We are primarily using the solution for the active directory, and Microsoft TPM.
Sr Engineer IT at Hical Technologies Pvt Ltd
Stable, with good management capabilities and helpful technical support
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support has been good over the years."
- "The pricing could be better."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
The product has helped in managing laptops during COVID. It is very useful to work from home. It offers useful products like Microsoft Teams, used by 100% of our company. Due to the fact that it's all on the cloud, we don't have to be in the office to access and manage everything.
What is most valuable?
The management aspect of the solution has been good. We've been able to align it with our laptop servers and Microsoft 10 configurations.
The solution continues to improve itself.
The monitoring of the product is good.
Scalability is there if you need it.
The solution is stable.
Technical support has been good over the years.
What needs improvement?
The pricing could be better.
If you don't understand Microsoft, the initial setup can be a bit difficult. You have to be slightly technical.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for about four years. It's been a while. I've had some time to get to know the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution has been excellent. There are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable. It doesn't crash or free. the performance is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is very good. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so. it's not a problem.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is good. We haven't had any issues with them. We're satisfied with the level of support we get.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy if you understand Microsoft and have some experience. Otherwise, it is very difficult.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We'd prefer lower pricing. Microsoft can be costly. Due to COVID, many small companies can't handle the costs that Microsoft is charging. They need to be more flexible. If customers were going through cloud solutions, they should get more of a discount.
What other advice do I have?
We are Microsoft customers and end-users. We don't have a business relationship with the company.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've mostly been quite please with the product and its capabilities.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Implementation Engineer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Feature-rich, user-friendly, good performance, and is easy to setup
Pros and Cons
- "We have not had any issues with the performance, or the stability."
- "The license price could be lower."
What is our primary use case?
Microsoft Azure is essentially an IaaS solution, we use the DMs and everything in that.
Microsoft Azure is primarily an Infrastructure as a Service product.
What is most valuable?
We are satisfied with this solution.
We have not had any issues with the performance, or the stability.
It's more user-friendly than AWS.
What needs improvement?
I have only been using it for a month, so I'm still learning about the various options that are available. They have a lot of options, but I won't be able to comment unless I use it or explore it properly. Everything is fine, but I'm still learning.
The license price could be lower. If there is anything else, I will not know unless I explore.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have just started working with Microsoft Azure. I have been working with it for one month. I got my trial subscription and started working with it.
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?
Microsoft Azure is a scalable product.
I use it for my own personal use.
How are customer service and support?
I contacted technical support a while ago. They were also helpful. I only had one question about the file quarantine and file locking options, and they were very helpful. They have a support team that responds fairly well.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
For remote work, we have been using Microsoft Teams.
We are also using McAfee Proxy, as well as Box.
We are also using Amazon AWS.
I've only recently begun working with AWS. I started but then stopped because I didn't like the user interface.
AWS is used and preferred by a large number of customers, but I am more comfortable working on Azure rather than AWS. This is a personal preference.
How was the initial setup?
The initial configuration is straightforward. We only need an email ID and we can sign up in a matter of minutes.
What about the implementation team?
We can complete the installation on our own.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is determined by how much you can use and how much you want to use it.
It's not on a per-user basis; it's on a per subscription basis. It is dependent on how much you use. It has a metering system. If you use a service, you will have to pay for it. You do not have to pay if you do not use any of the services. That's how it works.
The licensing fees could be cheaper.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend this solution to others who are considering using it.
I would rate Microsoft Azure a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Service Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Useful for data analytics, artificial intelligence, and helps you get more value from your cloud investment no matter what your future goals are
Pros and Cons
- "With the Azure solution, you can get more value from your cloud investment no matter what your future goals are. It depends on your level of familiarity with the cloud you are using or with your computing. Azure helps you with every stage of the cloud."
- "Something that could be added to the solution is the use of deep learning, which is going to grow in the near future."
What is our primary use case?
Azure is a big world with potential things that we have to check and learn. We have Azure as the data analytics, artificial intelligence, and much more. I work with technology like Microsoft, Symantec, and with Azure connectivity online, like SaaS.
We are integrators for AWS and Azure.
