We performed a comparison between Microsoft System Center and Windows Process Activation Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface)."
"We like Microsoft System Center's Operations Manager. That is primarily why we use it."
"Step-by-step documentation that clarifies the implementation procedure."
"The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."
"I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date."
"System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment."
"The deployment and asset management features are the most valuable. These are the product's main features."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the central console, that allows you to see all of the activated and deactivated computers."
"We have some bugs but it's stable. It doesn't break every day. It works. Like other applications, it has a lot of bugs but they're manageable."
"The solution's dashboard needs improvement."
"The platform performance and responsiveness need improvement. It still demands high computing resources."
"Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager."
"Most of the documentation is online, however, there are some gaps there. The product documentation still refers back to the 2012 Server. We're pretty much in 2022. There's a ten-year gap there."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration."
"The stability of the solution needs improvement."
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Microsoft System Center is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 17 reviews while Windows Process Activation Services is ranked 23rd in Application Infrastructure. Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8, while Windows Process Activation Services is rated 4.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft System Center writes "Good review of configurations, effective antivirus administration, and has weekly reports". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Process Activation Services writes "Central console enables us to see all of the activated and deactivated computers but it has poor alerts and frustrating technical support". Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite, whereas Windows Process Activation Services is most compared with Microsoft .NET Framework and IIS.
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