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
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

Uday A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2024

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Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines stand out by offering a high level of customization and control over your computing environment, allowing you to build and deploy virtual machines with specific operating systems and configurations on demand, while seamlessly integrating with other Microsoft services like Active Directory and Azure storage, making it particularly attractive for organizations already using Microsoft products; this is coupled with robust scalability, built-in monitoring, and a wide range of optimized VM types for diverse workloads, all within a secure and reliable cloud infrastructure

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Deep Microsoft integration: Seamless integration with other Microsoft products like Active Directory, Office 365, and Azure services, streamlining management for existing Microsoft users. Extensive VM customization: Ability to choose from a wide variety of operating systems, configurations, and specialized VM types optimized for specific workloads like high-performance computing, memory-intensive applications, or graphics processing. Scalability and flexibility: Easily scale up or down your virtual machines based on demand, allowing for cost-effective resource allocation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost While Azure's pay-as-you-go model can work well for small and medium businesses, it may not be as economical for larger companies. Large organizations may have higher costs due to their data processing needs, computing power, and human resources. Learning curve Azure's many services and options can be overwhelming for new users, leading to a steep learning curve. Vendor lock-in Relying heavily on Azure's services can make it difficult to migrate to another cloud provider without significant effort and expense. Complexity

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Azure Advisor helps you optimize and reduce your overall Azure spend by identifying idle and underutilized resources. You can get cost recommendations from the Cost tab on the Advisor dashboard.

Pros

Efficient Service
Respectful
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Cons

Vendor's Interest First
Under Delivered

Tharusan S.

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

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Submitted Oct 2024

Love this software!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Not sure, but it gets the job done

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration with other Microsoft products like document sharing and cloud

What do you dislike most about this product?

Can't name one

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Azure is as great as I expected

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Jessica C.

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

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Submitted Oct 2024

Simply the best

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Azure is simply the best Cloud Provider, I've used others like GCP and AWS and Azure is undoubtedly the best, not only for the amount of resources, but for the organization of the environment, ease of interaction and support

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's very difficult to say, at the moment there isn't one that I don't like in the environment

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use it without fear, it is without a doubt easy to deploy and operate daily

Pros

Respectful
Appreciates Incumbent Status
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

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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

Uday A.

Azure VM Reviews

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Tharusan S.

Love this software!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jessica C.

Simply the best

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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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

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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

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