We have three to four people who do the maintenance for the solution and the time it takes can be from one to two hours to complete the tasks, such as updates or patches.

We have to download the updates to our main server. From the main server, by using different software, we can patch all the internal systems locally. We have to restart the servers annually which takes approximately 10 minutes for many of the agents to restart.

I rate McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator a six out of ten.

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Though the tool is good for centralizing security management, there are a lot of issues in the product, which stem from compatibility issues with different operating systems. McAfee uses multiple engines to run on the endpoint system, which causes the engines and definitions to have many issues. Ultimately, everything in the tool is based on definitions, and it needs to be updated regularly.

There are certain limitations with the integration capabilities of the product because the tool doesn't support API integration, specifically for the on-premises products. The product offers some cloud solutions that can be integrated with APIs.

I rate the overall tool a six out of ten.

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With the tool, users can generate some features as per their requirements, along with the reports. Users can get notifications for any downloads from the solution itself.

I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.

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We're a customer and end-user. 

I'd advise companies to change to new and better endpoint protection if they haven't already. They need to look into something that offers zer-day protection, for example, and really focus on security. McAfee is becoming Trellix. I'm not sure if they will include zero-day protection or if they will improve services to update more often for better protection. If not, I will not use them anymore. 

I'd rate the solution five out of ten. 

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I'm just a customer and an end-user. I don't have a business relationship with McAfee.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten.

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On a scale from one to ten, I would rate McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator at eight.

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I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Many of our clients wanted to go to the cloud, as the cloud-based version of the solution offered the latest features, which the on-prem version did not. However, they weren't ready to move to the cloud, so there were some issues.

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Overall, I rate McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator ten out of ten.

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I recommend the solution to those planning to use it. I rate the overall solution ten out of ten.

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I would rate it as the best, around nine, because it's easy to navigate and configure.

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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is a well-known product. It is a big one. It is quite easy to compare on those different criteria. It's not a new kid on the block, it's a known value, it's been there for a long time. In my point of view, it's worth comparing it to other products to see if it integrates with something you already have, because now there is a tendency to have more ecosystems of endpoint protection and server protection.

The Microsoft ecosystem, or parts of the Microsoft ecosystem, are already in place in the organization. There will be eventual integration with a corporate data center or pyramid in firewalling. Whether they are already in place or not, it is important to consider these elements and to make a decision after these considerations. Not that I would advise particularly for or against McAfee, but there are a lot of elements to take into account.

I think it serves its purpose, that's fair and square. But there are always things that could be optimized. Whether it's the performance impact on the endpoint, or the management, in general. No solution will ever fit 100% to an environment, whether it's your own or another, it will not always fit 100%. There will always be little drawbacks, little things that could be optimized. Then it's a question of how to handle it.

You have to live with some minor inconveniences. There are advantages, there are the things that are good. In general, it's a good product. I would not advise against it.

On a scale of one to ten, I would give McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator a seven because of the reasons I told you. It does the job. It's quite solid. It's stable, of course. It's not something new, something experimental, it's proven itself already. And yeah, why not higher? Because of the things I told you already.

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It does provide a lot of functionality. 

ePO Cloud takes away a lot of the management administration overhead. Though, I haven't tried this feature.

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There is a trade-off between the on-prem version and the cloud version. Some features that are available on-prem are not available on cloud but there are other features we can get on cloud that are not available on-prem. I believe this is a good solution and rate it nine out of 10. 

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I can recommend this solution, maybe because of my own background and my own portfolio, I have been working with it for a year and I know how to market it, I know what works and what doesn't work.

When It comes to the training, it's a letdown because online training is very expensive, and they want people to sell and use their product. They are making training modules, which are very expensive.

They also tell you that if you want to buy the product, you must be certified, but to be certified is very expensive at my own cost, then I can sell the product. There are many products like this being sold in our region. You sell the products for them but they charge you for training.

It's a good product, it's a good solution, it's straightforward, and it works very well. At the same time, we shouldn't have to pay to learn it, just to sell it. They should brunt the costs of the training for their resellers.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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This is a solution that I recommend and would suggest for others to use.

The biggest thing that I have learned from using this solution is that it is very easy to use.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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It is great if you're looking for a traditional signature-based AV product, but if you're looking for a more comprehensive EDR solution, then CrowdStrike and SentinelOne are clearly the top two within that space.

Overall, I would rate it a seven out of 10. If I'm rating it for a traditional AV product, I'd give it a nine or 10 because it totally solves that use case, but if I'm rating it against a comprehensive EDR solution, which includes traditional AV and next-gen behavioral capability, then it would be a five, but they're not necessarily apples to apples.

