We performed a comparison between Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security and Sophos Mobile based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the group policy management feature, which performs application monitoring and device enrollment."
"The most valuable features are the ones that make sure that the deployment is of a standard operating system and the Zero Touch deployment, which is very useful. This allows users to have an out of box experience."
"With on-premises Active Directory, the main challenge was that we had no control when a user was working from home. We didn't know what exactly a user was doing and whether the AV was up to date or not. Intune provides better control of their machines."
"The key benefit of Intune is its integration with the Microsoft ecosystem."
"The biggest thing for us is enforcing logins only from devices that are managed by Intune."
"One of the most valuable aspects of Microsoft Intune is its seamless integration with Azure Active Directory, offering capabilities akin to Group Policy Objects."
"Its direct integration with all the other products that we have from Microsoft is valuable. We're using the E5 license, and we have a whole wealth of different products available. It just makes it easier to have everything from one provider."
"The standout features of Intune are its excellent mobile device management and highly effective application management capabilities."
"You can scale the solution up or down by department."
"A good feature that is present is MAM or Mobile Application Management. We can deploy this feature on the device, which is not managed by the organization. If I apply some security configuration on a personal device, the user would be really disappointed. What we do instead is that we give all access to the applications related to corporate and ask the users to use the application. We secure the application by putting the security features on the applications and not on the users' devices. This way, the users are happy, and we also meet our company's compliance standards. Then, everyone is happy."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The solution is very good at securing files. For example, if I forward a secure document, it's blocked from others, as I can send it with restrictions in relation to who can open it."
"Integration between our departments has been the most valuable."
"Microsoft Mobility and EMS include Intune for Mobility, which provides mobile device management and mobile application management. With mobile device management, you can control the entire device in an organization."
"The solution offers excellent documentation that is easily available online."
"The product is a unified solution and you don't require to purchase tools from different vendors. The system analyzes behavior and activity and takes steps for protection."
"One of the most valuable features of Sophos Mobile is the Wifi password."
"They always add more features to this product."
"The most valuable feature is the mobile device management capability. You can easily manage all of your mobile devices."
"I like the level of interaction that the product offers with the other products in our company's environment."
"The solution provides us with data protection."
"The management and enrollment process is great, and with the asset management and instant action menu, we can easily maintain and support the users."
"Sophos can block the Wi-Fi connection on a mobile device. That's one feature we wanted, but the main thing is the ability to disable the device if it's lost or stolen. We need to shut down PayPal, so it can't be used to make unauthorized purchases."
"The solution is quite user-friendly."
"Enhancements for managing MacOS more comprehensively would be beneficial."
"China blocks Google and Google Play Store, which makes installation challenging. Microsoft Intune is a company software, which has to be installed to the app portal or Microsoft Software Center."
"Once it's configured it is unobtrusive, but it does take some hands-on to configure and deploy it properly."
"Some enrollment features could be improved."
"It would be helpful if there was proactive remediation."
"Microsoft needs to enhance device-level security, as sometimes when using Microsoft Intune, the device's operating system becomes stuck and requires a full uninstall to remove the Intune bug."
"In terms of what can be improved, I am looking for better enhancements regarding Apple management, not only on the mobile device, but also on the laptop."
"Microsoft Intune could enhance its patch management for various devices, ensuring regular updates and tracking of device privileges."
"The auditing and reporting could be updated and upgraded. I would like to see light applications because they consume a lot of the device's memory at present."
"Microsoft's feature management is based on licenses. Microsoft follows ethical licensing and hence do not restrict the use of it."
"The licensing is quite expensive."
"The MDM part of the engine could be better."
"Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security is expensive."
"The licensing can be messy at times."
"Technical support could be improved. Sometimes they use a third party that's not so knowledgeable in the product and that can slow down things a bit."
"There are certain shortcomings in the licensing model of the product where improvements are required."
"The features of Sophos Mobile could improve. The way the system works together could be better. Additionally, the integration with other Sophos products could improve."
"We would like to see graphics showing the use of each device."
"It could be more secure."
"Our support reps are based in the Philippines, and it's hard to connect with them sometimes. It took me about two months to resolve my issue, so it wasn't a good experience."
"To manage the Apple devices is not that straightforward there are a lot of features the other third parties solutions are offering which Sophos Mobile is not."
"There may be necessary adjustments that need to be made because we are facing certain restrictions within the work profile."
"We encounter issues while working with iOS."
"They continue to work on integration with mobile device management and mobile security. They are improving the protection but I think that the capabilities still need to be enhanced."
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Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security is ranked 10th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 10 reviews while Sophos Mobile is ranked 9th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 13 reviews. Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security is rated 8.4, while Sophos Mobile is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security writes "Seamless integration and easy implementation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Mobile writes "Stable product with central administration to manage device security ". Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (MDM+EMM), whereas Sophos Mobile is most compared with Jamf Pro, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, VMware Workspace ONE, Lookout and IBM MaaS360. See our Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security vs. Sophos Mobile report.
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