SCCM...have you noticed an uptick in usage?

Rob Dunn

I happened to notice this over at the Spiceworks Community for the past year - I'm not sure if SCCM is just being used more and more lately, or if more people who are using it are heading to the community to discuss it.

I've always been an advocate of it (so long as it works right). It's a convoluted beast to be sure, but very powerful. As such, I've been working with it in my home lab - the one thing I've never really done with SCCM was OS deployments, which prompted me to install it here.

Have you all been noticing a surge in usage, or is it because I'm interested, I see it more (kind of like when you're shopping for cars and all you notice are other people driving that car you like)?

I like it, however most companies seem to not be willing to invest in it as a tool to better manage things that can already manage the same thing in another way.

I do know a few companies using, or I should say have it. They are the same companies that seem to splurge on Dell Kace and such. Most that I have talked to say they use very little of it's features.

nadnerB

I like it and have been using it for almost a year now.
It is very different to what I'm used to. Partly because it's a different mindset. You have to do everything like a large scale enterprise would do them.

I'm booked in to do the SCCM administration course in September. I can't remember what the Microsoft course number is but it's going to be a week of training.

Thanks @Rob-Dunn for the heads up on the SCCM up at SW. It sounds like I should he's over and have a look, maybe even participate

scottalanmiller

Hard to say but I feel like it is tied to the massive shift from VMWare to HyperV virtualization.

@scottalanmiller said:

Hard to say but I feel like it is tied to the massive shift from VMWare to HyperV virtualization.

I'd say that's has a lot to do with it. VMWare's offerings are becoming less and less attractive.