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This is a solution I recommend very much. For anybody who is implementing this solution, I suggest that they read through the product manuals and documentation. I have noticed that it is an advantage to read through the manuals because people who do not, tend to miss things, and then blame the product for not working. I would say that McAfee is a good product, and over the years I have found it to be very stable and very effective when it comes to managing other products. We have all that we wanted to do with McAfee.

In the time that I have been using this solution, I've noticed that when I perform a setup on different platforms or different networks, I've gotten to learn new things because each and every network is different. When it comes to troubleshooting network issues, I have learned a lot, especially things related to cybersecurity.

This is a very good product, but they have a database issue. Having a McAfee-only solution, rather than having to bring in a Microsoft product, or one from another vendor would make this solution perfect.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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I like McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator software. It is great centralized security management software that allows management of various McAfee products on the client computers. McAfee ePO makes risk and compliance management in the organization simpler and more reliable. View full review »

We are customers and end-users.

I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

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My advice to those wanting to implement McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is to keep it distributed. Whatever components you can distribute in terms of connectors need to be put in different locations. It will be taken care of properly. Otherwise, there will be lots of noncompliance issues and lots of loads on the network because it is bandwidth-intensive.

If we have a larger user database for the organization, then keep it local. To allow a minimum load on the EPO. We should do the maintenance of the EPO quarterly in terms of the database maintenance or in terms of the laws, policies. It should be reviewed periodically with the help of your support to make sure that your policies will not go wrong or your database will not create any errors. If there are errors there will be a problem to recover the data. If we don't do the maintenance, then there are quite chances of crashing the database

I rate McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator an eight out of ten.

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I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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My advice would be to read the documentation and carry out implementation. It is not complicated, just a matter of deciding which vendor to use.

Because we have a corporate contract, the price is reasonable. We're happy with everything - the dashboard, user interface - it's all good. 

I would rate this product a nine out of 10. 

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I have not had too many problems with this solution. It works fine. I really like the DLP feature. There are no database issues. 

I would rate it a nine out of ten because it gives IT clarity, it doesn't have database issues, and it hasn't crashed or given us problems in the two years we've been using it. It's a great tool.

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I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator an eight out of ten.

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We're a McAfee customer. We don't have a specific relationship with the organization. We are using the latest version of the solution.

The solution is quite good and stable right now, but there are a lot of other products coming to the market. I'm currently investigating what other features customers need or are using to see if we can develop these out on this solution or not. 

Many organizations will find the solution has may features that would suit their needs and reduce the number of issues they face. However, it does depend on the individual company and what their unique requirements are.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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As an end user, I'd recommend the solution. McAfee ePO has many more features and covers more. A company looking for a new solution really needs to do some initial research to ensure their requirements are met.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten overall.

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I am not familiar with the latest versions, but I am sure they have been improved. From a management point of view, ePO is one of the best solutions out there.

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I would suggest the following:

• Set up a test environment. Test all products you are going to deploy on all platforms you have before actual deployment.
• The testing environment should be retained since new patches may impact some legacy systems.
• Plan your implementation and application deployment. Write down all parameters you put into the system configuration. Link this with Windows AD for user authentication.
• Prepare your SMTP server for an email setup alert.
• If you are going to use it to manage McAfee VirusScan, make sure you set it with up-to-date virus signatures from McAfee, at least on a daily basis. This is not enabled by default.
• Consult your IT vendor for best practices.

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If you use any McAfee endpoint solutions in the enterprise you need to use the ePO, as there are no other options.

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I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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Do a PoC with competitors' endpoint protection products. But compared to what McAfee has, I don't think other products have as many options, as many features. If you want to protect data, DLP is a good option.

In terms of scalability, they're introducing more and new more features in ENS, Endpoint Security. If a ransomware attack happens, you can roll the encryption to its previous position. This is what they are implementing, according to their articles.

For maintenance of ePO, one guy is enough. If the server is ready, if the database and the platforms are ready, one guy can oversee the product. But you still need someone who is strong in SQL and someone who can install operating systems.

I have not compared this product to any other product. If I had then I could rate it properly. But, overall, it's good, it's not a bad product. I would rate it at nine out of ten. The product has everything I need.

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All the endpoint security solutions operate in a similar manner. If you take it as a baseline and if you want to get acquainted with a security solution then I think this is definitely a good tool. Of course, the costing and other factors need to be taken into consideration. 

I would rate this solution a seven out of 10. 

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Overall, I would rate McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator a six out of ten.

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I rate the solution a six and a half out of ten.

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I don't have much exposure to other similar products, like Netskope or Palo Alto, but overall, looking at security, I would give this solution a seven out of ten. I recommend this solution to others. 

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In my opinion, this is the best product. Please go for it!

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