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Microsoft System Center

Overview

What is Microsoft System Center?

Microsoft System Center Suite is a family of IT management software for network monitoring, updating and patching, endpoint protection with anti-malware, data protection and backup, ITIL- structured IT service management, remote administration and more. It is available in two editions: standard…

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Microsoft Management Made Easy.

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 9, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use System Center to manage patching all desktops, packaging software and deploying to all systems, centralized antivirus management and policy control, and remote system a...
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Verified user
Administrator
Microsoft System Center10 years of experience

The numerous benefits offered and realized by using Microsoft System Center!

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 18, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have a large group of users over several buildings that require management. We use SCCM to control the device drivers and software that are deployed to different groups. Th...
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Verified user
Manager
Microsoft System Center5 years of experience

System Center: Great for imaging and application deployment

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 18, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We currently use Microsoft System Center to manage and image all staff and student machines in the organization. We utilize Microsoft System Center to push applications and pr...
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Verified user
Engineer
Microsoft System Center7 years of experience

My experience with Microsoft System Center

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 18, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Microsoft System Center for remote support to users in the company and for the assets management. This software has been help us to be more productive and to have acces...
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Andry Campos
Technician - Information Technology
Soporte Técnico
Asociación La Nacional de A y P
Microsoft System Center7 years of experience

Many features to make IT life easier

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 30, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Microsoft System Center is used by the IT department. We are using it to image PCs, initial software application installations, patching/updating existing applications, remote...
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Amy Howard
Technician - Information Technology
Computer and Network Spec
BND
Microsoft System Center14 years of experience
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Pricing

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Standard Edition

$1323

On Premise

Datacenter Edition

$3607

On Premise

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $1,323 per month
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Product Demos

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Product Details

What is Microsoft System Center?

Microsoft System Center Suite is a family of IT management software for network monitoring, updating and patching, endpoint protection with anti-malware, data protection and backup, ITIL- structured IT service management, remote administration and more.

It is available in two editions: standard and datacenter. Datacenter provides unlimited virtualization for high density private clouds, while standard is for lightly or non-virtualized private cloud workloads.

Microsoft System Center Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft System Center Suite is a family of IT management software for network monitoring, updating and patching, endpoint protection with anti-malware, data protection and backup, ITIL- structured IT service management, remote administration and more. It is available in two editions: standard and datacenter. Datacenter provides unlimited virtualization for high density private clouds, while standard is for lightly or non-virtualized private cloud workloads.

Microsoft System Center starts at $1323.

The most common users of Microsoft System Center are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Centralized management of your data center.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 08, 2018
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Gambling & Casinos Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft System Center
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Thanks to the platform developed by Microsoft, the Microsoft System Center allows you to monitor with ease, but also with the maximum possible detail all the infrastructure of your Data Center. For what is my experience I use with great satisfaction the operations manager that allows me to monitor different SQL server-side operations.
Pros
  • ease of management
  • complete overview of the infrastructure
  • unique and centralized console
Cons
  • differentiated licenses depending on whether you have VMs or physical servers
  • license prices too different between VMs and physical servers
  • initial configuration not very fast
Likelihood to Recommend
Scenarios which Microsoft System Center is useful are if:
  1. you are the systems engineer for a company and you have a complex data center in a Microsoft environment,
  2. you need to centralize the management of your data center in a single point
  3. you want to check its performance, make detailed analysis after a downed service
  4. you want to analyze what happened

Microsoft System Center ! A Complete Suite for modern infrastructure

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
September 15, 2021
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Automotive Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft System Center
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using System Center products including System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Operations Manager & System Center Endpoint Security Manager. The role of Systems Center Configurations Manager is to deploy windows updates, operating system images & custom software packages for clients and servers, we have deployed automatic deployment rules to deploy windows updates to windows clients, for servers we deploy manually only security patches, Windows 10 and other operating systems have answer files attached to the deployment which reduce interaction with support staff. End point security manager is deployed on servers to ensure proper antivirus update and security for servers, through operations manger we have automated a lot of tasks that were previously done through group policies and task scheduling.
Pros
  • Deployment of Windows Updates through SCCM
  • Deployment of Operating System through SCCM
  • Deployment of Application Packages through SCCM
  • Automation of task through SCOM
  • Deployment & Management of Antivirus through SCEPM
Cons
  • Reporting in SCCM
  • Automatic Deployment Rules in SCCM
Likelihood to Recommend
System Center is a Suite of products with a very vast amount of depth to it, it covers almost all aspects of server infrastructure and is well suited for large enterprises and medium sized organizations, it is not suited for small organizations. The tool that we used the most is System Center Configurations Manager which is very well made and it simplifies a lot of tasks like operating system deployment, updates and patches deployment and applications deployment. For automation System Center Operations Manger is well suited and for security System Center End Point Protections Manager.

Microsoft System Center Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 30, 2021
Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Research Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft System Center
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it mainly to manage our BOX servers and processes, it helps to show the logs and who has accessed the BOX recently. It makes resource management and application deployment easy. The product has saved a lot of time for our resources to automate implementations and roll our service jobs.
Pros
  • Better time management
  • Ease of application deployment
  • Manage remote BOX servers
  • Provide automated update to clients
Cons
  • Provide more documentations and training
  • The UI looks old and is not updated
  • shows error and needs to be reboot
Likelihood to Recommend
It is a great tool for organizations having multiple resources accessing BOX servers that needs log management. It is easier to install and deploy applications for broad users. It can be used to update serves with quick patches. It can be easily integrated with other Microsoft products like SQL and BI tools for visualization.

Makes life easier.

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
October 26, 2017
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Tuan Pham
Infrastructure Administrator
American Advisors Group (Financial Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft System Center
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it for image deployment as well as patching our computers. Of course only the I.T. Department will use it to deploy our computers to the rest of the organization. The business problems that it addresses is having a default image for all our computers that we deploy. It makes our lives easier knowing that we can deploy our computers quickly and correctly.
Pros
  • Storing drivers for our different model computers we have.
  • Being able to have central server for Windows Patches
  • The system analyzer is also a great tool to see what security risks our computers we deploy have.
Cons
  • Injecting the correct drivers could be a little easier.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for any scenarios you need it for.

Microsoft System Center helps your IT

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 19, 2022
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Industrial Automation Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft System Center
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In our internal automation helpdesk, to ensure the availability in our company. With this product, we can manage this. The platform is compatible with open systems like VMware. This makes it easy to use for different types of use.
Pros
  • Compatible with a variety of devices and systems.
  • End-users can use different apps and devices that fit their requirements.
  • Internal automation team can perform their tasks efficiently.
Cons
  • The scale of different devices.
  • High learning curve.
  • Need training to use the product.
Likelihood to Recommend
Best Scenario: fewer clicks and automated workflows help the Internal automation team reduce repetitive daily tasks so that the team can focus on more important aspects of their job. Less: setting it up requires significant expertise.
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