and which servers have failed, but we cannot find server status from the BMC tool. For example, is the RDP up or not. We are using separate scripts for that."
"I would like to see more container integration in the next release of this solution."
"I would like to see a better methodology for handling REST calls and integration into the APIs. They add new APIs as they add functions, but they've missed some from older components which they still haven't added in. Some of the APIs are there but the CLI calls are not there."
"Needs more use cases into compliance management and the remediation process."
"We would like to see this solution handle more multitasking."
"There is no other functionality available to patch the containers that we need to include."
"BMC TrueSight Server Automation's scripting needs improvement."
"The setup of this suite is very complicated. It needs to be simplified."
"The pricing and security could be improved."
"If the solution could manage on-premises and cloud resources with the help of one tool, it would be an extra agent."
"The customer service and support are not as good as that of other solutions. It is not very fast."
"The solution's pricing is very high and could be improved."
"They could improve the hybrid-cloud environment and its management, not only for the local host but also including the connection between public and private cloud."
"We would like to improve the UI interface and customer experience in vCenter Configuration Manager. We need a speed-based system, which is methodology checked. The migration functions, from one hardware to another and the nodes must be a partner of four nodes, which acts as a weakness. They should have advanced training and course material for vCenter solutions."
"The product's price could be lesser."
"It should be easier to use alternate storage."
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BMC TrueSight Server Automation is ranked 12th in Configuration Management with 18 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 50 reviews. BMC TrueSight Server Automation is rated 8.2, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BMC TrueSight Server Automation writes "Helps to automate and configure the endpoints of servers ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCenter Configuration Manager writes "A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs". BMC TrueSight Server Automation is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BigFix, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager and HashiCorp Terraform, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, BigFix and Red Hat Satellite. See our BMC TrueSight Server Automation vs. vCenter Configuration Manager report.
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