We performed a comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and Parallels Desktop based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Microsoft, ServiceNow and others in Server Monitoring."The most valuable feature is the scalability."
"This has made the management of our environment easier."
"The main, clear valuable feature is updating the latest, patches and updates from Windows. This is the main feature we really utilize a lot."
"Microsoft has done a good job with authentication solutions, such as single sign-on, or open authentication."
"SCCM is a stable solution."
"The product is very stable compared to older versions."
"There have to be made some improvement in WSUS and control in other non-Microsoft products updates."
"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."
"Parallels Desktop integrates seamlessly with macOS. It works better than VMware on Apple operating systems."
"I like how, with Parallels, you can either boot into Mac or Windows to get better control over the resources of the laptops since you're sharing the resources in dual mode."
"Based on my experience with SCCM 2016, the main, big issue is not having a good user-friendly environment. It needs much better GUI."
"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 setup was complex and I faced a lot of problems initially because I was new to the solution."
"The solution should be more compatible with different versions of Linux."
"I would like to see an agentless version of the solution."
"On some hardware, we'd like an easier way to get peripherals attached."
"Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager could improve the integration."
"Management of Linux devices could be improved."
"The biggest challenge is compatibility between VMware and Parallels because the two systems are incompatible. It can be challenging if you are switching between Windows and Mac. I recommend sticking with one product because there isn't good compatibility between the different products."
"There may have been some issues with device drivers on my Mac. Similarly, there are some issues with transferring data from Parallels to the Mac."
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Microsoft Configuration Manager is ranked 2nd in Server Monitoring with 78 reviews while Parallels Desktop is ranked 10th in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 2 reviews. Microsoft Configuration Manager is rated 8.2, while Parallels Desktop is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Configuration Manager writes "Seamless system updates, useful integration, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Parallels Desktop writes "A great platform to develop interoperable code on". Microsoft Configuration Manager is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Microsoft Intune, BigFix and Tanium, whereas Parallels Desktop is most compared with VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, NComputing vSpace, NVIDIA GRID and VMware Horizon View.
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