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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

99 Plan to Renew

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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.

+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

88

Cloud Integration

87

Access Management

87

Cloud Backup

87

Analytics and Reporting

86

Data Migration

86

Encryption and Decryption Support

86

Systems Performance Management

86

Regulatory Compliance

85

SLA Management

85

Capacity Management

85

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of IT Administration

86

Business Value Created

86

Quality of Features

86

Breadth of Features

85

Availability and Quality of Training

85

Usability and Intuitiveness

85

Ease of Implementation

84

Ease of Data Integration

84

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

83

Ease of Customization

82

Vendor Support

82

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Vishnu M.

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

Submitted Jan 2024

A flexible cloud platform

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

I think it is one of the leading cloud computing platforms, which provide wide range of services and solution for business and developers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

CPU/Database usage logs are clear, many different functions such as the App Service, Application Insights, Development areas. Highly reliable, never really experienced any downtime.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The different confusing subscription models. The costings escalate quickly once an intention of backups and high availability is considered. The Azure AD Connect on occasion might not automatically synchronize the different updates.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It can be a bit overwhelming at first, but to overcome that I would suggest you to following Azure Fundamentals and Administrator courses.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Vishal S.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Best for creating VMs with high configuration

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

It’s one of the best AVD( virtual desktop) -VMs as compare to others in terms of easy to use and better configuration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Best congratulations and easy to scale up and down.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No such dislikes. For more cost effective one need to go for saving plans or reserved instances.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It’s highly recommended clients who want to lower overall cost for IT procurements.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Jack D.

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

Submitted Dec 2023

Properly built, properly optimized

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

The ability to easily connect and scale virtual machines alongside other Azure services simplifies cloud infrastructure management

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The integration with on-premises infrastructure through Azure Arc allows for a unified management experience.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While Azure provides detailed pricing information, the multitude of factors influencing costs can be overwhelming.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take advantage of Azure Policy and Azure Security Center to implement governance and security best practices across your VM deployments.

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Respectful
  • Generous Negotitation
  • Friendly Negotiation

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