We performed a comparison between AWS CloudFormation 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."It is quite policy-enabled, so you can build pretty much any policy to manage remote endpoints."
"Stable solution at a good price."
"Autopilot is a great feature. Most users are looking for a zero-touch deployment."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is a very helpful solution."
"Autopilot is the most valuable feature."
"We have not experienced any bugs or glitches with this solution."
"The ability to (somewhat) manage full Windows 10 computers including EXE-based or MSI-based application deployments using Azure Active Directory as Identity."
"AWS CloudFormation has automated the resource-building process, thereby removing the scope of human errors. We can tag the resources which help the billing process."
"AWS Cloud automation reduces the time needed to create AWS resources."
"The CloudFormation template can be reused to create multiple stacks, reducing duplications and improving our infrastructure."
"With CloudFormation, there is no need to use complicated coding."
"Scripting does what we need to reinstall something from scratch."
"CloudFormation gives us control of AWS and any Cloud infrastructure. It creates the whole stack for Cloud services technologies so it's easy to manage the whole system."
"CloudFormation itself is free to use. You will be charged for the resources you deploy using CloudFormation."
"The solution has helped with automation. I don't have to worry about provisioning machines and ensuring everything is set up. AWS CloudFormation takes care of the entire infrastructure for me."
"SCCM is a stable solution."
"This has made the management of our environment easier."
"I like a lot of the reporting capabilities and baseline configurations."
"Software deployment and WSUS are most valuable."
"The main, clear valuable feature is updating the latest, patches and updates from Windows. This is the main feature we really utilize a lot."
"Patching is the main feature because SCCM is made to control the entire environment without manually interpreting. So it is good to use for patching."
"There is a faster time to rollout. If we get a new PC, it can be ready for productivity right away."
"The initial setup is fairly straightforward."
"It would be beneficial to have a more straightforward understanding of Intune's capabilities, presented in a simplified manner."
"The synchronization could be improved."
"Microsoft Intune is not user-friendly to manage and has room for improvement."
"It needs certificate provisioning for S/MIME purposes."
"It would be great to see on-premises mailboxes and for the solution to have geofencing capabilities."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"There can be some added features, such as an improved dashboard. Any new feature that could be a benefit to our customers would be good."
"It should be simplified. I've worked with many different mobile device management solutions, and Intune is one of the more complex ones. It could be more simplified, and some of it is related to the wording that is being used, such as a configuration profile versus a policy. They really should have had different names to make it less confusing."
"The code we write in AWS CloudFormation is pretty big compared to Terraform. We need to have more modules in the solution. A library should also be there where we can save code lines. A dashboard feature would be good for designers."
"The solution must enable more hands-on designing of the templates."
"If you are a developer or a more technical person, it's very difficult to learn the complete syntax or because CloudFormation includes a new way to write infrastructure code."
"It would help all users if AWS improved the auto-generation of the CloudFormation file."
"What could be improved in AWS CloudFormation is its user interface, in terms of graphical design, I prefer WYSIWYG."
"GUI could be improved by adding graphical components."
"Including certain examples of templates would be advantageous."
"There could be better error handling. It would be a good way to improve the solution."
"They need to improve the support for the Mac operating system."
"In spite of us being a premier customer we find the support unsatisfactory."
"The solution could improve the functionality for automating, license management. Additionally, more and better-looking reports are needed."
"The configuration of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could be improved, it is a bit complicated."
"One area of improvement is regarding the patching of Office 365 products. We have some difficulties on this side, and it can be improved."
"There is a reboot issue with the patching. Sometimes, if patching runs into any issue whatsoever, it doesn't reboot but it doesn't tell you it errored out. It just sits there and we don't find out until the next day whether it patched or not. That was a big issue for us. We're working through that. They added some stuff in there now where you can actually tell reboot is pending. But we still need some kind of notification that if something fails or is pending, we know. We shouldn't have to go in and look. They don't have anything for that right now."
"Management of Linux devices could be improved."
"The App to upgrades to the server needs to be improved."
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AWS CloudFormation is ranked 8th in Configuration Management with 28 reviews while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews. AWS CloudFormation is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS CloudFormation writes "Pretty easy setup with great automations for provisioning that save time and money". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Affordable, easy to use, and easy to understand". AWS CloudFormation is most compared with AWS Systems Manager, Spring Cloud, Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager. See our AWS CloudFormation vs. Microsoft Configuration Manager report.
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