We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and Red Hat Satellite 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."As the solution is a software as a service, the scalability is unlimited."
"The technical support of Microsoft Intune is good."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Autopilot."
"The mobile application management, MAM, is the most useful aspect of the solution."
"The solution appears to be stable and scalable."
"Conditional access helps me control uncontrolled access."
"It is a stable solution."
"A great solution for anyone wanting a modern endpoint device management solution."
"Microsoft has done a good job with authentication solutions, such as single sign-on, or open authentication."
"It is a very well-rounded product. It is a complete package with all the features using which we are able to manage our PCs very efficiently."
"The cloud account management is a valuable feature."
"I like Mircosoft's technical support. Microsoft has a few updates, like some of the critical KBs. They are published within the interval time, and in case of an escalation on the client missions, we will raise a ticket with the Microsoft team. They will create a hotfix or a critical update. They will chat with us, and that is one thing I like about Microsoft. Whenever any issues occur at my organization, they will help you out soon as possible within the SLA."
"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."
"Technical support is very helpful and very responsive."
"It is a good choice for deployment that performs very well."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is patch management."
"Patch management is, for sure, most valuable. For license management and patch management, I would rate it a 10 out of 10."
"The most valuable feature is the management of the distributed tool we use in the Red Hat Linux Servers."
"It has been a stable solution...It is a totally scalable solution."
"You don't need to depend on any third party. It's a complete solution for patch and configuration management when integrated with the existing system."
"The most valuable features of Red Hat Satellite are its support, simplicity, and patch management."
"Satellite gives administrators the ability to target deployments and only send out the updates or provision updates to certain groups."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you don't have to expose your mission-critical environment to the Internet. With the Satellite system in place, it acts as a barrier between your Red Hat infrastructure and the public Internet."
"I like the integration with other tools."
"While Intune works perfectly well, the only potential downside is that the deployment could be a bit complex for some users."
"Regarding mobile devices, Intune is good, but there are other services that I would say are ahead of Intune from an administration and reporting point of view."
"The reports aren't complete, and it's not easy to build custom reports. For example, Windows Autopilot isn't working well in cases where the computers don't have a good internet connection. Then the option is not good enough."
"The UI also needs improvements because it is complex for end-users. We have had feedback from a few users in our organization who found the UI is not feasible for tracking and analyzing all the processes and monitoring all the devices."
"It would be better if I could integrate it with my core group policy. I would like to have a group policy in my current environment, which has strict control, but those things are still missing. Although it has maximum compliance and security, it's not available on-premise."
"The installation is very easy. However, to be able to configure it you will need special knowledge, such as training or self-studies to have a proper level of security. There are many settings one has to understand before being able to implement Microsoft Intune."
"It needs certificate provisioning for S/MIME purposes."
"There could be more wizard-driven policy development or creation. Some of the policies can get quite complex. If they have a wizard that assists the administrators in creating the policy, that will be a great job."
"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."
"It is a bit of an old and outdated product."
"The solution can be improved with the addition of a mobile device manager."
"It is not easy to get good technical support, especially at level one."
"The configuration of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could be improved, it is a bit complicated."
"It should provide the ability to remotely connect to mobile devices. There are some solutions that are doing that, but with Microsoft Intune, the only way to remotely connect to devices outside the organization and mobile devices is by using TeamViewer. It is pretty strange for a big company like Microsoft to not have something for that."
"The analysis is something that can be integrated. Their report analysis can be improved a little bit due to the fact that most of the time complaints policies are saved by the admins. It's something that we need to look into and search for."
"The solution can be improved by speeding up the synchronizing of the policies on the devices."
"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. The licensing is a bit expensive."
"Automation can always be improved and refined to continue to make it better."
"It has not been significantly updated in a while."
"The dashboard of Satellite is not encouraging. It does not adequately showcase all the functionality it offers."
"There could be a feature to simplify the process without the requirement of any patch manager subscription."
"It wasn't easy in the beginning, and some effort was required to work it out. I already had the product documentation, but it was not well organized. It wasn't easy to follow. There were a lot of documents here and there."
"The product could have more diversity in what it is able to deploy and might do better if it was not dedicated to Red Hat products only."
"The solution's initial setup is a little bit tricky."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Configuration Management with 78 reviews while Red Hat Satellite is ranked 4th in Configuration Management with 21 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while Red Hat Satellite is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Satellite writes "A good product for managing patches and updates that could be more robust and up-to-date". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, BigFix, Tanium and Quest KACE Systems Management, whereas Red Hat Satellite is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SUSE Manager, AWS Systems Manager, BigFix and Chef. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. Red Hat Satellite report.
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