Overall very practical to follow a lot of errors on the server.

We manage a lot of servers available. very easy to watch each by System Center without requiring a server rdp.

bugs that are fixed on the server sometimes fades late System Center panel.Panels very simple, can be more visual.

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.

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.

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.

The integration between windows and a hyper-v infrastructure that can scale the compute, storage and networking by using Microsoft technologies and not third party which reduces the overall licensing costs from other vendors like VMWare or Nutanix.

The powershell module to automate builds and management lacks features and needs fixes and better error checking. There are no popular modules to pick from the Powershell gallery so you have to install it from their ISO and it is very challenging to move the module to another machine for remote management.

System Center is the best suite of windows management tools there is.

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. !

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.

We use SCCM for everything. Imaging, software deployment, patch management, Windows 10 servicing, antivirus, hardware/software inventory. Log files make it easy to fix errors when they do occur. Ability to build flexible images and inject drivers and software during the imaging process (task sequence).

It takes a long time to get familiar with the software. If you're going to have multiple administrators, a lot of training may be required.

We are able to automate and keep track of so many processes. It really helps lower the number of employees we need.

We use this tool for managing our desktop computing environment as well as our ITSM ticket tracking. It is all there and is powerful.

The interface is circa 1999. It really needs to be moved to a web interface and streamlined. It is slow and clunky and as a result the team often feels lost. Unfortunately this leads them to be gun shy - with good right. We want them to have the confidence in making a change before committing something potentially to the entire environment.

We can manage 400 servers and 2500 desktops with ease.

Automation and reporting for compliance. All Windows Updates are delivered and staged in a controlled and predictable fashion at scale. Machines obey the rules and report back compliance. This makes it easy to only worry about a few systems that are not well behaved. Same can be said of delivering applications, OS feature updates, and OS images. I can't imagine dealing with this many Windows systems without a tool like this.

To deal with things at scale everything works with delays and over a period of time. This can sometimes make creating and testing changes difficult as it can take time for this to all work. All work is in the background and log analyzers are needed to understand what a client is doing if it is not working.

SCCM is a solid enterprise management solution for doing routine patching, monitoring, and reactive maintenance on enterprise PCs. The application is scalable in the sense that additional management servers can be created to address growth. Devices are monitored by agents that provide a basic heartbeat and basic device status information. Standard reports and queries are available out of the box.

SCCM is a costly application both monetarily and in terms of the time overhead required to build, customize, and learn the application. Even though basic reports and queries templates exist, additional reports must be written from scratch. The software pre-requisites for installing SCCM are also substantial and more cost efficient with an existing MSDN subscription.

I love the software and it allows me to better manage my time with product and service implmentations.

The software suite is all encompassing. From managing hypervisors down to client PC's. The scalability of the software to make managing 1000 computers feel like 100.

The software isn't cheap. The licensing is pretty complicated too. There can be a sheep learning curve for some of the products.

System center helps to automate day to day IT tasks, run and deliver reports on system health, manage endpoint protection, and deploy software updates for the organization.

Ease of intergration. System Center integrates well with Windows Domains.

Hardware requirements. System Center is resource intensive and some products do not provide a good return on investment in terms of resources versus tasks automated / simplified.

peace of mind

Great for protecting your network, and a really great tool for sniffing around your network. You can see programs installed, updates applied, and even connect/remote control for a user in need. The suite is pretty easy to use and has never failed me so far with all the PC's I have to maintain. It saves you time, money and can prevent serious issues arising in a network. Once a virus gets in, game over!

I find the program is a big of a resource drain, however you can fix this by changing the priority to a lower setting to use less CPU power. Only other issue I have ever had was having issues with Internet Explorer, seems this program and IE likes to fight from time to time. Otherwise, no real issues. I do find it used a lot of hard drive space, but that isn't a big deal these days.

This software allows me to provide a higher level of support for my end users because it automates and streamlines deployments and configuration of devices.

System Center gives me the ability to remotely manage software, compliance policies, and operating systems on all of our windows devices. I spend 60% of my day in System Center managing the 5000 windows devices in our organization. I primarily use it to deploy windows updates, and operating systems.

I wish the logging and error messages were more "user friendly". I'm not a huge fan of "log files" so using this software and not having useful logs and helpful error messages is very frustrating.

Best discribe is best way to mange IT infrasture SCCM

System center configuration manager can use deploy Software,Windos patches level,inventry the Hard ware,software,remote conectivity..best secure software fo the IT infranstures

Actually SCCM define the manage Computer hardware software level.we can deploy all windows patch level,software level,Operating system upgrade,power management also.

Being part of a company that has multiple locations all across the world, System center is a must have tool for managing thousands of computers. It allows you to save time and be very efficient.

System Center 2012 R2 should be part of every organization period! It's the best feature would be the ability to push software through packages to multiple computers at once. What I like best about this release is the added PowerShell support.

There is absolutely nothing to dislike about this product.

Easy computer management

Microsoft System Center make it easy to manage the ten thousand plus computer in our organization. Reports such as the Software inventory help keep our licensing in check.

Microsoft System Center is very complex. I recommend getting any/all training available to fully utilize all the features. We are still finding new ways to use SCCM.

I have personally used the System Center Essentials/System Center Virtual Machine Manager to manage our Hyper-V cluster, its a great tool, and in many ways superior to VMWare.

It is not as advanced as VMWare, although every update it gets a little better. It is however a great tool for a great cost.

System center has several sub-products to manage datacenters; like scom and sccm. Sccm is very practical tool to manage hyperv servers and virtual machines. Scom is used to automate jobs on servers.

some tasks on hyperv servers are unable to be complete on sccm.

Everything. The level of control it gives over desktops from OS build to patching and software deployment.

There is a bit of a learning curve in order to master the workflows of some areas such as 3rd part software patching.

It is really easy to deploy software and updates to your endpoints.

I wish you could query the database from SSMS or Power Bi or any other analytical tool. You can only easily use the built queries.

Easy to track ad users, easy to set up server.

Set up and control all the servers from one software.

Grouping my Microsoft server in one environment.

This system spans most area of technologies required for your business. It is not very easy to set all system up, but when everything is done, you can enjoy management your whole infrastructure.

With multiple components of this system you can build your own private cloud, in which you can manage your own virtual machines, which can be based on different technologies Hyper-V or VMware,do backups to protect your data, monitor your infrastructure and automate routine tasks. And all those things can be tightly integrated with public Microsoft cloud Azure in hybrid scenario or for realization different separate purposes as backuping, site recovery, automation and LogAnalitics in the cloud.

No so easy to setup and manage, required experience and knowledge from administrator in multiple IT arias.

I have used System Center for as well as monitoring as deploying software to clients for the company I currently work for. In the future I will also use this to deploy operating systems and provide updates using system center.

Gives the the very useful possibility to monitor systems, to deploy laptops with an operating systems and their applications. Also nice to provide updates to the clients.

It's a pretty high cost and it's not the most straightforward. It's quite complex and requires a specific point of technical expertise.

Making my own software packages and distributing them has been made so easy. I can do my own inventories by departments, by computers, or what ever I need to pull out.

Confusing sometimes, little complicated most of to time. You really need to study quite a lot to get the most out of it.

There is a lot this can do, we used it primarily for Configuration manager and endpoint protection. It's a good product.

Like many of Microsoft products, high learning curve and complex setup for even seemingly easy tasks.