Azure virtual machines are stand-out.
Director Software Engineering at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
User-friendly tool with many integrations
Pros and Cons
- "Azure virtual machines are stand-out."
- "Their backup strategy is a little complex which racks up the VM to other sole storage areas. This should be improved."
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
Their backup strategy is a little complex which racks up the VM to other sole storage areas. This should be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for close to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Azure is very stable.
Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Azure
December 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Azure. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2024.
824,067 professionals have used our research since 2012.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Customer service was very good.
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup was straightforward and flawless.
What about the implementation team?
This was implemented via in-house team.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is fair and it was actually just reduced. My organization is paying approximately $100,000 annually with close to one thousand users. There are no additional fees.
What other advice do I have?
Azure is user-friendly which is great for those with no code experience, though this limits flexibility.
This is a very simple solution. Their integration with Office 365 is very easy. And for those who are enterprise customers already using Office 365, their role-based access control communicating with Azure is much simpler and easier which allows for full control.
I would rate this 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
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
IT Systems Administrator at a transportation company with 51-200 employees
Stable, knowledgeable support, but the support subscription model needs improvement
Pros and Cons
- "Being cloud-based saves the provisioning aspect of an on-premises solution."
- "The support subscription models need improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We use Microsoft Azure for our IDB. That is our primary use, but we also have a certain degree of MDM through Microsoft.
What is most valuable?
It does what it is supposed to do, and what we expected of it. That's the key benefit. Being cloud-based saves the provisioning aspect of an on-premises solution.
What needs improvement?
The support subscription models need improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Azure for a couple of years.
We are using the latest version.
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?
As far as we have expanded it, it is scalable. It's a startup company, we haven't scaled it to a significant number of people yet.
We have between 100 and 150 people in our organization who use Microsoft Azure.
I don't think that we will expand our usage at the moment.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have contacted technical support on one occasion. My biggest issue with the technical support of Microsoft is when we had an issue that was product-related and it was difficult to get support on the subscription level we were on. In order to try to get support, we were told that we needed to upgrade. It was quite frustrating that an issue with their product required an upgrade to get serviced when it was a failure that they were responsible for.
It's not a question of knowledge, the knowledge was there. Access to that knowledge and the subscription model they were trying to put in place was the issue.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used to work for Oracle. My previous experience was with Oracle Enterprise Manager.
How was the initial setup?
I wasn't present or involved at the time of installation. I came along later. I started with the company after that.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing fees are paid monthly.
What other advice do I have?
We are currently in the process of deploying Zabbix to cover our monitoring needs. We have used other monitoring products which come with certain components.
From my point of view, it would depend on the type of solution and everything they were trying to encompass. In our case, it made sense to go with Azure. I think that for other companies, I would recommend that it's a good solution, but that depends on what problem you are trying to solve. It also depends on what infrastructure is already in place, and whether you want to have a lot of disparate systems communicating, or whether you want to consolidate that to a specific vendor. But for the purposes of what we needed Azure to do, it does the job. However, we don't use all of the MS Apps functionality.
It does the job, but it doesn't wow me. I am pretty happy with it. I don't get overly excited about it, but I am not disappointed with it. I would rate Microsoft Azure a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Azure
December 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Azure. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2024.
824,067 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Highly stable, scalable, and good technical support
Pros and Cons
- "The technical support has been good."
What is our primary use case?
In my country, many organizations want to migrate their operations to the cloud. This is why we are using Microsoft Azure.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for approximately one year.
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 in my experience.
Approximately 1,000 use this solution.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support has been good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We also have customers using AWS.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is easy.
What about the implementation team?
We did the implementation of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing of the solution could be reduced. We are not able to create a free account in my country.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend this solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Azure a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Remote Product Manager
highly scalable, easy installation, and stable
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of the solution are for management, such as dashboards."
- "The solution could improve by providing better tutorials and documentation."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution as our cloud service provider for product and project management.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of the solution are for management, such as dashboards.
What needs improvement?
The solution could improve by providing better tutorials and documentation. There was a point when I was trying to understand how the board works and there was not any documentation that could articulate it properly. We had a whole team who had to go online to check other sources in order to understand.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Azure in my organization for seven months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Azure is stable 99 percent of the time.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is easy to scale. We needed more servers in the past months because of our application growth. It was a very easy process, you use your credit card online, authorize funds, and you have more servers.
We have approximately 2,000 people using this solution in my organization.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have not needed to use technical support because we have not had any issues.
How was the initial setup?
The installation of this solution was straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution.
I rate Microsoft Azure a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Information Technology Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Good performance with a straightforward setup and the capability to scale
Pros and Cons
- "The stability is very good. The performance is excellent."
- "The cost of the product is too high. It would be ideal if they could lower it a bit for their customers."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution in our lab. We use it for critical services for the most part.
What is most valuable?
The solution is very scalable.
The stability is very good. The performance is excellent.
We found the installation to be very easy and straightforward.
What needs improvement?
The cost of the product is too high. It would be ideal if they could lower it a bit for their customers.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for about two to three years or so. It's been a while.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance is reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the solution is very good. A company can expand it if it needs to.
We have six users on the solution currently. We have one project manager and five general users.
How are customer service and technical support?
I can't speak to the technical support services or Microsoft. I can't say that I have used them.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult. It's very simple. It's quite straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is too expensive. They need to work on the pricing.
