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Cyber Security Consultant at Ukroboronprom
Real User
Stable with good security and easy to manage
Pros and Cons
  • "Technical support has been extremely helpful."
  • "We need more security to be available on our smartphones and mobile devices."

What is our primary use case?

We buy licenses in order to provide an ecosystem on Microsoft, using Azure for documents and also for accessing Office 365 and for corporate messaging and so on.

We use Azure for everything. For example, we use Microsoft Teams on Azure for our conference calls and we also use scrum tools and project management tools as well. we use it on endpoints to work in remote places. Our CRM and procurement platforms sit on Azure. There's also antivirus features on it.

What is most valuable?

The solution is good for enterprise control and managing various systems.

The solution is quite stable.

The scalability has been good.

We haven't seen any security gaps as of yet. It feels very safe.

The initial setup is very easy.

Technical support has been extremely helpful.

What needs improvement?

We need more security to be available on our smartphones and mobile devices. They need to improve the protections available in that area in particular. We're actually currently looking for solutions that will protect devices of this nature so that they can safely access the corporate network. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We began to use this solution last year, in 2020, when we begin to have to do remote work.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the solution is excellent. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. the performance has been good. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of Azure is very good. If a company wants to expand it, it can do so with relative ease.

We have about 300 endpoints in our organization that use Microsoft Azure. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support on offer is very good. If we ever need help or extra assistance, they are happy to jump in. We're quite satisfied with the level of service on offer.

How was the initial setup?

The installation was mostly straightforward, although we did run into a few small issues. We had the local Microsoft team assist us, however. For the most part, everything ran smoothly.

It typically takes two to four hours to install everything.

We have a technical team of 15 people that can handle deployment and maintenance as necessary. They are IT and help desk personnel as well as two managers. We also have a team that focuses on cybersecurity and information protection.

What about the implementation team?

Our local Microsoft team helped with the installation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We're on a three-year standard license. We do have to pay for licensing.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We haven't looked at other solutions. We prefer sticking with Azure.

What other advice do I have?

We're customers and end-users.

We use both the cloud and on-premises. 

We're using the latest version of the solution.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. It's very good, however, it has room to grow.

I'd highly recommend the solution to other individuals and organizations.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Sr.Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
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Very scalable, no upfront expenses, fast time to market, and maximum uptime for our services
Pros and Cons
  • "Its scalability is valuable. Depending on our requirements, we can add as many virtual machines as we want. We are able to get high availability for services. Services are always available, and they have the maximum uptime. If there is any issue with one of the services, another service is always available. It is pay-as-you-go. You don't have to spend any money upfront. You use the service and pay after one month or a couple of hours of use."
  • "For deploying multiple resources in a big number, such as in hundreds, we need a streamlined process and more user-friendly scrips. The scripts have to be more user-friendly, and they should also supply some standard templates to deploy multiple resources at a time. Currently, it is very easy to deploy a couple of resources, but if you want to deploy multiple resources, it becomes complex. The material that they provide for integration with an existing on-prem data center is complex. They have to make them user-friendly. The scripts related to resource management need to be simplified."

What is our primary use case?

The existing infrastructure of our customers is on-prem. We will be migrating or moving from on-prem to Microsoft Azure cloud.

How has it helped my organization?

We don't have to spend money to purchase the hardware, set up a data center, get people to work on it, and maintain security. We don't have to spend any money on these things. It is ready to use, and resources are available for us. We just create an account on Azure and start using the services. 

The time to market is very fast. We just supply the resources, virtual machines, and databases, and our applications are up and running. This helps our customers and us to be more future-ready and cloud-ready.

What is most valuable?

Its scalability is valuable. Depending on our requirements, we can add as many virtual machines as we want. We are able to get high availability for services. Services are always available, and they have the maximum uptime. If there is any issue with one of the services, another service is always available. 

It is pay-as-you-go. You don't have to spend any money upfront. You use the service and pay after one month or a couple of hours of use.

