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Pros
"The solution is easy to use, simple to understand for those new to using it, and combined with the other Microsoft products it makes for an overall good package.""The security-related tools are excellent; these features allow us to secure devices, lock them down, and ensure compliance.""I believe that the solution is actually in Gartner's top quadrant at the moment for mobile device management.""It's not working perfectly, but Microsoft's Autopilot offers great visibility into automated deployment solutions.""The stability is good.""Its protection policies are most valuable. It protects mobile devices as well as individual apps. It is pretty scalable, and its documentation is also pretty good. It is also pretty straightforward to deploy.""The dashboards, the security, and the customization capabilities work very well for us.""The most valuable feature for us is the security, including risk analysis and patch management."

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"Puppet Enterprise has good functionalities.""The versatility is great.""The main purpose for this automation tool would be: deploying, controlling, ordering change for the system and IT Infrastructure.""Puppet3 and 4 series provides optimum deployment solutions for infrastructure and applications.""Anything that we manage through Puppet always runs perfectly.""Puppet Enterprise is a stable solution.""The most valuable features are the agent, high load balancing, and overall robustness and features.""Puppet Enterprise has reduced the time of production changes or environment changes."

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"The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently.""The stability is good. I haven't experienced any issues.""The most valuable functionality is the ability to define the deployment process, schedule the deployment and automatically execute the deployments to different environments.""The most valuable feature is the snapshot functionality, which allows us to access previous versions of the artifacts.""Stable solution that's good for automating the CI/CD pipeline: from development to production.""It is very easy to make a software release. It used to take us at least a couple of hours to make a release, now we went to production with a new one last night. This new release took me five minutes."

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Cons
"Microsoft Intune could enhance its patch management for various devices, ensuring regular updates and tracking of device privileges.""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.""It would be better if they can reduce the cost of the license.""Enhancements for managing MacOS more comprehensively would be beneficial.""An area for improvement is the absence of seamless integration, particularly with external dashboards.""Microsoft Intune lacks the ability to provide seamless remote assistance or remote control.""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.""Sometimes, customers compare it with AirWatch, but the concept of Intune is different from other solutions. It's an application management app. It gets a bit difficult to explain it to customers, but it's not a product limitation. It takes a presale document or presentation to explain it to customers."

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"Puppet Enterprise is more complex and difficult to configure.""At the beginning the initial setup was kind of complex.""It's a bit of a pain point to make sure that everything works once we've upgraded it because Puppet has been evolving pretty fast.""We would like Puppet to add more integration for applications.""The solution has really complex code, you have to understand the Ruby language. However, once you know the code then you can move ahead without any problems.""Puppet Enterprise should improve the general extensibility for places where they can't install it.""There's a lot of scope for enhancement on the DevSecOps side. They should definitely include features for compliance, for both the Linux and Windows side of the devices, as well as for network devices. Compliance is something they need to work on."

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"I would like to have the agent up and running at all times, as opposed to only while it is in the DevOps pipeline.""The interface allows access in a number of ways but that can be confusing.""The technical support of the solution could definitely be improved as PMRs take long to resolve.""I would like to see more reporting for container architecture.""The scalability of this application needs improvement. Changes and variations in the application become bottlenecks as they need to be more seamless and comfortable.""I certainly would like to have a better way to pass information between deployment steps using UrbanCode Deploy because that's really difficult to do."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Consider the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite rather than choosing specific sub-components, e.g. only Microsoft Intune."
  • "There is a cost benefit of using Microsoft Intune because of the packaging with other Microsoft products."
  • "Microsoft Intune is a cost effective choice. It is less expensive than other products on the market."
  • "The purchase of the product was handled by someone else."
  • "I have no comment on pricing of the solution."
  • "The product is offered as part of a Microsoft standard bundle. The pricing can be competitive to Airwatch, and Maas360."
  • "For Microsoft 365 E5 clients, cost is not an issue as this product is one of the benefits."
  • "The price of Intune is included with the license for Office 365, so we don't have to pay anything extra for it."
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  • "The main thing that we noticed when we switched from the enterprise version to the community version was the difference in cost — the infrastructure is pretty expensive."
  • "Depending on the size of the organization there is a point when the price of Puppet Enterprise should be lower. However, they provide really good functionality, features, and capabilities."
  • "Puppet Enterprise’s pricing is competitive."
  • "Puppet Enterprise can be an expensive solution for smaller businesses."
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  • "The licensing fees for this solution are based on the number of servers that are being deployed and the number of agents that you have."
  • "Considering COVID-19, the price is too high."
  • "The cost of the solution is high but it offers great ROI."
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    Top Answer:Microsoft Intune is a great tool for managing a mobile device fleet while keeping access control. The solution makes it… more »
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    Top Answer:Puppet Enterprise is a stable solution.
    Top Answer:Puppet Enterprise can be an expensive solution for smaller businesses.
    Top Answer:Puppet Enterprise should improve the general extensibility for places where they can't install it.
    Top Answer:The solution handles complex deployments very efficiently.
    Top Answer:The interface allows access in a number of ways but that can be confusing. For example, driving to your home from the… more »
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    Also Known As
    Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager
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    Overview

    Microsoft Intune is a comprehensive cloud-based service that allows you to remotely manage mobile devices and mobile applications without worrying about the security of your organization’s data. Device and app management can be used on company-owned devices as well as personal devices.

