We performed a comparison between Kace Systems Deployment Appliance and Microsoft Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Microsoft, HCLTech and others in Configuration Management."The most valuable feature of Intune is the central dashboard for compliance and policy management."
"Among the most valuable features are the Company Portal that is built into Intune, and the update rings so that we can manage what types of future updates the devices get."
"Intune is effective because of the configuration management and endpoint security it provides. The graphical interface makes it easier to configure and deploy devices."
"Application deployment and keeping the devices secure no matter where they are, by having this cloud solution — that has been great."
"The features I found most valuable in Intune are its user visibility and troubleshooting options."
"Microsoft's cloud comes with a lot of extra features that are free of charge."
"The solution is stable."
"For the price, the features included with Microsoft are appealing."
"Its ticketing is pretty good."
"The ease of usability is the most valuable feature. It's user-friendly."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to learn."
"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."
"There is a faster time to rollout. If we get a new PC, it can be ready for productivity right away."
"The product is very stable compared to older versions."
"It's a stable product."
"The solution effectively handles inventory management, deployment, and reporting."
"The scalability to deploy the package."
"Intune has some limitations when it comes to application updates for third-party applications. You can schedule an update, but when it's a package setup, you need to supercede and replace it each time."
"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."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in terms of compatibility, extending beyond the well-known major brands."
"Areas for improvement in Intune include expanding support beyond Samsung devices to accommodate other Android manufacturers like Redmi and Motorola."
"I'd suggest adding more features for macOS in Intune. There should be more functionality for managing macOS. There should be a better capability for pushing things down on macOS. Currently, Intune is not capable of managing macOS at the same level as Windows."
"The pricing can be expensive if you are not combining it with other products."
"Microsoft Intune lacks the ability to provide seamless remote assistance or remote control."
"Intune's third-party patch management could be better. It should be easier for the average system admin to keep non-Microsoft applications updated."
"I have heard feedback that the imaging is slow. It takes somewhere around an hour to image one PC."
"It needs to be able to load faster during deployment."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could improve the integration."
"The setup was complex and I faced a lot of problems initially because I was new to the solution."
"The product needs to improve scalability."
"The availability of technical support could improve."
"Built in PowerShell cmdlets would be a nice feature because managing clients remotely can be a pain without knowing the WMI calls to run."
"SCCM does not scale well, which is one of the reasons we are not going to continue to use it."
"The App to upgrades to the server needs to be improved."
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Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is ranked 28th in Configuration Management while Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews. Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is rated 7.0, while Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Kace Systems Deployment Appliance writes "Straightforward to use with good ticketing but accessing inventory needs to be easier". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". Kace Systems Deployment Appliance is most compared with , whereas Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and AWS Systems Manager.
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