Microsoft Configuration Manager Other Solutions Considered
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David Alvarez
Senior Systems Architect with 1,001-5,000 employees
Over the years, I have used BigFix and WinINSTALL. I have also used Unix and package managers, like Chocolatey.
View full review »I have looked at comparisons between Bigfix, SCCM, and Intune. I personally prefer INTune as a solution, however, the company is moving towards Bigfix and away from SCCM.
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reviewer1908249
Vice President Technological Solutions and Security at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We did not choose SCCM. It's a solution that evolved, and at one point it changed its name.
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Curtis Wright
IT System Administrator at Frank, Rimerman & Co
We're actually looking at ServiceNow as a potential product to use in the future.
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Reviewer729
Solutions Architect with 1,001-5,000 employees
We looked at some small-time vendors, third-party stuff. No major names. There was one that we looked at that was really small and it actually seemed pretty powerful. It was called PDQ. But it turned out to be more for small business than enterprise-ready.
The only enterprise solutions we came across were SCCM, ZENworks, and BigFix from IBM. Even though BigFix did Linux, it did everything, the price point was really expensive. It was something that wasn't even in our ballpark, and they didn't seem to want to deal with us.
We were already on ZENworks and we knew how it worked. We knew everything about it, but again, we didn't know its future. When it came down to having discussions with our team, myself, and other architects, we decided the more we keep with a single solution - we are mainly a Microsoft shop, Windows on the desktop, and mostly Microsoft servers - the more we keep the stack together. That's why we went with SCCM.
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Corne Van Der Westhuizen
Senior Systems Engineer at Datacom
BigFix is the poor man's SCCM. It's for people that can't afford SCCM and for small and medium-sized businesses. There's nothing else out there that can do what it can do.
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reviewer1580574
Associate Director at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees
I've also evaluated VMware, which would be a good option for companies that are not dealing with a lot of Microsoft applications.
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SumeetShekhar
Works at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I haven't really evaluated other solutions. However, I just received a proposal from one of our sales associates, and the company had BigFix. They were trying to move on to SCCM. They had some questions regarding whether the same features would be available in SCCM or not. That's the reason I went to do some comparisons.
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BrucePollard
Infrastructure, Technical Computing Applications at EQF Solutions
We continually look at and evaluate everything.
Microsoft has Intune, as well. However, Intune is a choice if you're in a smaller-scale situation. Typically, I don't get called into things unless it is large, where I interact with clients on technical computing and solving network problems that are related to workstation issues. For these types of larger things, SCCM is a logical choice.
I haven't been in a Unix environment beyond having to do database-engine-related work.
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reviewer1059522
IT Assistant at a international affairs institute with 10,001+ employees
We did not evaluate options other than this one, from Microsoft. It is our company policy to run on Microsoft SCCM.
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reviewer1640805
Director of Professional Services at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I was looking for a comparison to see if I want to propose them to some of my clients.
View full review »PDQ, Spiceworks, psexec, GPO, scripting…
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reviewer1505493
Systems Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
We didn't really evaluate other products.
We are more of a Microsoft house. It works out better to use these products.
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Usman Siddique
Information Technology Lead at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
I've considered evaluating VMware WorkspaceOne, however, their product is limited when users are just trying them out.
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reviewer1619235
Lead System Administrator at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
We are currently evaluating some EDR alternatives.
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reviewer1383303
Systems engineer - IT infrastructure management at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Right now we are starting a POC for Azure and Office 365. The idea is that it depends on the government and if data privacy and compliance rules allow any change. If we can use Azure's public cloud, and Office 365, then the usage utility of the on-prem requirements would go down.
Microsoft Cloud has integration with Intune, which is the cloud version of SCCM in the center. As far as I can see, there is good integration.
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March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Configuration Manager. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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