What needs improvement?

For deploying multiple resources in a big number, such as in hundreds, we need a streamlined process and more user-friendly scrips. The scripts have to be more user-friendly, and they should also supply some standard templates to deploy multiple resources at a time. Currently, it is very easy to deploy a couple of resources, but if you want to deploy multiple resources, it becomes complex.

The material that they provide for integration with an existing on-prem data center is complex. They have to make them user-friendly. The scripts related to resource management need to be simplified.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one year. In our company, we have been using it for four to five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has a very high uptime for services. They are able to provide as per Service Level Agreement (SLA). We are not seeing any downtime for our applications. Our users have not reported any issues. 

They have their internal redundancy for hardware and software. If there is an issue with any hardware, another hardware is ready to take the load.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very scalable. We can add as many virtual machines as we want. We have 400 to 500 people who are using this solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not worked with support. We work in a design team where we have a dedicated Microsoft account partner to provide support. That support is fine. If there is an issue with running virtual machines or there are any infrastructure issues, another team takes care of that. I've not got any complaints from them that their support is not working.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we had the regular on-prem solution with our own data center. We had to deploy physical servers, networks, databases, and everything else. We needed flexibility and scalability for our customers and applications, and that's why we moved to the cloud.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was easy. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is operational expenditure (OPEX). There is no cost upfront. When you start using it, you have to pay the charges. Initially, the cost is less, but after you start using it more and more, the cost will go higher. It is a little bit costly, but that is okay because you get better resources. You also get better support in terms of how you create the resources. Documentation is available, and the SLAs are met. 

What other advice do I have?

Companies are now starting to switch over to Azure, and before doing any kind of migration, they need to plan each and everything from scratch. They should have a Microsoft consultant or somebody from Microsoft so that they can plan well before using Azure. Otherwise, they will not be aware of where they are spending and how they can reduce the spending. They would also not know whether their security compliances are being met and whether their network is being fully utilized or having some issues. Proper planning has to be done before using Azure. 

I would rate Microsoft Azure an eight out of ten.

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Senior Regional IT Infrastructure Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A feature-rich and stable platform with good redundancy and scalability
Pros and Cons
  • "The redundancy across different regions is the most valuable. It provides a big value for cloud services, especially for Microsoft."
  • "The level of authorization or authorization cascading can be improved. We have the most powerful admins and then we have sub-admins, but the level of authorization is not that easy to handle or manage."

What is our primary use case?

Azure cloud is a platform for many things, such as hosting, file services, application or power apps, and data lake. All these things are a part of Microsoft Azure. We're using it as a full suite. We are a big tenant with all solutions for Microsoft. We are using the latest version of Microsoft Azure.

What is most valuable?

The redundancy across different regions is the most valuable. It provides a big value for cloud services, especially for Microsoft.

What needs improvement?

The level of authorization or authorization cascading can be improved. We have the most powerful admins and then we have sub-admins, but the level of authorization is not that easy to handle or manage.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure for three years. I am using this solution on a daily basis. It is the main platform that we have.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Its stability is good. It is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very easy to scale. We have more than 7,000 users. 

How are customer service and technical support?

They are pretty sufficient. I would rate them an eight out of ten.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We also have different cloud vendors like Amazon and Salesforce, but they all are for different purposes, so it depends on the service.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was simple. It was done in stages. 

What about the implementation team?

We had the full support and dedication from Microsoft for its installation. Its maintenance is done by a vendor, and we also have some technical support from Microsoft when we are doing this stuff.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Microsoft always provides the entry-level solution with a cheap license. Once you start to like the product, then you have to pay for the full package, which is more expensive than the entry-level solution. Every feature comes with a license and a cost. Some licenses have multiple features, and some features require a specific license.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise starting directly with Microsoft and then asking the vendors to recommend the trusted partners to work on the implementation or migration, and not vice versa. First, talk with the architect of the design and see if they can recommend a trusted partner who can do the implementation.

I would rate Microsoft Azure a nine out of ten. It is a big product and platform. It covers many things in terms of features.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Real User
Top 20
Easy to set up and has high stability
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has high stability."
  • "We have reported some bugs we encountered, and it would be good if those bugs were resolved more quickly."

What is most valuable?

The solution has high stability.

What needs improvement?

We have reported some bugs we encountered, and it would be good if those bugs were resolved more quickly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure for more than one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution a nine out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Currently, we are happy with how the solution scales. Around 60 users use the solution in our organization on a daily basis.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten for scalability.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup was quite easy, and you can get support to help you with the installation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

We use management tools for APIs. A few people were involved in the solution’s deployment and maintenance. I would recommend the solution to other users.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Azure a nine out of ten.

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IT Solutions Architect at Canvia
Real User
The services are ready to use from the outset
Pros and Cons
  • "Easy to deploy services"
  • "Potential improvements to the price calculator tool"

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for Azure is for workload, database, and service migrations. I use Azure to migrate services to serverless Azure services. Some of the services I utilize within Azure are Azure SQL database, managed database, Cosmos, virtual machines, service accounts, and infrastructure as a code for migration.

What needs improvement?

I'd like to see improvements with the price calculator tool. I would like to get a forward-looking view of the services I want to cost. For example, if I want a bigger machine with two CPU's and eight gigabytes of RAM, maybe the calculator can allow me to input my recipe, the tool can then give me a list of virtual machines that have that specification, and it will be easier for me to choose the virtual machine I want. 

There are no additional features at this time I can suggest for future releases.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have worked with Microsoft Azure for 7 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure is very stable, it has a SLA of 99.9%.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The Azure services are very scalable.

How are customer service and support?

Microsoft have varying types of support levels. Depending on what level of support you have , this determines the response time from them.

What about the implementation team?

We implement in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

All services in the cloud are easy to set up, the services are ready to use from the outset. For example, it would take me 5 minutes to deploy one virtual machine in Azure, or a Sharepoint cluster may take me 4 hours. The cloud deployments are normally automatic once you start.

Regarding licensing, always look to optimize costs with the use of Azure Advisor.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We use Microsoft Azure and AWS, depending on what the client wants. Some clients like to compare prices between the two, it depends on the workload that my client would like to migrate also.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Manager- Projects at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Scalable, stable, and easy to install cloud computing platform
Pros and Cons
  • "Installation is easy as it's cloud-based. Performance is good. It's stable and scalable."
  • "Integration with more platforms needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

Microsoft Azure is for customers who want to move to cloud-based solutions, take advantage of licensing e.g. hardware or software licensing benefits, and other cloud-related benefits, e.g. Azure container benefits, making their applications more scalable, etc.

What is most valuable?

This solution shows good performance. There were learning hiccups initially, but now it's okay.

What needs improvement?

More integration with other platforms is what I would like included in the next release for this solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been implementing Microsoft Azure for our customers for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Azure is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I found Microsoft Azure to be scalable.

How are customer service and support?

We don't directly interact with technical support because the licenses are bought by our customers, so it's our customers who interact with them, but we didn't see any major issues with Microsoft Azure, on the ground.

How was the initial setup?

As Microsoft Azure is a cloud-based solution, installation was easy.

What about the implementation team?

Our team implemented this solution. The technical team, particularly those with knowledge about Microsoft Azure should be able to implement it well. We used our engineers to implement it.

What other advice do I have?

We've been using different Microsoft solutions. Microsoft has solutions. It starts from Azure data sending, data storage, and other Azure related solutions. other Microsoft solutions that everybody uses include Office, Outlook, C#, .Net, etc., from the technical side.

It is our customers who use Microsoft Azure. They wanted to move to Microsoft Azure, so we moved them. We just maintain it for them, and also do the development and the support for their applications.

