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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

9.0 /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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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Conflict Resolution

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

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+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

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Systems Performance Management

Analytics and Reporting

Access Management

Cloud Backup

Data Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

Capacity Management

Multi Cloud Management

Regulatory Compliance

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Reviews

Arjit S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Help businesses Provide better experience

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

Easy to work Highly reliable Most commonly used among companies New features added

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cloud feature and how we can handle the data

What do you dislike most about this product?

Quite tough for beginner

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I have no suggestions just introduce few features

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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

Pravin M.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines from other similar products?

We can spin up resources very quickly. Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS) is very good service. We can easly deploy microservices and troubleshoot. Azure Key Vault is good secret manager to store secrets

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Key Vault, Azure Container Registry and etc..

Pros

Effective Service
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Client Friendly Policies

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

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.

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

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

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

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

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.

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

Multi Cloud Management Includes multiple cloud computing services, file transfers, and security guarantee.

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

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

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 IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently 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.

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.

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 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.

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

Arjit S.

Help businesses Provide better experience

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dileep C.

"Easily Integrated Responsive Cloud Tool"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Pravin M.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Systems Performance Management

Analytics and Reporting

Access Management

Cloud Backup

Data Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

Capacity Management

Multi Cloud Management

Regulatory Compliance

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support