Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

Migrate your business- and mission-critical workloads to Azure infrastructure and improve operational efficiency. Run SQL Server, SAP, Oracle® software and high-performance computing applications on Azure Virtual Machines. Choose your favorite Linux distribution or Windows Server.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

86 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 Virtual Machines?

1% Negative

4% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Access Management

Analytics and Reporting

Cloud Backup

Systems Performance Management

Data Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

SLA Management

Workflow Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Fernando M.

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

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Submitted Dec 2021

Fantastic Cloud with great integration and ease

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

A lot of integration tools with other Microsoft software. Portal is really easy to use and implement new services

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I really like the ease to implement new services and the possibility to do it using the command line.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some products and services are not still available in all regions and Azure doesn't offer them yet.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's really worth it and very useful, but plan your project and check how could use on Azure before.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Respectful
Fair
Over Delivered

Cons

Commodity Features

M.Burak M.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Features disappoint.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Ease of Use, Low Cost

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

For a small to medium IT department whose core mission is to maintain basic IT services like AD, DNS, and some Apps, there is no better choice than Azure since it can integrate really easily to already existing resources like windows 10 machines, SharePoint, .NET Apps, teams, and office 365, allowing a progressive and smooth transition of many of those services to the cloud. Many other cloud providers are better and cheaper at offering virtual machines but the bread of managed services Azure provides and how those integrate with each other, I have not seen in any other cloud provider, and for us, the use of managed services has made all the d

What do you dislike most about this product?

Since it's is fast-evolving technology, pricing and capabilities had changed a couple of times causing an increase in cost in most cases. For example, there is a new restriction in the number of applications you can run in an Azure APP Service for the basic plan, forcing you to create an additional service to host the same number of apps.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A preferable product

Pros

Generous Negotitation
Over Delivered
Reliable
Caring

Cons

Wastes Time
Leverages Incumbent Status
Slower Product Innovation

Jasmeet singh V.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Classic optimised and relentless

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

In azure, We have dms which enables the homogeneous and hetrogeneous migration between databases which have public ips. Microsoft has done a good work in terms of database migration functionality.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

They are many things which I like from Microsoft Azure. It is the second competitor to aws. They are providing many different and new services to their end user. I like the dms service the most. Also I like the active directory from azure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing I can think to dislike Microsoft Azure.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I will surely recommend azure as it is fully charged up team with good potential and offered services

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

What is Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines?

Pros

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

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

SLA Management Includes a contracted delivery time, automated escalations, and timely resolutions.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Fernando M.

Fantastic Cloud with great integration and ease

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

M.Burak M.

Features disappoint.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Jasmeet singh V.

Classic optimised and relentless

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Access Management

Analytics and Reporting

Cloud Backup

Systems Performance Management

Data Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

SLA Management

Workflow Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization