




Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

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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91 Likeliness to Recommend
99 Plan to Renew
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86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Fair
- Security Protects
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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Vishnu M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jan 2024
A flexible cloud platform
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Submitted Jan 2024
Best for creating VMs with high configuration
Likeliness to Recommend
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
Submitted Dec 2023
Properly built, properly optimized
Likeliness to Recommend
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