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SCCM - Essential for larger environments
January 29, 2018

SCCM - Essential for larger environments

Muhammad Mulla | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

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
  • 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.
  • 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.
Config Manager is particularly well suited to larger environments where the flexibility and power of the product can be fully realised. It is one of those products that would benefit from a dedicated staff resource.

I do not think that Systems Center Configuration Manager is a good product to recommend to smaller business (e.g. those in single offices with fewer than 400 devices).