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Microsoft Azure Arc

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Arc?

Manage your applications and services in multi-cloud environments. Azure Arc helps you make the most of the cloud by providing tools to develop and operate cloud-native apps on any platform.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Arc won the following awards in the Cloud Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Microsoft Azure Arc Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 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 Arc?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Respectful
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Cloud Integration

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Self Service Cloud Services

Capacity Management

Configuration Validation

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Performance Monitoring Management

Application Release Automation

Cloud Migration

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Microsoft Azure Arc Reviews

Srikar M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Great Product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Management:

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Unified Management Plane:

What do you dislike most about this product?

Dependency on Azure Services:

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Simplified Management:

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Johanna F.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Power of microsoft behind it

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

breadth of features and reach

What do you dislike most about this product?

design is lacking sometimes

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

if settling in for microsoft this is your go-to

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Altruistic

Arun kumar T.

Role: Operations
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Scaled and amazing cloud platform

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

It has the data centers globally which enables the user to deploy the solutions easily.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The cost monitoring tool of Microsoft Azure allow to analyse the cost spending and hence help in cost optimization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

All the services are not available in few regions which become a limitations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I think they can work more on scaling it in regions where it is not available.

Pros

Reliable
Unique Features
Caring
Client Friendly Policies

How We Deliver

Events

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Azure Arc Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Arc?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Cloud Analytics and Reporting The ability to track, report and vizualize cloud resource consumption to support life-cycle management, capacity planning, and (optionally) chargeback/showback

Self Service Cloud Services Self-service provisioning (infrastructure, middleware, application) automation, including a service catalog and policy-based life-cycle management capabilities

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

Configuration Validation Reviews resources within a cloud footprint to confirm required configurations and standards.

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity Ability to scale horizontally to more instances when extra throughput or storage is required.

Cloud SLA Management Governance Collects, aggregates and manages data to ensure adherence to committed service levels.

Performance Monitoring Management Provide visibility into & control over the performance of servers/VMs, network, storage

Application Release Automation Continuously manage the release and maintenance of applications.

Cloud Migration Migration of applications and workloads to cloud.

Orchestration and Workflow Management Orchestrating IT Processes such as Provisioning and RunBook Automation across on-prem and cloud workloads

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

Microsoft Azure Arc Reviews

Srikar M.

Great Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Johanna F.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Arun kumar T.

Scaled and amazing cloud platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Integration

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Self Service Cloud Services

Capacity Management

Configuration Validation

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Performance Monitoring Management

Application Release Automation

Cloud Migration

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization