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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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2026 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2026

8 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

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

Cloud Integration

Access Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Cloud Backup

Multiple Region Support

Data Migration

Analytics and Reporting

Regulatory Compliance

Capacity Management

Systems Performance Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Dileep C.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

"Easily Integrated Responsive Cloud Tool"

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Azure is a platform with both integrations "PaaS" and "IaaS" whereas the others only provide only one integration.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It provides quick resolution whenever support is required and it is due to the parent company being involved.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes, the integration is not assisted over the L1 Support due to which the deployment status gets on hold.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

While switching to this platform, do make sure to check with the integrations included in the package, as you might be ending up subscribing to all the unnecessary plugins.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Shivaling P.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Pure Seamless Experience! Azure Assures Everytime

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure DevOps capabilities are unmatched compared to similar offerings specially the Azure Repos and DevOps pipelines.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite product is their DevOps offerings and kanban boards inbuilt.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dislike the Identity and Access management it offers which is bit confusing for cloud newbies

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I surely recommend them to try their DevOps offerings

Pros

Over Delivered
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features

Savad M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Most satisfied one so far , Looking forward

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

It's very easy to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

How easy it is to manage the things around

What do you dislike most about this product?

From some aspect, it looks like pricy

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try out the standard one

Pros

Helps Innovate
Respectful
Fair
Generous Negotitation

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

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

Multiple Region Support Customers can easily move their services into another one of our data centers for simplified and fast multi-region availability.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

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

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

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

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.

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

Dileep C.

"Easily Integrated Responsive Cloud Tool"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Shivaling P.

Pure Seamless Experience! Azure Assures Everytime

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Savad M.

Most satisfied one so far , Looking forward

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Access Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Cloud Backup

Multiple Region Support

Data Migration

Analytics and Reporting

Regulatory Compliance

Capacity Management

Systems Performance Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support