SCCM - Essential for larger environments
January 29, 2018
SCCM - Essential for larger environments
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 is being used for:
- Deployment of Windows 7 and Windows 10 client desktop and laptop machines
- Deployment of Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 Server machines
- Management of Windows updates for Windows servers and clients
- Applying configuration and security baselines and ensuring compliance
- Reporting and asset management
- Client and server inventories
- Software deployment and updates
- Application deployment and compliance
Pros
- Windows deployment is probably the biggest strength in my opinion. You can build and capture an operating system image, deploy it using as complex a task sequence as you want. The functionality can be combined with that of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. A deployment can be Zero-Touch all the way to a fully managed sequence.
- Update management is very good combined with WSUS.
- The distributed model of SCCM makes it good for ensuring WAN links aren't overutilized.
Cons
- Further work could be done on the software and application deployment side.
- The ability to view the logs from the same console would make a lot of sense.
- Compliance with baselines has been made very clear.
- It is relatively easy to produce clear and well formatted reports.
- Assigning applications to users or groups makes management very easy.
- Altiris
SCCM combines well with the rest of the Microsoft stack and provides tight integration with Azure, etc.
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