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

Bimal S.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Good product, but with some limitations

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure provides a unique way of setting things up in an easy way. We can easily deploy our applications as well as make use of the Machine Learning tools as well as Virtual Machines.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

A lot of features integrated into the same tools is my favorite aspect of this product.

What do you dislike most about this product?

This product is a bit pricey to operate as well as the product is not well documentated.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If price doesn't matter, then I would like to recommend others to go for this product without any considerations.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Saves Time

Ali Y.

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

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Submitted May 2022

easy to use and integration

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Easy to use and integrated with current microsoft environment

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use and quick to find what I'm looking for

What do you dislike most about this product?

waiting for a create virtual machine

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

make POC before buy

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

Brendan A.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

It provides the best cloud services for its users.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

It’s versatile because of its versatility, sophisticated website regeneration, and other inbuilt functionality. Azure is innately flexible as a cloud-based solution; you’ll be able to copy the info in virtually any language, on any OS, and from any place. An incredible feature is that Azure also allows you to use multi-factor authentication, conveyance to your data and apps a brand new coding layer with zero headache for the customers. Single sign-on may also be handily introduced for cloud applications for Windows, Mac, robot, and iOS. The opposite beneficiary issue about Azure is that with simply a few pages of well-defined options, all th

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that it’s clean and simple to manage the platform, it’s a bonus over alternative platforms. It permits me to deploy services with simply a couple of clicks, it is undoubtedly one of the most effective platforms and you must use it. Everything is well organized and has terribly clear usage prices. One of the items that I really like is that there are already organized templates and you’ll deploy services very quickly with efficiency.

What do you dislike most about this product?

As a cloud-based solution, shoppers and computers wouldn’t have access to include if you drop your connection to the internet. The valuation model is complicated, which makes it not possible for numerous solutions to be analyzed and measured.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you would like to enter the globe of cloud computing and that everything is straightforward to implement, you ought to think about Azure as your initial option.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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

Bimal S.

Good product, but with some limitations

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ali Y.

easy to use and integration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Brendan A.

It provides the best cloud services for its users.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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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