Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Machine Learning?

Machine Learning Studio is a powerfully simple browser-based, visual drag-and-drop authoring environment where no coding is necessary. Go from idea to deployment in a matter of clicks. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is a collaborative, drag-and-drop tool you can use to build, test, and deploy predictive analytics solutions on your data. Machine Learning Studio publishes models as web services that can easily be consumed by custom apps or BI tools such as Excel.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning won the following awards in the Machine Learning Platforms category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

2023

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+92 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 Azure Machine Learning?

0% Negative

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Model Training

Data Exploration and Visualization

Pre-Packaged AI/ML Services

Data Pre-Processing

Feature Engineering

Model Tuning

Performance and Scalability

Data Labeling

Model Monitoring and Management

Data Ingestion

Explainability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

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Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Reviews

Hosam K.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Easy to use Machine Learning Platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Machine Learning from other similar products?

Azure Machine Learning integrates seamlessly with other Azure services, such as Azure Data Science Virtual Machine and Azure Cognitive Services, which facilitates machine learning workflows and model training within the Azure ecosystem.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure Machine Learning is cloud-based, easy to use, and has advanced capabilities in building and deploying machine learning models. It can import data from Azure storage and has a flexible pricing model. It offers Machine Learning as a Service that supports a comprehensive range of algorithms and integrates with cross-platform tools and frameworks.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Azure Machine Learning has limited storage in the free version. The platform can be complex and confusing, especially for users new to Azure Cloud and machine learning.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It would be great to start by understanding the basics of machine learning, including its algorithms and techniques, and Familiarize yourself with the Azure Machine Learning service and its features. Take advantage of the official learning resources, tutorials, and documentation.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Sashank M.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Ease of Use and UI friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Machine Learning from other similar products?

Integration with Azure Ecosystem: AML seamlessly integrates with the broader Azure ecosystem, providing access to a wide range of Azure services, including data storage, compute resources, data pipelines, and analytics tools. This integration allows users to build end-to-end machine learning solutions using a unified platform. Scalability and Flexibility: AML provides scalable and flexible infrastructure to support a variety of workloads. Users can choose from a range of virtual machine sizes, including GPU instances for deep learning tasks.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use: Azure Machine Learning offers a user-friendly interface and a wide range of tools that simplify the end-to-end machine learning workflow. It provides a drag-and-drop designer for creating machine learning pipelines without writing extensive code. Additionally, it integrates with popular data science libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn, allowing you to leverage your existing knowledge and code. Broad toolset and framework support: Azure Machine Learning supports various programming languages (Python, R, etc.) and provides integration with popular development tools like Jupyter Notebooks and Visual Studio Code.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Learning Curve: While Azure Machine Learning provides a user-friendly interface and tools, it can still have a learning curve, especially for users who are new to the Azure ecosystem or machine learning concepts. Understanding the platform's features, navigating the documentation, and effectively utilizing all the capabilities may require some initial investment in learning. Cost: Azure Machine Learning is a cloud-based service, and the cost associated with using it can vary depending on the resources consumed. Users should carefully consider the pricing model, compute resources, storage, and other factors to estimate and manage costs.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Understand your requirements: Clearly define your project requirements, goals, and constraints. Consider the size and complexity of your datasets, the scale of your machine learning workflows, and the specific tools and frameworks you plan to use. This will help you assess whether Azure Machine Learning is a good fit for your needs. Familiarize yourself with Azure ecosystem: Get acquainted with the broader Azure ecosystem and services. Understand how Azure Machine Learning integrates with other Azure services such as Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Databricks, and Azure Cognitive Services. This will enable you to leverage the full potential.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Kevin S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Review for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Machine Learning from other similar products?

Its ease of use is very good with deployment and monitoring of the ML models is very reliable

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Deployment and Monitoring of data

What do you dislike most about this product?

Ita offline version is not yet released so sometimes lags when internet connectivity is not upto the mark.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommendable for the in-built pre-packaged AI/ML models available in the cloud services

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Inspires Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Model Training Ability to train a model with a range of data sets that you provide.

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Pre-Packaged AI/ML Services Pre-trained models and associated resources, e.g., for forecasting, recommendations, image and video analysis, NLP, voice, etc.

Data Pre-Processing Ability to wrangle or pre-process data to ready it for model training.

Feature Engineering Ability to extract and build features from raw data.

Model Tuning 'Ability to fine-tune models based on monitoring feedback within the platform.

Performance and Scalability Systems performance (time) and scalability end-to-end: from data load and processing to model creation and deployment.

Data Labeling Ability to annotate/ label data to create a training data set.

Model Monitoring and Management Ability to monitor model use and performance in production, incl. identifying models for refresh and/or replacement.

Data Ingestion Ability to access data from various sources on-prem and in the cloud and of various type: structured, unstructured, and semi-structured, real-time, etc.

Explainability Ability to explain/ visualize the model.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

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.

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.

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 Azure Machine Learning Reviews

Hosam K.

Easy to use Machine Learning Platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sashank M.

Ease of Use and UI friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kevin S.

Review for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Model Training

Data Exploration and Visualization

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Data Pre-Processing

Feature Engineering

Model Tuning

Performance and Scalability

Data Labeling

Model Monitoring and Management

Data Ingestion

Explainability

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Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support