We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Terraform 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."Fortunately, now everything is streamlined into a single, unified platform."
"We already use a lot of Microsoft products in our company, and therefore, it made sense to also use this product."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Autopilot."
"Maturity makes it a stable product."
"Stable product that's easy to set up compared to other MDM products."
"It helps implement conditional access policies to restrict mobile users from accessing potentially dangerous emails."
"Intune's most valuable features are the device, compliance, and configuration policies."
"...Intune itself integrates with that entire Microsoft ecosystem. As an individual product itself, it's okay. It holds up. But when you start saying "I've bought this as part of a wider solution, as a company we are going Microsoft throughout," then it makes more sense to have Microsoft Intune... so you have that single dashboard."
"The most valuable feature of Terraform is the ability to use it as a coding language because it works in a way that's similar to other coding languages."
"The environment is very good. That's awesome."
"One of the most valuable features is that it offers the ability to create a VPC, Virtual Private Cloud and VPN connectivity to the VPC can be automated without having to do it manually."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the modules it offers."
"I like the function that shows me a preview of what is happening in the infrastructure."
"It is easy to recreate an exact duplicate or output of an environment."
"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Terraform is the custom modules."
"The most valuable features of HashiCorp Terraform are automation and management capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is it's incredibly simple to configure and execute changes in bulk, allowing for seamless deployment. With this solution, you can easily track the status of all modifications and send them with ease, making it a comprehensive and efficient solution for any necessary adjustments."
"It's a stable product."
"SCCM is a stable solution."
"The cloud account management is a valuable feature."
"Patching is very effective and reporting is very good."
"The solution is stable."
"Microsoft is being very competitive right now, and they are really investing in a lot of new features to be more competitive in the marketplace."
"Automation of operating system, application, and update deployments massively reduces IT operations effort."
"The reporting needs to be a bit more interactive."
"More integration with monitoring tools is needed."
"I think there should be a better tracking of the cell phones used on the Intune."
"From a new user's perspective, it may be a little overwhelming because there are quite a few things to look at in the console, however, once you are sort of acclimated and are familiar with your core functions, it's fairly simple and straightforward."
"The policies we had in SCCM and AD offered features that are missing from Microsoft Intune."
"Microsoft Intune lacks the ability to provide seamless remote assistance or remote control."
"We only have major classifications for iOS and Android, but there are different brands that have different cycles of updates. If they can fine-tune it to make it more brand-specific, that would be even better."
"They need to add more group policies. Intune currently does not have many group policies that you can deploy. Its reporting, which is very limited at the moment, also needs improvement. It will be great if they can add report customization. Its stability needs to be improved. Sometimes, when you register a device in Intune, it doesn't show up instantly on the engine portal on the admin side. They need to provide better support for complicated issues. They also have a long turnaround time."
"The error logging could be better. Sometimes, when you try to set something on Terraform, it gives you an error, but you don't understand how the error has been logged."
"Some areas where Terraform could improve would be challenges in managing sensitive information, especially when dealing with secret files or credentials."
"The product can integrate and utilize more services from different competitors. Currently, their commands are quite similar to Kubernetes, which we use in our CI/CD pipeline. Also, they should consider incorporating Windows command line, like PowerShell."
"The integration with this solution needs to be improved."
"Terraform could create more examples in the documentation."
"The user interface could be easier for non-technical people."
"It would be nice if they could put our infrastructure on graphics or at least provide a map of our infrastructure."
"Automation is needed to import everything at once from a manual environment or by a specific resource group."
"Microsoft should extend support for additional platforms."
"The tool's deployment is complex and depends on the architecture you want to implement."
"The solution does not support remote devices so the CMG is still required."
"This solution needs to be supported on all Operating systems."
"Troubleshooting in general needs improvement. There's just a ton of logs to go through, and so finding the error log that corresponds with that you're doing can sometimes be difficult."
"There's no way to say, "I want this maintenance window to be on the second Tuesday of the month." It's strict. This window is this and that's it. You can't fluctuate."
"The ability to integrate MDM would be great."
"The availability of technical support could improve."
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HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 7th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews. HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, SaltStack, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, BMC TrueSight Server Automation and SolarWinds Server Configuration Monitor, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager. See our HashiCorp Terraform vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
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