We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and Microsoft Windows Server Update Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Patch Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Technical support is very helpful and very responsive."
"This solution has made life easy with respect to patching, compliance, and OSD."
"I like its ease of use. It does what you need it to do, and it's a one-stop-shop for the company and for all your deployments. If you incorporate Intune into it, you can have both. You can bring your own devices and corporate devices, and everything runs out of SCCM and Intune."
"There is a faster time to rollout. If we get a new PC, it can be ready for productivity right away."
"The solution has a very good set of features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ability to deploy patches to nearly all applications."
"SCCM is a stable solution."
"This solution helps us by automating the patching of our system."
"Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is highly stable. It is one of the most stable solutions from Microsoft."
"The central points of managing product updates have been the tool's most valuable features."
"A valuable feature about this solution is that it enforces an updating and patching process for my applications."
"The most valuable feature is the decreased level of internet usage by my network."
"We get server updates from the internet and from the Bluetooth server. All of the clients are connected to it, and they're all updated from this exact server. It updates automatically."
"We can easily download particular patches, and we can apply them on a group basis and policy basis."
"It provides central management interface for deployment."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to identify which updates are needed on a particular machine."
"The solution is a bit heavy on the sources such as RAM or CPU and the software needs to be a bit lighter."
"The tool's deployment can be cumbersome."
"Not everything is readily available, and there are a lot of commands that are only executable via PowerShell."
"Built in PowerShell cmdlets would be a nice feature because managing clients remotely can be a pain without knowing the WMI calls to run."
"The App to upgrades to the server needs to be improved."
"The configuration of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could be improved, it is a bit complicated."
"The time the solution takes for updating systems could be quicker. For example, the system information status is not updating as it should. Additionally, the database synchronization querying is slow and could be improved."
"Management of Linux devices could be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see additional tools added to fix the engine issues on the client's side."
"Because you have to pay for the product and there may be other good free solutions, this may not be the best choice for a cost-minded organization."
"There are some bugs in IIS."
"A few bugs need to be figured out for the security side."
"The reporting is not as practical as I would like it to be."
"The product must integrate with third-party applications."
"Microsoft should improve their support for the product. A lot of guys are installing their products, especially Xero. If you have a real problem, though, it's quite difficult to find someone who you can support you."
"The old backup files created by this solution use up a lot of storage, and this needs to be improved."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 1st in Patch Management with 78 reviews while Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is ranked 3rd in Patch Management with 38 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Windows Server Update Services writes "Lets us manage all our organization's updates from a single management console". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium, whereas Microsoft Windows Server Update Services is most compared with BigFix, ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, Quest KACE Systems Management, Ivanti Neurons Patch for Intune and GFI LanGuard. See our Microsoft Configuration Manager vs. Microsoft Windows Server Update Services report.
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