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About System Center
System Center is an on-premise and cloud-based IT management solution that helps businesses of all sizes monitor and diagnose issues across systems and applications. The solution allows managers to enhance the efficiency of infrastructure resources by the monitoring health and performance of system memory, CPU and network.
The software lets professionals monitor the health of storage centers, localize faults and notify the concerned departments. It enables teams to utilize service request form templates and automatically route IT requests to relevant personnel for approval. Additionally, administrators can utilize System Center’s orchestrator tool to create and test runbooks using an integrated scripting environment (ISE) plugin.
System Center offers an application programming interface (API), which lets businesses modify the system and integrate it with third-party applications including Microsoft Azure Security and Active Directory. Pricing is available on a one-time basis and support is extended via FAQs, documentation and other online measures.
System Center pricing
System Center does not have a free version. System Center paid version starts at USD 3,607.00.
Starting Price:
USD 3,607.00
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
No
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System Center Reviews
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Luisana
- Industry: Higher Education
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 31/03/2018
Excellent services
Pros
Excellent services It seems to me that their way of helping the client and fulfilling all their needs is really good.
Cons
I have no complaints about System Center, their services have been very effective and fast. Very good.
Jose Leandro
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 13/06/2018
It is a fantastic and incredible tool for the administration of computers and servers
Pros
- It can be unified with Active Directory and DHCP to locate any computer that is connected to the network.
- You can deploy Windows desktop and Windows server updates automatically or manually.
- You can implement any application or shortcut.
- Most impressive is the ease with which you can implement operating systems through the network.
- When you deploy an application, update or operating system, you can easily see the progress of the implementation.
- Has a wide range of created reports.
- Can generate Querys according to the need of the company.
- SCCM has its own remote connection system that provides great help at the time of remote technical support.
- You can set up an "SCCM server" or a "distribution point" in each location you need to avoid bandwidth consumption.
- It has a great security to establish the differences between the roles of the different areas of the company that require the use of the tool.
- You can use the LOG as they are very useful.
Cons
- Microsoft System Center is a very expensive tool
- It requires many pre requisites for the installation of the SCCM in a server.
- The set-up requires many hours of work so that SCCM is 100% configured
- The creation of additional reports is very complicated.
- Generating Querys in SCCM does not have much documentation and is really difficult.
- You really need to do a course to be able to use the tool.
- Many errors of the tool are basic and do not show details.
- It is complicated to verify the installation of Windows updates.
Stephen
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
1
Reviewed on 04/05/2018
Asset management, CRM, incident management, deployment all in one. But, man, if it isn't...
I have never used a better CRM tool, but that isn't saying much. Asset management is good. Application/OS deployment is good but difficult.
Pros
Asset management, CRM, incident management, application deployment and those are just the features we use. Excellent, detailed reporting of incidents, users, assets, etc. Integration with everything Microsoft. The desktop apps are actually pretty decent, if you have used other Microsoft apps and are already used to how they are laid out. It really is better than some CRM tools and asset management tools.
Cons
Slow. Maybe it is just us and our on-prem setup (another con, these days) but boy is it slow. We were even told by Microsoft that it just is slow. That's it. Other MDM, asset management, CRM tools come with manufacturer setup teams to help you get started, we just threw ours together from scratch and a few classes. Everything is a learning experience and almost nothing is intuitive. Writing C# and XML are a must. SCCM/SCSM is not user friendly and takes 1, 2, or 3 full-time employees to run, let alone get setup.
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 18/01/2019
Hassle free system management
We are using system center configuration manager for operating system deployment and have custom images created for department wise. If new PC deployment is required we are able to plug the new PC into the network and run the deployment process and the PC will install the OS and required software in less than 1 hour. We are applying patch update company wide regulatory using system center and helps keep all the system up to the date and secure. Software center used by users to request and self service software installation process which reduce the helpdesk burden.
Pros
I have experience in System Center Configuration Manager and the Operating System Deployment (OSD) has saved lot of man hours in company wide when re-configuring or deploying PCs over company. We can deploy a new PC with all relevant software and updates without single user interaction in less than 1 hour of time. The software center is a feature where users can self service software installation and OS upgrade for Windows 10 very easily.
Cons
The automated client deployment is giving trouble most of the time if the remote end is miss configured firewall or corrupted WMI. We have to sort those problems manually if we encounter such a problem.
Verified Reviewer
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 06/12/2019
System Center is the King of the Microsoft Systems Management
System Center is the best suite of windows management tools there is.
Pros
For over the last 10 years I've worked with pretty much all products in system center suite. Mostly with SCOM and SCCM. These Products are massive, but there is nothing better when it comes to software delivery, patching, monitoring etc. !
Cons
the learning curve of the System Center Products is steep. it takes time to master. Sometime it could get expensive to get the right people to involve in supporting and administering these products.
