Microsoft Azure Block Storage Reviews

Our primary use case is for long-term backup. We are customers of Microsoft.

Gearing is a very useful feature and the most valuable one for us. 

The technical support could be improved and the price could be more flexible for clients. 

I've been using this solution for 10 years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable enough for our needs. We have around 200 users and are a small to medium-sized company. 

When I get hold of the right person in customer support, the service is good. But it's sometimes difficult to get to that because there are so many departments and different support teams that it's difficult to find the right queue. 

The initial setup is simple for me because I have a lot of experience. There are some frustrating elements with the solution that require the updating of PowerShell modules each day and that requires a lot of work. 

Moving from a lower tier to a higher tier license requires additional payment and is expensive. When you have some Block Store in the archive tier and you want to get it back to the hot or cold tier, it's too expensive.

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

The solution is deployed on public cloud.

Besides compression and encryption, the ease of integration with services like CDN and computing makes it compelling and cost-effective.

Encryption, data analytics and behaviour analytics can be improved. Encryption and usage analytics optimization, built into the setup, can take it to the next level.

We have been using this solution for four years and are currently using the latest version.

It is a stable solution, but it has a high variability factor. I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

The solution is scalable. As a consulting and services company, we implement solutions for customers. Over 50 customers use this solution in our organization. Regarding maintenance, one is enough if it is within the same timezone because there is significantly less administrative overhead on Blob Storage. Unless there are complex workloads requiring operational tasks to be done, we can add more people. But from an organizational standpoint, one is enough.

We have not had the best experience with customer service and support. I rate them an eight out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup was straightforward.

I rate the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being the highest and one being the lowest. The price could be slightly lower because there has not been a price revision. They should revise prices, but they've not done that. Since we captured enough markets, they don't care anymore.

We evaluated S3 before choosing this solution. S3 has a wider adoption. Other than that, technically, I do not see much of a difference between both. They have similar functionalities.

I recommend this solution to other users. I rate this solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good, but improvements can be made to behaviour analytics and data encryption.

We have Azure Block Storage because we heavily use image and video files in our application for our data. We are able to store and download them from our web application to view images and stream/playback videos.

This is a very stable solution.

I would like for the next release to replace the CDN being used for content delivery, there is currently a rather long delay.

I have been using this solution for more than four years.

I have not had any issues regarding the stability thus far.

This is a scalable solution. We have twelve people using Azure at our company with over four thousand end users

Microsoft support is really amazing. We got feedback quickly, almost within twenty four hours.

The initial setup was easy. All I needed to do was create an account and begin configuration.

I was able to complete the setup myself and it took all but thirty minutes.

Note that if you plan to use Azure, you will need to create an account with AWS.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I develop the solution for customers, so the use case varies.

The ability to synchronize data in a distributed environment is very useful. It makes it easier to work with different geographic and availability zones.  

The solution could have better archival policies and localization of data.

I have been using this solution for about three or four years.

The stability and reliability of the product are very good.

Scalability is there, I never see an issue with the scalability of the solution.

We sometimes have issues during data migration or face a bug, which requires us to contact the support team. I would mark them four out of ten.

Neutral

I would say the setup is simple. 

I also work with AWS, so that was a consideration. 

Azure Block Storage has very good integration with the Microsoft suite, which helps a lot when creating a digital workspace. That's why I like this product.I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

This solution is integrated to the backup console, so there's no user interaction. We're using Azure Block Storage as our second copy storage.

We're working as a distributor.

We use this solution for backup storage on our on-premise backup.

There are capacity limitations that could be expanded.

When freeing the backup capacity on our disk, we have to create another block storage and integrate with that. The limitations may be an issue with the customer.

It should be more flexible for customers. For example, if a customer needs 10TB of capacity, it should be flexible for the customer to expand to that capacity.

I have been using this solution for one year.

It's a stable solution.

There are some limitations when it comes to the capacity and scalability.

Installation is simple. You don't need an integrator or consultant for setup.

We compared this solution with AWS S3. It mostly works like object storage.

I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.

Microsoft Azure Block Storage is used for data storage.

The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are flexibility and the possibility to trigger actions.

I have been using Microsoft Azure Block Storage for approximately one year.

The stability of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is good but could improve.

I rate the stability of Microsoft Azure Block Storage an eight out of ten.

Microsoft Azure Block Storage is scalable. The scalability is based on the subscription parameters.

We have a few hundred users using this solution in my organization.

I have not used the support from Microsoft Azure Block Storage. However, I know others who have and they are good.

I rate the support from Microsoft Azure Block Storage a four out of five.

Positive

The initial setup of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is easy.

The price of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is less expensive than other solutions on the market, such as Cloud Storage from GCP.

We evaluated other solutions before purchasing Microsoft Azure Block Storage, such as Cloud Storage from GCP. Based on our experience and our project, the solution is very similar.

I rate Microsoft Azure Block Storage an eight out of ten.

We use Azure Block Storage as the secure backup destination for data from on-premise sources and also from cloud services. I backup files from SQL to Azure Block Storage and restore from Azure when needed.

We can use Azure Block Storage for some of our bigger files. 

Azure Block Storage could use more capacity.

We started using Azure Block Storage in 2020.

So far, so good.

Azure Block Storage is scalable enough to meet the needs of our company of 1,000 employees.

We had a minor issue with Block Storage, but we never opened a ticket with Microsoft support.

Setting up Block Storage is simple. We handled it ourselves, and it only took around an hour. After deployment, all the maintenance is done by the provider.

I think Azure Block Storage is a reasonable price for the amount of storage we're getting. 

I rate Azure Block Storage eight out of 10. I like that I don't need much technical experience. I always recommend Azure Block Storage to other companies that already used Azure. -

We primarily use the solution for backup and replication.

The solution's most valuable features are its usability, scalability, and management, which is really easy. It is not a heavy product either. 

The biggest problem with Azure is the price. It's cost too high.

Technical support needs improvement.

The scalability of the solution is good.

Technical support is not really excellent. It's not easy to speak with the right level of engineer directly. We need to wait for a first level and then wait again to be moved to a higher level. The tiered system they use slows down the responsiveness.

Above licensing, Azure does have extra costs, which makes the solution rather pricey.

We use the cloud deployment model.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.