I don't know the exact number of users because we work with different customers. So one customer is only servicing one, another customer has probably 300, another customer has probably 500. We have different customers with a different number of users that use this technology.
What is most valuable?
With the Azure solution, you can get more value from your cloud investment no matter what your future goals are. It depends on your level of familiarity with the cloud you are using or with your computing. Azure helps you with every stage of the cloud. When you start using Azure, you don't even buy it. It's just a simple sign-in and a free account, and you get free services. It's a great way to get into that kind of technology. That's why I've been using this solution for almost eight years.
They have a feature from the network, the communication, so the firewall is the most communication that we can find when we try to work with the Azure platform. Perhaps it's our environment, and that not all the customers are familiar with how to work with cloud technologies. For that reason, it's the most communication that we can find. I am in the Azure service sales, and that is one of the features that can help you to stay informed and take any action in the area that you found a thing generated for.
It has a personalized dashboard for service issues. You can check the Azure service help, and you can find any issue that you have in your platform. It's a safe point to check when you have an issue, so you can manage the issue and learn how to track that issue, and you can more effectively execute plans that you have to scale or that you have to put in action using Azure bots.
They have free coursework that you can check on the website, and a free update that you can find for SQL server security. We are more familiar with Azure, so maybe we have to wait a couple of years to get more familiar with AWS.
What needs improvement?
Something that could be added to the solution is the use of deep learning, which is going to grow in the near future.
We are waiting for a new version, a new RFID for Azure Virtual Desktop AD 1, or Virtual Live Desktop AD 1. It really needs a whole new platform, because I think their platform has the best opportunity to offer features like HORIZONT.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for eight years.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.
My advice is to just read and keep in touch. The technology is something that I have to read about every day, keep in touch with, study, take courses, and take certifications. So, currently, the best advice I can give to anyone is to keep updated.
Every time you check online you can find a new feature from Azure. The world of Azure is so big, so there is plenty of information that you can find, check, and test.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Business Development Manager at ITQS
Flexible, easy to configure, and good support
Pros and Cons
- "There are a lot of things that we like about it. It is very easy to provision and configure. It is flexible and scalable."
- "We have faced some issues on the pricing side, but it has improved lately. We are trying to adjust to the new pricing methods that they are using now. It should be better from now on."
What is our primary use case?
Its main use case is data center migration. We are doing data center migration to Microsoft Azure.
Azure is a set of different services, and the version depends on the service that you choose, but normally, we work with the latest version.
What is most valuable?
There are a lot of things that we like about it. It is very easy to provision and configure. It is flexible and scalable.
What needs improvement?
We have faced some issues on the pricing side, but it has improved lately. We are trying to adjust to the new pricing methods that they are using now. It should be better from now on.
In terms of features, it is constantly improving. We receive improvements from the site daily.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for about 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable. We have a team of 15 engineers who are continually working with our customers to provide support for the solution.
How are customer service and support?
Their support is good.
How was the initial setup?
Its setup is easy.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise others to start moving everything to the cloud because it is cheaper, flexible, and scalable.
I would rate it a 10 out of 10.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Technical manager at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
Quick, fluent and elastic; it's easy to build a new service and get it into production
Pros and Cons
- "It's very easy to build a new service and get it into production."
- "The solution is too expensive."
What is our primary use case?
I'm the technical manager of our company and we are customers of Microsoft.
How has it helped my organization?
We're able to provide our customers with what they want and very quickly.
What is most valuable?
This solution is quick, fluent and elastic. It's very easy to build a new service and get it into production.
What needs improvement?
The solution is too expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for five years.
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 is scalable, it's one of the main advantages.
How are customer service and support?
Customer service is pretty good for what I need.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not very complex. It's quite straightforward to get a new platform and be in production. We carried out the implementation ourselves. We have 350 employees and everybody uses Azure. We have four IT professionals dealing with maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We spend around $10,000 per month on licensing and that's just for Azure. In addition, there is a per user charge for using Office 365.
What other advice do I have?
The policy of the company is to use Microsoft products. We took a look at Google and AWS, but very quickly decided to go with Azure. It's a well-known solution and the decision was taken by the finance department.
