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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft System Center

Composite Score

7.5 /10

CX Score

7.7 /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. System Center enhances agility and performance by streamlining the deployment, configuration, management, and monitoring of your infrastructure and virtualized software-defined datacenter.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft System Center won the following awards in the Systems Management category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2024

Microsoft System Center Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+80 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?

0% Negative

10% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Respectful
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Multi-Site Functionality

Patching Automation

Event Correlation & Management

Server Performance Monitoring

Access Rights Management

Cloud Monitoring

Centralized Dashboard

Storage Monitoring

Automated Remediation

Deployment Model

Network Mapping

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Microsoft System Center Reviews

Giorgi K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jul 2020

Good product but no updates, no new version.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft System Center from other similar products?

All required services are centralized.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Schedule patching of windows/software. Monitoring. Remote assistance tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No more updates, no more new version.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

New version of the product, updates

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Effective Service

Cons

Slower Product Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft System Center Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 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

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

Patching Automation The automated deployment and installation of server patches

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

Server Performance Monitoring Monitor and report server performance (e.g., memory, CPU, and disk utilization).

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

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

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

Storage Monitoring Monitor storage performance and capacity.

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

Deployment Model Deployment model(s), e.g. on-premise, cloud, hybrid, suit business needs

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft System Center Reviews

Giorgi K.

Good product but no updates, no new version.

Likeliness to Recommend

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Feature Ratings

Multi-Site Functionality

Patching Automation

Event Correlation & Management

Server Performance Monitoring

Access Rights Management

Cloud Monitoring

Centralized Dashboard

Storage Monitoring

Automated Remediation

Deployment Model

Network Mapping

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Vendor Support