I can't speak to the exact cost our company pays in order to use Azure.
What other advice do I have?
As it's a cloud-based solution, we're always on the latest version. it automatically self-updates.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've mostly been quite happy with the capability of the solution.
I'd recommend the solution to other users and other 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?
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
System Administrator and DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Competitively priced, but the interface needs to be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
- "It's a cloud service, so it's always up to date."
- "If you compare it with AWS, it is not very friendly to use. I find the UI better to work with on AWS."
What is our primary use case?
It's similar to AWS.
It's an infrastructure as a service.
What is most valuable?
It's a cloud service, so it's always up to date.
What needs improvement?
If you compare it with AWS, it is not very friendly to use. I find the UI better to work with on AWS.
They easily provide service with Windows, but not with Linux.
For how long have I used the solution?
I am a beginner, and only been using Microsoft Azure for a couple of months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Azure is pretty stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's a scalable product. Because it's a cloud service, there is an infinite opportunity for scaling.
We only have one or two people who are using this solution in our organization.
How are customer service and technical support?
I reached out to support once, but they were not that quick to respond.
Technical support could be faster.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure is not that friendly. It is a bit complicated compared to AWS.
How was the initial setup?
It's a cloud service. There is no installation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is expensive, but it is less expensive than AWS.
Even with it being cheaper than AWS, the price could be cheaper.
It is similar to AWS, where it is on-demand and is billed monthly.
What other advice do I have?
We are not currently using this solution and we are not sure if we will be using it in the future.
For those who are connected to the Windows Operating System, I would recommend this product. However, I would not recommend it for a Linux environment.
I would rate this solution a seven 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
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Project Specialist at integra software
An open and flexible cloud computing platform
Pros and Cons
- "Microsoft Azure is flexible and the performance is great."
- "From a security perspective, it could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to host applications for our customers. We're implementers, we support our clients.
We have 32 customers using this solution. We have a technical team that handles all maintenance-related issues. We have multiple teams in place for each and everything. For each platform, we have an integrated team in place.
What is most valuable?
Microsoft Azure is flexible and the performance is great.
What needs improvement?
From a security perspective, it could be improved. A little bit of automation would also be nice.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Azure is both stable and scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support could be faster.
How was the initial setup?
Overall, the initial setup is quite straightforward. Installation takes roughly four to five days.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Implementer
CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Large scope that is easy to work with, easy to install, and reasonably priced
Pros and Cons
- "Microsoft Azure has a large scope, it can do many things."
- "I believe that some of the services need to be available on the on-premises version and not only based on the cloud."
What is our primary use case?
We sell Microsoft products, and licensing that is involved in an Open License.
We sell a variety of solutions to our customers.
Microsoft Azure is a very good solution for many customers. We prefer to offer hybrid solutions to our smaller-sized customers.
The online will be through Azure or 365 and the databases we prefer locally.
It is used with Exchange, all of the mail, team, and the share products such as SharePoint.
Also for security with AI, which we are still testing.
What is most valuable?
Microsoft Azure has a large scope, it can do many things.
Everything is very easy to work with.
What needs improvement?
I believe that some of the services need to be available on the on-premises version and not only based on the cloud.
There are some security issues in the cloud that cannot be solved. Some countries will not allow you to store certain types of data on the cloud.
For how long have I used the solution?
We started using Microsoft 365 in 2009.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability needs improvement. At times when there is a problem in one area, everything gets stopped, which is not good.
If the problem is the bandwidth and you have a number of redundancies or lines that link to Azure, you will have few options in Azure.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
it is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and technical support?
We haven't had a lot of issues. In our company, we prefer to learn about each product, and by doing this, we have fewer issues.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is very easy.
Most areas of the application can be installed in a few minutes, but the configuration is a different story.
The configuration is dependent on the demands or the environment.
it can take hours or it can take days.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Most of the pricing from Microsoft is reasonable.
The prices are very good for the services.
What other advice do I have?
If Microsoft Azure meets the demands of the company, we would recommend it.
Other companies, may require products like Amazon, or they use their own data center. It depends on the company.
I would rate most of the areas in Microsoft Azure an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
Buyer's Guide
Download our free Microsoft Azure Report and get advice and tips from experienced pros
sharing their opinions.
Updated: December 2024
Popular Comparisons
Amazon AWS
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)
Google Cloud
Google Firebase
Alibaba Cloud
SAP S4HANA on AWS
VMware Cloud Foundation
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
DigitalOcean
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud
Equinix Metal
Google Compute Engine
NTT Cloud
Skytap Cloud
Buyer's Guide
Download our free Microsoft Azure Report and get advice and tips from experienced pros
sharing their opinions.
Quick Links
Learn More: Questions:
- Gartner's Magic Quadrant for IaaS maintains Amazon Web Service at the top of the Leaders quadrant. Do you agree?
- PaaS solutions: Areas for improvement?
- Rackspace, Dimension Data, and others that were in last year's Challenger quadrant became Niche Players: Agree/ Disagree
- What Is The Biggest Difference Between Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Platform?
- Which backup and recovery solution can backup Azure machines to its own (dedicated) cloud?
- Which is better - SAP Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure?
- Which solution do you prefer: Alibaba Cloud or Microsoft Azure?
- How does Microsoft MDS (vs Informatica MDM) fit with Azure architecture?
- SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC): how to migrate to Microsoft Azure?
- Does F5 Advanced WAF work with Azure App Service?