    In an increasingly mobile workforce, Microsoft Intune keeps your sensitive data safe while on the move. Microsoft Intune makes it possible for your team members to work anywhere using their mobile devices. Microsoft Intune provides both the flexibility and the control needed for securing all your data on the cloud, no matter where the device with the data is located.

    Microsoft Intune Device Management Key Features

    With Microsoft Intune Device Management you can:

    • Ensure devices and apps are compliant with your security requirements.
    • Rapidly deploy and authenticate apps on all company devices.
    • Remotely access devices to troubleshoot issues or to remove data from them.
    • Generate reports for all devices in the system.
    • Monitor the way users access and share information to protect company information.
    • Set rules and configure settings on personal and organization-owned devices to access data and networks.
    • Create user groups and device groups, allowing you to rapidly access many users and devices simultaneously.

    Mobile Application Management

    Mobile application management in Intune is designed to protect your organization’s data at the application level.

    With Microsoft Intune Application Management you can:

    • Configure apps to run with specific settings enabled.
    • Update existing apps that are already on the device.
    • See reports on which apps are used and monitor their usage.
    • Selectively wipe organization data from apps.
    • Add mobile apps to user groups and devices.

    As part of Microsoft's Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) suite, Intune integrates with Microsoft Entra ID for access control and with Azure Information Protection for data protection. It also integrates with Microsoft 365 Applications.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Microsoft Intune stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its ability to secure all devices under its management and the flexibility that the solution offers its users.

    A computing services manager notes, "Its security is most valuable. It gives us a way to secure devices, not only those that are steady. We do have a few tablets and other devices, and it is a way for us to secure these devices and manage them. We know they're out there and what's their status. We can manage their life cycle and verify that they're updated properly."

    The head of IT engineering at a financial services company writes, "The one feature we find most useful is the Mobile Application Manager. There are two types: we have the complete MDM and the Mobile Application Manager (MAM). We don't give our users phones, it is their own personal phone, and we need to allow them to have access to the company details on their phone. We need to create a balance between their own personal data and the company data. We deploy the Mobile Application Manager for them so that we won't be able to interfere with their own personal data."

    Puppet Data Center Automation helps sysadmins automate configuration and management of machines and the software running on them. With our software, businesses can make rapid, repeatable changes and automatically enforce the consistency of systems and devices, across physical and virtual machines, on prem or in the cloud.

    IBM UrbanCode Deploy orchestrates and automates the deployment of applications, middleware configuration, and database changes into development, test, and production environments—local, dedicated or shared cloud environments—accelerating time to market and reducing cost by shrinking manual efforts from days to minutes with automation, while reducing risk by cutting deployment errors by up to 90 percent.

    Sample Customers
    Mitchells and Buzzers, Callaway
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, GitHub, IP Commerce, Cedexis, Spiceworks, Server Density, Swisstopo, Chockstone, Constant Contact, NICS, Citrix
    As policy, IBM does not release customer names on non-IBM web sites.  However, public DevOps and UrbanCode Deploy case studies can be found here. IBM's UrbanCode Deploy customers span Small-Medium Businesses to Fortune 500 companies across all industries worldwide.
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Energy/Utilities Company6%
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    Educational Organization23%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government7%
    Financial Services Firm7%
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    Educational Organization40%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Government6%
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Insurance Company24%
    Healthcare Company14%
    Retailer10%
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    Educational Organization58%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Insurance Company8%
    Computer Software Company4%
    Company Size
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    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise49%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise47%
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    Small Business69%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise23%
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    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise46%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise68%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business5%
    Midsize Enterprise60%
    Large Enterprise35%
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    Puppet Enterprise doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Configuration Management with 3 reviews while UrbanCode Deploy is ranked 5th in Release Automation with 1 review. Puppet Enterprise is rated 8.2, while UrbanCode Deploy is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Puppet Enterprise writes "A well-organized automation solution but has difficult troubleshooting ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of UrbanCode Deploy writes "A handy interface that includes buttons or drag-and-drop options for all functionality". Puppet Enterprise is most compared with Red Hat Satellite, AWS Systems Manager, Microsoft Configuration Manager, BigFix and Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, whereas UrbanCode Deploy is most compared with GitLab, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Octopus Deploy and HCL Launch.

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