MEMCM vs Tanium

Question

Hello,

Did anybody has comparison between Microsoft Configuration Manager and Tanium?

There are several steps we need to evaluate:

• Software Updates (MEMCM) versus Patch (Tanium)
• Deployment of Applications
• Anything else?

We know we have delays in MEMCM to get the inventory and so on but is Tanium really live? Is the inventory really exact within minutes?

Is the planning/scheduling easy? We started to test and apparently we have issue in Tanium doing the Patching synchronization, it is failing time-to-time, any comments?

All comments and ideas are welcome.

Thanks,

Dom

Answer 1

Hi, @Duchemin, Dominique

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

Microsoft Configuration Manager (MEMCM) and Tanium are both endpoint management solutions, but they have different approaches to software updates and patching. MEMCM provides three modes of deploying updates: manual deployment, automatic deployment, and phased deployment. Tanium, on the other hand, provides a patching solution.

In terms of deployment of applications, MEMCM offers a wide range of application deployment options, including MSI, EXE, and scripts. Tanium also provides application deployment capabilities, but it is primarily focused on endpoint security and patching.

Regarding inventory accuracy and synchronization, Tanium claims to provide real-time visibility into endpoints, while MEMCM may have delays in getting inventory. However, it is unclear whether Tanium's inventory is always exact within minutes.

In summary, MEMCM and Tanium have different strengths and weaknesses, and the choice between them depends on the specific needs of the organization.

For the issue patching synchronization, you may ask in the Tanium community:

https://community.tanium.com/s/topiccatalog

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Answer 2

Never heard of Tanium before. Before cloud times, Confmgr had 70-80% market value in the world, and the rest vendors providing similar endpoint management solutions shared the rest. Now Intune is replacing CM.