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

Michal W.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jul 2022

Fantastic solution for data transference.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Azure allows for very large files to be transferred via their service. Overall this is a tool that greatly helped with productivity during the recent pandemic, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for a solution to data transfer. Most similar services allow for much smaller files to be transferred or at times they implement limits on how much can be done. With Microsoft Azure this is much more lenient.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With a perfect broadband connection, files in excess of 20 GB were possible to be transferred at an acceptable pace.

What do you dislike most about this product?

This product is very heavy on the internet connection, as it transfers the files in full size rather than as zip files, which makes it considerably time consuming in the event that the individual does not have a fully open or dedicated internet connection strictly for this.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you need large files to be transferred throughout your organization, this is definitely the tool for it.

Pros

Security Protects
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Nisa K.

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

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Submitted Aug 2022

Amazing Cloud Platform : High Availability and Upt

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

*. It has a strong focus on Data Security. * It promotes pay as you go.So you do not have to pay for the services that you don't use. * It promotes redundancy and high availability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

* Scalable. * It promotes high availability. * It has strong security profile. * You can use any framework , tool or language with Microsoft Azure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

* YOu have to have knowledge to use Azure properly. So a little knowledge is necessary to manage Azure. Without that manage, you might pay unnecessary money and it will be costly for you. * Sometimes speed can be an issue. For specific areas there is no problem for speed such like North America, but if it is South America speed is a very bug concern.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

* Add more services for South America, Africa or Mideast as well as services are not enough at that region. * It is not easy to manage Microsoft Azure. Maybe a documentation could be nice which tells us how to manage Microsoft Azure properly.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Hemanth G.

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

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Submitted Jul 2022

Intuitive and great suite of products

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure is a rich software which combines multiple software feature together to provide one great platform. The differentiating factor with Azure is the ease of integrations with other Microsoft applications as well as other 3rd party applications

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My primary usage with Microsoft Azure is to upgrade the infrastructure by moving low security documents from our local system to the cloud platform. I like how easy it is get this done. Usually this process would take up hours of my time, but now I am able to save a lot of time and effort.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Although Microsoft Azure has a great set of integrations, the implementation part of it is not so easy.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Microsoft Azure is backed up a with a great product team who are ready to assist you at each and every step and for this very reason, I consider Microsoft Azure as one of the must have software for any business

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Fair

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.

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

Michal W.

Fantastic solution for data transference.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nisa K.

Amazing Cloud Platform : High Availability and Upt

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Hemanth G.

Intuitive and great suite of products

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

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