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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Conflict Resolution

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
Enables Productivity
Fair
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Access Management

Cloud Backup

Analytics and Reporting

Data Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

Systems Performance Management

Regulatory Compliance

SLA Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Richard G.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Apr 2023

It can create a VM in a few steps

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

You can easily create a desktop environment and start using it. Setting up a server in the cloud environment made it relatively easy to set up telework by simply setting up a VPN environment when telework started. Also, since the VPN tool is free and provided by MS, it was easy to implement internally, and we were able to keep costs low. There are many server plans, etc., so if a plan suits your company, you should consider submitting it.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

As part of our BCP (Bulk Copy Program) measures, we considered moving the desktop environment to the cloud and decided to introduce it. As a result, BCP measures and data security have been improved, such as not storing data locally. At the time of deployment, it is possible to install MS Office and the applications necessary for the business simultaneously (of course, some things are impossible), so the environment creation time can be shortened.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It would be difficult for non-professionals to understand the difference in nature between a VM environment and a local environment.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Before using Azure Virtual Machines, it took a lot of time to create virtual machines. With Azure Virtual Machines, templates can be used to create virtual machines automatically, so we were able to reduce the work hours involved in creating virtual machines. Specifications can be changed one by one according to the content of the job. Because it can create a VM in a few steps, it is very convenient when making many VMs. The price is relatively low among various VM services.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Imaya Segara G.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Apr 2023

Azure is similar to AWS and offers a varieties

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Azure is similar to AWS and offers a variety of products and solutions for app developers. The Azure platform offers good processing and computing power. It is capable of deploying and managing virtual machines at scale. Azure can also run large-scale “parallel batch computing” – a unique feature that it shares with AWS over the Google Cloud Platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Azure is not far behind. It also has a wide customer base and has gained a lot of popularity in most of the Top Fortune 500 companies. Around 70-80% of fortune 500 companies use Microsoft Azure. So working in Azure always a plus for anyone profile.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No cloud service provider can really guarantee 100% security

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It would be restricting access to virtual machines by configuring Network Security Groups, enabling storage encryption, installing vulnerability assessment solutions.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Revanth T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Apr 2023

Easy to use,

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Native logging solution is better than other clouds

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure container instances

What do you dislike most about this product?

Microsoft Azure should have there own flavor of linux OS

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Need to work on improving linux vm's support

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Transparent

Cons

Wastes Time
Less Caring
Under Delivered

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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.

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

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

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.

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

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Virtual Machines Reviews

Richard G.

It can create a VM in a few steps

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Imaya Segara G.

Azure is similar to AWS and offers a varieties

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Revanth T.

Easy to use,

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Access Management

Cloud Backup

Analytics and Reporting

Data Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

Systems Performance Management

Regulatory Compliance

SLA Management

Capacity Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support