For people who want to start using this solution, if they are currently using the Microsoft Stack on-premises, moving to Microsoft Azure will be good.

'm giving Microsoft Azure a score of eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Market Tech Partner at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
An agile, scalable and stable solution with good tech support
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has given us more agility, scalability and opportunity to optimize the cost."
  • "There should be be better support for microservices and containers."

What is our primary use case?

The solution does not have a specific version. We are talking more about a resource group. Whichever is the latest version is the one we use. 

The solution is used across the industry. Currently, I am working on something involving the education industry. My previous assignment focused more on clinical trials or medical data. These are two of the most recent and largest projects I have undertaken. 

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has given us more agility, scalability and opportunity to optimize the cost.

What needs improvement?

The solution should have better interface capabilities. 

There should be be better support for microservices and containers.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Azure since 2010. I have used it within the past 12 months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution gives our organization scalability. 

We have plans to increase its usage. 

How are customer service and support?

Microsoft Azure's technical support is good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use another solution prior to Microsoft Azure. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

The deployment does not take long. In fact, the deployment time is not really applicable. When it comes to Azure, we are talking more about a platform than a proper product. I'm more into migration. 

What about the implementation team?

In our case, it is we who are the consultants. As such, we are mostly into deployment at the moment and not maintenance. There are other providers who handle the latter. 

What was our ROI?

I am not in a position to comment on whether we have seen a return on our investment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing is pay per usage, so it can be both monthly and yearly. It supports all.

There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees. There are various licensing programs, so the customer may choose the one which aligns with his needs. 

What other advice do I have?

The solution provides platform as a service and infrastructure service, both of which are good.

Since Microsoft Azure supports close to 200 or 300 products, we are not talking about a single product or solution and this makes it difficult for me to provide advice. Being a platform, there may be thousands of users who are making use of it. However, in my organization, we are talking about nearly 200. 

I don't have specific advice to give. This product lends good support when it comes to Microsoft tech. If the organization is a part of the overall Microsoft ecosystem, employing things such as O365 or M365, then Microsoft Azure does a better job than the competition. 

I rate Microsoft Azure as a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Powerful and easy to integrate
Pros and Cons
  • "One of the most valuable features of Azure is that it's a very integrated solution. You have to learn how to use it properly, but it's not that hard, and you can define your whole scrum process and deploy it from one place. It was a really nice surprise to see how easily integrated this tool is."
  • "I would say an improvement could be allowing for more external, third-party tools. However, I think that's their vision, how they develop the product."

What is our primary use case?

We have many use cases of Azure. For example, in this project, we usually use Jira for tracking the tasks, stories, etc., but in this case we used Azure. We used it for the whole scrum process. We also used it as our deployment environment for testing the software and production. The production was also deployed on the Azure cloud. 

What is most valuable?

One of the most valuable features of Azure is that it's a very integrated solution. You have to learn how to use it properly, but it's not that hard, and you can define your whole scrum process and deploy it from one place. It was a really nice surprise to see how easily integrated this tool is.

What needs improvement?

I would say an improvement could be allowing for more external, third-party tools. However, I think that's their vision, how they develop the product. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Azure for about a year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This solution is stable. We were quite happy with Azure's performance.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Azure is scalable. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have also used AWS. To put it this way, I don't think Azure is worse than AWS—certainly it's not the same, so if you're used to using one, it may initially be different, but it's not hard to learn. Maybe if I use it more, I can give some specifics, but I think Azure is a very good solution. 

How was the initial setup?

Azure is a cloud tool, so the installation is a very easy process. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Their licensing costs might be a little bit lower, compared to AWS, but I'm not sure. I think we get licenses, especially on long-term projects, on a yearly basis. It could be cheaper. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Microsoft Azure an eight out of ten. There is some hype in the industry around AWS, but I think Azure is quite powerful and could be a really nice alternative to AWS. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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