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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

Composite Score
9.0 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10
Category
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
9.0 /10

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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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 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?

3% Negative
3% Neutral
94% Positive

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Security Protects
  • Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Load Balancing

87

Cloud Integration

87

Access Management

86

Encryption and Decryption Support

86

Cloud Backup

85

Multiple Region Support

85

Data Migration

85

Analytics and Reporting

85

Regulatory Compliance

85

Capacity Management

85

Systems Performance Management

84

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of IT Administration

86

Quality of Features

85

Business Value Created

85

Ease of Implementation

85

Breadth of Features

85

Ease of Data Integration

85

Availability and Quality of Training

84

Usability and Intuitiveness

84

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

83

Ease of Customization

83

Vendor Support

82

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Nasseer Q.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Fantastic Microsoft Azure

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Compared to other cloud providers, it is faster and provides the best service quality. Building deploying, and managing your application in the cloud is very easy in azure cloud.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The platform offers a wide range of services and tools for developers to build and deploy applications, and it has a global network of datacenters that support high availability and data residency requirements.

What do you dislike most about this product?

GUI is bit complex especially if you are a biggener.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Microsoft Azure is the best cloud to host your application on the cloud. It is the most secure platform.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

Michael N.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Unique data engineering features

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Data factory and data bricks are some of the best tools on the market for developing a cloud-based data platform with scalable pipelines

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The top-level understanding of how the data platform is performing is great, as well as its ability to integrate with other CPS features

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's fairly expensive, but that depends on scale and compute optimization

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I wouldn't suggest this for your at-home projects because of the price, but the feature set is great for enterprise implementation applications

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Unique Features
  • Enables Productivity
  • Includes Product Enhancements

Cons

  • Vendor's Interest First
  • Less Generous

Kevin P.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Bridge Microsoft Licensing with Best in Breed Clou

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Integration with Microsoft Licensing.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Single pane of view for Microsoft products/solutions

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of open source solutions

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Utilize a Microsoft Partner for the migration

Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable

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