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Microsoft Azure Arc

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

143 Reviews Write a Review

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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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Product Impact

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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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.

+91 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?

1% Negative

3% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Respectful
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Cloud Integration

Self Service Cloud Services

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Capacity Management

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Performance Monitoring Management

Application Release Automation

Configuration Validation

Cloud Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Microsoft Azure Arc Reviews

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

It has fantastic security controls

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Saves Time
Client Friendly Policies

Cons

Less Generous

Dilip K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2021

Excellent Featured product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

Easily seamless integration, very smooth process of creating products and getting all the cloud setup.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Smooth process to understand the UI and easily setup all the required cloud on the go and can be easily manageable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing much, but UI can be improved a bit.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Some kind of security also needs to be implemented more and it should be easily understandable.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Caring
Helps Innovate

Matthew D.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Scalable, cost effective, secure

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Arc from other similar products?

The key benefits of Azure over other products are the heavy integration with Microsoft 365 for access management and administration.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite aspect is the flexibility you have with pricing to scale up and down as required, pay for only what you use, elasticity and BYOL (bring your own license)

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can be quite difficult to understand and implement the virtual networking at first. There are a lot of different components involved for a basic network

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Invest in proper training or professional services to ensure you get the most out of the platform and implement a secure, cost effective solution

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Cons

Less Effective Service
Less Efficient Service
Wastes Time

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What is Microsoft Azure Arc?

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Azure Arc Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Cloud Migration Migration of applications and workloads to cloud.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

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 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

It has fantastic security controls

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Dilip K.

Excellent Featured product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Matthew D.

Scalable, cost effective, secure

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Integration

Self Service Cloud Services

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Capacity Management

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Performance Monitoring Management

Application Release Automation

Configuration Validation

Cloud Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization