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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    External User Manager

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    IT administrators can keep control of external users in Microsoft 365 with External User Manager. External User Manager is used for inviting guests, automated access reviews and lifecycles in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups. Key Features: •External users dashboard and reports •Request & approval workflow for guests •Lifecycles for external guests •Regular automated access…

    $1.60

    per year

    VMware Cloud Director

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AVMware Cloud Director (formerly vCloud Director) is a cloud service-delivery platform used by cloud providers to operate and manage cloud-service businesses. The vendor states that by using VMware Cloud Director, cloud providers deliver secure, efficient, and elastic cloud resources to thousands of enterprises and IT teams across the world.N/A
    Pricing
    External User ManagerVMware Cloud Director
    Editions & Modules
    Extra Large (4000+ users)
    $1.60
    per year per user
    Small (up to 249 users)
    1,599
    per year per installation
    Medium (up to 999 users)
    4,049
    per year per installation
    Large (up to 4000 users)
    6,499
    per year per installation
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    External User ManagerVMware Cloud Director
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices are starting prices. Not listed here are the different support and service packages.—
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    User Ratings
    External User ManagerVMware Cloud Director
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    External User ManagerVMware Cloud Director
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    I can depend on it to work and be there when I need it. It is very intuitive and easy to use and even first time users have little to no issues with it. I can have small or large meetings with it and utilize the functionality i need to depending on the situation
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    VMware by Broadcom
    If you have a lot of customers that all need to have a separate place to work in, without the possibility of getting in each other way, and you want to safe yourself a lot of work. Than I strongly recommend you Cloud director. Ofcourse, only if you have a VMware environment as your working environment. If you just have a small group of customers and you can easily handle the work that's coming from it, then it is overkill to add cloud director to your environment. In a later station, you can always introduce cloud director (so tis never to late if you still want to use it)
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    Pros
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    • Group meetings
    • Audio controls
    • control over external users
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    • Building virtual racks
    • Managing the customers' network and security
    • Simplicity but the completeness of IaaS solution
    • Integration with major software providers
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    Cons
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    • Not aware of any shortcomings with my use of this tool
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • The add-on/extension required on the internet browser sometimes are difficult to get working at first. We've experience instances where the add-on/extension latest versions will not work and have to downgrade to an older version.
    • The server console lacks features and tools. For example it would be useful to have a copy and paste tool or a file upload tool.
    • The vCloud Director management site uses Adobe Flash, which makes it impossible to use on a mobile device.
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    VMware by Broadcom
    i give 10 for technically vCloud Director nearby with use case hyperscaller dashboard, but need improvement for billing need improve for integration with AVI Load balancer, NSX T, Surrounding 3rd party example for backyup as services purposes, can be create flavor for selective Operating System and also for specific sizing and
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    Usability
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    VMware by Broadcom
    vCloud Director don't have any new feature, my feeling says that vCloud Director not become primary product of VMware, if this happen vCloud Director will be terminated. VMware should provide cloud management platform with agnostic with another virtualization technology example openstack, hyperv also with hyperscaller that will be have good feature
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    Support Rating
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    VMware by Broadcom
    Suppor Excellent with global support, also collaborate with Global Support, Easy to open case from desktop, Easy to maintenance support, Reachable support with a broadcom, but sadly we suffer for positioning vcloud director right now that we have to collaborate with management. We contact support and also create ticket for that icon
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    In-Person Training
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    VMware by Broadcom
    So far good when i get course vcloud director but with limit country for offline class at that time not included with exam so we can't claim any certfication for that (vCloud Director). Its good if this course also available online version so we can join from any place and any time
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    VMware by Broadcom
    vCloud Director is definitely my favorite as far as cloud managers. The only thing that compares is Cisco UCS Director, but it has slightly different functionality and purpose. I understand why a lot of clients still go with vCloud Director even though VMware intends to sunset it
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    Scalability
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    VMware by Broadcom
    vcloud director have ui ux user friendy not complex and also can do many task exampe for providing copmpute allocation vcpu , ram and storage, Can Segregation Departement with ala carte virtual machine spesification. Can do dedicated portal for each organization this things to avoid mis provisioning workload virtual machine to another organization
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    Return on Investment
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    • Saves time!
    • Improves efficiency with getting projects done faster
    • Great for product demos and training
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Saves a lot of time, and time is money
    • Stable, so little to non downtime
    • With P1 , good support
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    ScreenShots

    External User Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of External User Manager's dashboard and reports display an overview of all external users and guests.Screenshot of Guest users in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams management: request and approval workflow, onboarding & compliance portal, lifecycle for access reviews, and reporting.Screenshot of Users can request access for new guests with an automated request & approval workflow. Team owners or administrators can then approve the requests.Screenshot of Regular automated access reviews and guest lifecycles can be set so that if the guest users do not require further access, they can be removed automatically from the tenant.Screenshot of In the Onboarding & Compliance Portal, the user can ask new guests for additional information as metadata and have them read or even sign non-disclosure agreements, GDPR rules etc.Screenshot of the guest import feature, with which the administrator can crawl external users that have been created without External User Manager and import them to apply governance policies, lifecycles, etc.