Think of this logically, SCCM is THE market leader. It manages something like 70% of all corporate windows computers in the world. Why would Microsoft look at that cash cow and say "I'm sick of making money, let's let someone else do that!"
SCCM is not going away. I'd be very interested to see if they could actually track down the Microsoft employee who said that. My guess is he was misheard and actually said something else. Either way, this decision is going to be a huge one for your department that will cost a LOT of money. No decision this big should be made based on something someone heard from a conference from that one guy who probably worked for Microsoft. Your supervisor shouldn't be allowed to go to conferences. On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:34 PM Daniel Ratliff <[email protected]> wrote: Straight from Brad Anderson, the VP at Microsoft over SCCM. Great blog on #ConfigMgr <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ConfigMgr?src=hash> by MVP @pdaalmans <https://twitter.com/pdaalmans> from http:// brianmadden.com <https://t.co/u6N4IN896m>. #ConfigMgr <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ConfigMgr?src=hash> here to stay and strengthening! https://twitter.com/Anderson/status/823948107532505088 *Daniel Ratliff* *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Marable, Mike *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2017 3:11 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* [mssms] Airwatch Connect Presentation - SCCM is a dead-end? Okay, today my supervisor was making the case for the decision to phase out SCCM. His whole argument centers on a presentation he saw at AirWatch Connect a few months back. The presentation was done by a Microsoft employee and in it he stated that SCCM was a dead-end product and that people should move away from it (and towards AirWatch). He couldn’t tell me who this presenter was, but he insists that it was a Microsoft employee. That doesn’t jive with what I see and hear, so I’m looking for anyone who may have been to AirWatch Connect this past Fall and could shed some light onto the context. Because I am sure that the statement was taken way out of context. Thanks *Mike Marable * Microsoft Systems Engineer Lead Enterprise Device Engineering and Management MCPS, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MCSE, MS [ Profile <http://www.mycertprofile.com/Profile/5319166625> ] [ Blog <http://thesystemsmonkey.wordpress.com/> ] ---------------------------------------------------- *"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." * -Oscar Wilde *"If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come." * -Arapaho Proverb *"Be willing to give up who you are now for what you can become." * -Unknown ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information.