Stability and simplicity of use play an important role, so I rate this solution eight out of 10.
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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Founder and Managing Director at Analytic Brains Technologies Private Limited
Interface is user-friendly, easy to set up databases fast
Pros and Cons
- "Azure is very user friendly. I was able to create some database servers really fast. The user interface is intuitive."
- "Some of the capabilities available in an on-premise SQL Server aren't available in Azure. For instance, we found Azure Managed Instance to be lacking in certain aspects. One of our clients decided to stay on-premise rather than migrate to Azure because of this reason."
What is our primary use case?
The typical use case is where you are trying to avoid investing in a solution that you are only going to be using on a limited basis. You need a pay-as-you-go solution where you can have access when you need it, but you don't have to make a major long-term investment. For example, say you need a software application but you want someone to build that application for you, and you don't want to invest in hardware or networking or other things for on-premise deployment. You can have your solution hosted on the cloud on the Azure platform so that it can be accessed from anywhere and you don't need someone to take care of it or maintain it. You can access your software application from your home or wherever without having to worry about the server going down or anything like that.
In these cases, a cloud-based platform like Azure or Amazon Web Services can be useful.
What is most valuable?
Azure is very user-friendly. I was able to create some database servers really fast. The user interface is intuitive. I don't work on the networking or firewall side of things. So I'm not familiar with those areas.
What needs improvement?
Some of the capabilities available in an on-premise SQL Server aren't available in Azure. For instance, we found Azure Managed Instance to be lacking in certain aspects. One of our clients decided to stay on-premise rather than migrate to Azure because of this reason. Maybe Microsoft is working on building these capabilities in the future, and we are unaware.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Microsoft Azure for a couple of years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
With Azure's capabilities, like sharding, we can really scale it up. They also offer features to increase performance, such as the ability to switch between performance tiers as needed.
How was the initial setup?
It's fairly easy, but it really depends on a lot of factors, such as the size of your application, how many databases you have and how many web servers you have.
What about the implementation team?
We outsource some of the work of the actual deployment to external consultants. And we don't do any work on the hardware side of things ourselves.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Azure uses enterprise licenses, and I believe they are on a yearly basis. One piece of feedback from other users I have heard from is that Azure is somewhat expensive, so I would advise anyone thinking about this solution to be aware of the cost. You need to take into account the configuration you are going with or it could turn out to be a more expensive solution than you anticipated. Sometimes, I feel that it may not be very straightforward for a consumer to estimate the cost. It's important to be clear in terms of your budget and what you're actually purchasing.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate it eight out of 10.
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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Chef manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Stable, and scalable, but expensive
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is straightforward."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Microsoft Azure for the UAT environment and data warehousing purposes.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Azure for approximately seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Microsoft Azure is scalable.
We have 12,000 users using this solution.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I use other cloud services, such as Amazon AWS and Google Cloud services.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We have a team of 30 that does the implementation of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are on a monthly subscription for Microsoft Azure and the cost is more expensive than some of the competitors, such as Amazon AWS. They should be more competitive with other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Azure a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Risk Manager at Novo Banco
A stable and scalable solution with good tech support, but lacking proper ease of use and dashboards
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is stable."
- "Use of the solution could be easier."
What is our primary use case?
As the solution is cloud-based, we always use the latest solution.
We make use of the solution in the cloud for specific internal applications.
What needs improvement?
Use of the solution could be easier. It is too complex.
The solution is not sufficiently informative and there is a need to wade through much information.
Moreover, we find it lacking when it comes to active dashboards. This is problematic when looking to Teams, as it does not allow one to know what is transpiring in real time, such as when there are concurrent conferences. This information only becomes available the following day.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Azure Review for three years.
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 is scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
Microsoft's technical support is good. There is no room for improvement.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We looked at web user before going with the solution.
How was the initial setup?
As the solution is cloud-based there is no installation involved.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The license is on a monthly basis.
What other advice do I have?
There are approximately 100 users utilizing the solution in our organization.
I would definitely recommend it to others.
I rate Microsoft Azure as a seven out of ten.
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