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Microsoft System Center

7.6 /10

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What is Microsoft System Center?

System Center helps customers gain an unified datacenter management experience with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection and self-service capabilities. You can now extend System Center capabilities with Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) to deliver a cloud-inspired, platform-agnostic solution to help you manage both traditional infrastructure and modern applications with ease.

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Microsoft System Center Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+76 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft System Center?

1% Negative

16% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Friendly Negotiation
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Cloud Monitoring

Patching Automation

Automated Remediation

Multi-Site Functionality

Applications Monitoring

Network Mapping

Network Performance Management

Centralized Dashboard

Event Correlation & Management

Capacity Management

Access Rights Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Microsoft System Center Reviews

Ademola A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Fantastic product with great perfomance

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft System Center from other similar products?

Since it's a Microsoft product, it integrates very well with windows environment

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to push software to multiple system

What do you dislike most about this product?

Too many prerequisites before installing and setting up the product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Excellent product, first in it's class, No other deployment solutions have the amount of features SCCM has.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Oluwanbe O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft System Center from other similar products?

Easily integrates into a Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

ease of Operating system deployment/upgrade for end users

What do you dislike most about this product?

Inability to manage Mac Operating system effectively

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great product, Adequate training will enable you unlease the beast within this product.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Hasan K.

Role: Finance
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

SCCM enables us to manage client and mobile device

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft System Center from other similar products?

SCCM enables us to manage client and mobile devices, whether physical or virtual.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

System Center Operations Manager is the family service management product, designed to centrally manage, view and control Services.

What do you dislike most about this product?

for me usefull

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

for license model may be change

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

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Microsoft System Center Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+76 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft System Center?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud Monitoring Monitor SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS deployments (e.g., metrics such as throughput, latency, and failed requests).

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

Automated Remediation Automate remediation of alerts due to exceeding defined thresholds e.g. trigger scripts to address low disk space alerts.

Multi-Site Functionality Centralized management of resources across multiple remote locations.

Applications Monitoring Monitor applications and associated infrastructure, including databases, middleware, and messaging components.

Network Mapping Visually map your network (e.g. devices and node relationships) to assist with monitoring and managing your network.

Network Performance Management Includes network performance analysis, bandwidth monitoring, and capacity planning.

Centralized Dashboard Summarize the overall status of your data center, including alerts, performance, and capacity.

Event Correlation & Management Correlate and filter events (e.g., setting thresholds) to identify and report only meaningful alerts.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Access Rights Management Ability to track and manage user access of sensitive data and systems

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Microsoft System Center Reviews

Ademola A.

Fantastic product with great perfomance

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Oluwanbe O.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Hasan K.

SCCM enables us to manage client and mobile device

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Monitoring

Patching Automation

Automated Remediation

Multi-Site Functionality

Applications Monitoring

Network Mapping

Network Performance Management

Centralized Dashboard

Event Correlation & Management

Capacity Management

Access Rights Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation